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A.J. Jacobs - Stop Obsessing About Your Health, Gratitude Leads To Happiness, Radical Honesty

Episode 377

A.J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs) is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help.

A.J. is also editor at large at Esquire magazine, a commentator on NPR and a columnist for Mental Floss magazine.

He has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The Dr. Oz Show and The Colbert Report and has given several TED talks.

In this episode, we discuss:

A gratitude journey thanking a thousand people
Gratitude leads to happiness
Thank you for thanking me
The six degrees of gratitude
It doesn't take a village to make a cup of coffee, it takes the world
What is the luck factor?
When you are grateful, you pay it forward
Savor the moment
The 30-Day Meditation Challenge
The alphabet gratitude practice
Before you use social media, take a moment to say "What am I grateful for?"
The year of living biblically
Focus on the good and make the world better
How much the outer affects the inner
When you act confident, you become confident
Not gossiping makes you happier
The month of being the greatest husband experiment
A.J. outsourcing an argument with his wife
The downsides of outsourcing
The radical honesty movement
It's not healthy to be obsessed with your health
The meaning of orthorexia
How to set micro goals
The importance of community
Puzzles can save the world
We should all be experimenting more

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A.J. Jacobs - Stop Obsessing About Your Health, Gratitude Leads To Happiness, Radical Honesty