Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, the author of 6 books (and many, many articles) and is a contributing editor of The Atlantic. His latest book is The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50. See what you think about the trends of happiness in your life compared to the tendency he describes in his book and this interview. It may be that the emotional peak of life is different than when you’d expect.
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In This Interview, Jonathan Rauch and I Discuss…
His book, The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50
Connection to others
Generosity
The factors that most contribute to our happiness
The U shape curve of happiness in life
The emotional peak of life
How our expectations change as life goes on
That our values continue to change
The fact that our brains change over the course of a lifetime
How the effects of connectedness are cumulative and durable
The hedonic treadmill
What to do to be happier at the bottom of the curve
The suffering that comes from social comparison
Staying in the present moment
Internal criticism
Guilt vs Shame in mid-life
The benefits of being other-directed, other-oriented
How the voice of impulsiveness isn’t our friend
Jonathan Rauch Links
Homepage
Twitter
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