Upcoming Event! In an exclusive live class session of one of the most popular courses at the Harvard Business School, “Leadership and Happiness,” His Holiness the Dalai Lama will join Arthur in a conversation about how to be happier as a leader and to make others happier as well. Watch the event live on January 16 at 10:30pm EST.
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As a behavioral social scientist, prolific author, and in-demand speaker, Arthur has given over 1,400 speeches in the last decade in 145 cities around the world. Arthur engages his audiences using a blend of cutting-edge science, ancient wisdom, philosophy, music, and art, while delivering real-life strategies for lifting people up, bringing them together, and improving happiness for all.
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Arthur's Books
Arthur is the bestselling author of 11 books on topics ranging from economic opportunity to human happiness. His most recent bestseller, Love Your Enemies, released in March 2019, is a guide to building a better country and mending personal relationships amidst our culture of political polarization. Next spring, Arthur will release a new book on finding meaning, success, and deep purpose in the second half of life.
The Pursuit
Arthur Brooks travels around the globe in search of an answer to the question: How can we lift up the world, starting with those at the margins of society? Along the way, he discovers the secrets not only to material progress for the least fortunate, but also true and lasting happiness for all.
The Art of Happiness
with Arthur Brooks
You want to be happy. So why are you leaving it up to chance? There exists a wealth of knowledge that can help you live a life that has more joy, satisfaction, and purpose—and help you share these gifts with others. Harvard professor, PhD social scientist, bestselling author, and columnist Arthur Brooks is your teacher on the art and science of living a better life. In each episode, you will hear about research in the worlds of science, philosophy, theology, art, and literature. Then, Arthur will tell you how to use the wisdom of the experts in your own life, starting today.
Latest Episode: New Year’s Resolutions
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Arthur's Articles
Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
“It’s not true that no one needs you anymore.” These words came from an elderly woman sitting behind me on a late-night flight from Los Angeles to…
AEI’s President on Measuring the Impact of Ideas
In the summer of 2008 I was happily working as a professor at Syracuse University when I received an unexpected phone call. For the previous…
The Dalai Lama and Arthur Brooks: Behind our anxiety, the fear of being unneeded.
In many ways, there has never been a better time to be alive. Violence plagues some corners of the world, and too many still live…