Build the Life You Want by Arthur C. Brooks Summary
Overview of Build the Life You Want
Harvard's Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey reveal the four pillars of lasting happiness - family, friendship, work, and faith. Can emotional self-management truly transform your life? This polarizing bestseller challenges quick-fix formulas while sparking debate about celebrity co-authorship authenticity in self-help.
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The Happiness Equation: Beyond Circumstance
What if happiness isn't about waiting for better circumstances but mastering how you respond to your current reality? This revolutionary perspective forms the foundation of Brooks and Winfrey's approach to happiness. Rather than viewing happiness as a distant destination requiring perfect conditions, they present it as an active practice available to anyone willing to develop the right skills. Happiness isn't a single emotional state but rather a blend of three essential "macronutrients": enjoyment (conscious pleasure shared with others), satisfaction (accomplishment through effort), and purpose (meaning that helps us face challenges with hope). Paradoxically, purpose often emerges through suffering rather than avoiding it. The most liberating insight? Happiness requires accepting unhappiness as part of life. Positive and negative emotions aren't opposite ends of a spectrum but separate dimensions operating independently. We experience purely positive emotions about 41% of the time, purely negative about 16%, and mixed feelings the remainder. Different activities produce different emotional blends-socializing brings high positive and low negative feelings, while commuting yields the opposite. Eliminating unhappiness isn't a prerequisite for happiness; both can coexist, and unhappiness often contains seeds of growth.
Your Emotional Profile: A Blueprint for Self-Understanding
Mastering Metacognition: The Space Between Stimulus and Response
Emotional Substitution: Trading Negative for Positive
Self-Transcendence: The Path Beyond Self-Absorption
The Four Pillars: Building Your Happiness Foundation
Love as Practice: The Ultimate Happiness Skill
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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