Season 2, Episode 2: Work-love balance
Most Americans are not engaged in their daily work. In the second episode, Arthur explores why so many of us are dissatisfied with our jobs, what meaningful work entails, and how we can find work that we love.
America has developed a “culture of contempt.” We increasingly view people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect or misguided, but as worthless. This is warping political discourse, tearing us apart as people, and even wrecking our health. But we can fight back. Drawing on ancient wisdom, cutting-edge behavioral science, and examples from history’s greatest leaders, Arthur Brooks shows how we can bridge national divides and make progress as a society, all while becoming happier and more effective people. Love Your Enemies is a guide to building a better country-but more than that, it is a roadmap to the happiness that comes when we choose to love one another, despite our differences.
As president of the American Enterprise Institute, Arthur Brooks works with political, intellectual, and business leaders in Washington D.C. and around the country to defend liberty, increase opportunity, and expand access to the blessings of free enterprise for all.
An economist by training, Arthur has spent decades studying culture and public policy. His work in topics from technical economics to the sources of human happiness has established his reputation as a bestselling author, a prolific social scientist, and an original thinker.
Arthur’s path to Washington is anything but typical. Raised in liberal Seattle, he dropped out of college to play music and spent several years living in Spain. Three decades, three degrees, and three kids later, he is fighting to give everyone the same chance to build their lives and pursue happiness.
As the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a nationally recognized think tank based in Washington, D.C., Arthur leads a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise for all Americans. AEI is a private and nonpartisan non-profit. The scholars and research from AEI foment competition of ideas and educate leaders around the country.
Most Americans are not engaged in their daily work. In the second episode, Arthur explores why so many of us are dissatisfied with our jobs, what meaningful work entails, and how we can find work that we love.
Americans are taking fewer risks with their hearts. In Season 2, Episode1, Arthur discusses generational differences in romantic risk-taking, our preoccupation with emotional safety, and the benefits of being a life entrepreneur.
The Arthur Brooks Show is back with a new season on love: why we need it, and how to get more of it in all areas of our lives.
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@KassyDillon @andrewklavan Actually there were thousands of us made at the same time. When the time is right we will take over everything.
Half of all New Year’s resolutions fail within three months because the goals we set for ourselves are often unrelated to the four key drivers of human happiness.
America is suffering an epidemic of loneliness, and in the siloed worlds of modern life, people look for a sense of community in the polarized tribes forming across the country.
Catholic clergy should welcome the anger of the laity in response to the sexual abuse crisis that has unfolded in recent weeks. To do otherwise would invite the greatest possible threat to the love of the laity for their church: contempt.