3 Questions That Determine 99% of Your Happiness

We all overestimate how much you have to do to actually be happy.

But what if I told you that achieving happiness is much simpler than you think? That’s right, the smallest lifestyle changes can have the most unexpected knock-on effects towards positive change. It’s actually quite incredible once you experience it.

In today’s episode of the pod, we delve into the 3 of the most important questions that you can ask yourself in determining your own levels of happiness. These are questions worth asking.

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CHAPTERS

Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction: The Three Questions That Determine Happiness 00:00:39 Question 1: How Well Am I Treating My Body? 00:02:32 The Spiritual Side of Self-Discipline 00:03:02 Mark's Health Journey: From External to Internal Motivation 00:04:04 The Surprising Benefits of Quitting Alcohol 00:07:03 The Knock-On Effects: How Feeling Good Changes Everything 00:08:26 Question 2: Who Am I Spending My Time With and Why? 00:11:03 Don't Take Good Friends for Granted 00:13:16 The Loneliness Epidemic and the Harvard Study 00:15:19 The Hippies Were Right: It's All About Love 00:16:05 Question 3: What Am I Working On and Why? 00:16:55 Cal Newport's Insight: Get Good First, Passion Follows 00:18:43 The Secretary Who Loved Her Job for 60 Years 00:19:54 Why Your Hobby Should Stay a Hobby 00:22:28 Drew's Woodworking: A Case Study in Pure Passion 00:24:47 Mark's Profound Realization: I Love the Business, Not Just Writing 00:27:45 Grading Ourselves on the Three Questions 00:29:36 Mark's Social Life Challenge: Finding Community While Sober 00:31:04 California Sober and LA Party Culture 00:32:02 Wrap-Up and Newsletter Invitation

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