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Neil Pasricha - How To Be Happy • Untouchable Days • Find Your Authentic Self

Episode 265

Neil Pasricha (IG: @neilpasricha) helps people live happy lives.

He is a top-rated leadership keynote speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and positive psychology researcher.

Neil is one of the most popular TED speakers with his first TED Talk "The 3 A's of Awesome" (2010) ranked as one of the ten most inspiring of all time.

Neil has written five New York Times and #1 International Bestsellers including: The Book of Awesome, a catalog of simple pleasures based on his 50-million hit, award-winning blog and The Happiness Equation, a nine step guidebook to happiness based on new research.

In this episode, we discuss:

Action leads to motivation
The lesson Neil learned at Harvard
Hide, apologize, accept
Working at Walmart
The events that inspired Neil's blog
Winning best blog in the world award
How to be happy
Focus on your strengths
Researching positive psychology
Be happy first
Neil's obsession with the number 1000
Prime your brain for positivity
Three ways to increase your happiness
The happiness equation
168 hours a week theory
Creating space for passion
Untouchable days
What is decision fatigue?
Intrinsic motivators matter more than extrinsic ones
You can only compare yourself to yourself
Find your authentic self
Living in modern society with old brains

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Podcast Episode Details

Neil Pasricha - How To Be Happy • Untouchable Days • Find Your Authentic Self