How to cultivate the skill of happiness (w/ Dan Harris)

如何培养幸福的技能(w/ Dan Harris)

How to Be a Better Human

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2024-03-04

32 分钟
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If you’ve ever felt apprehensive about trying something seemingly woo-woo to improve your mental health (like meditation, mindfulness, or simply touching grass) you're not alone. Dan Harris was a mindfulness skeptic anchoring on ABC News when an on-air panic attack sent him into a journey that had him searching for what constitutes well-being. Dan hosts the Ten Percent Happier podcast, and authored a book of the same name. This March, he celebrates the book's 10th anniversary. With a skeptic’s sense of humor and a curious, philosophizing mind, Dan talks about what he's learned in his exploration of meditation, mindfulness, and happiness. You’ll hear about the scientific data that could sway even the toughest cynic – and learn the tools and tricks that can help you build the skills that can make life (and you) a little bit better. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts

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  • Ted audio collective, you're listening to how to be a better human.

  • I'm your host, Chris Duffy.

  • On today's episode, we're going to be talking about ways to recognize and change the voice inside your head and to let you in on the voice that lives inside my head.

  • Mine is a guy who sometimes is very fun and notices hilarious things that other people have overlooked.

  • And other times, my guy gets extremely focused on a tiny thing that is not going perfectly and then spirals that into a giant catastrophe that is completely overwhelming.

  • For example, a coworker didnt use an exclamation point in a reply to my text.

  • That probably means that hes furious at me, and that definitely means that I am about to get fired.

  • I cant find my wallet.

  • Well, that probably means that its gotten stolen.

  • My credit cards are already maxed out, and my identity is currently being sold for bitcoin on the dark web.

  • You know, saying these things out loud, it's obvious to me how ridiculous they are.

  • But at the same time, when I am in the moment and I am feeling those things and I'm thinking them, it can be really hard to see that they are ridiculous or to have any perspective at all.

  • Today's guest, Dan Harris, thinks a lot about ways to get some perspective and how to disrupt those thought cycles that can really torment us.

  • Dan is also one of the funniest and most refreshingly skeptical people that I have ever met.

  • I am so excited for you to hear from him today.

  • Here's a clip from his TED talk.

  • I should give you a little background on me.

  • I used to be an anchorman.

  • I worked at ABC News for 21 years.

  • It was a very stressful job.