The three components of meaning in life | Peter Attia & Arthur Brooks

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This clip is from 280 - Cultivating happiness, emotional self-management, and more with Arthur Brooks Ph.D.
In this clip, Peter and Arthur discuss:
- The three components of meaning
- How to find meaning in life
- The four quarters of life
- And more
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[@dino_rider7758]

3 components of meaning in life: 1. Coherence 2. Purpose 3. Significance

[@lancegallardo5519]

Thank you, Dino-rider. Thanks Peter!

[@EdwardsNH]

Honestly, I kind of stop listening to people once "Everything happens for a reason" comes out of their mouth. I pretty much agreed with Peter's perspective on this one. I do believe it's hard to be happy if you don't have/create a purpose. Something to drive you every day to contribute. That, and having a strong community are probably the two greatest things for being "happy", whatever that is

[@LawrenceGGreen-bt3tu]

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." Pablo Picasso

[@Annhienmoingay3333]

Life is like a camera. Focus on the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t work out, take another shot.

[@fathiselmi1315]

Spend time alone, learn to know yourself, be your own Guru, nobody knows what will make you happy, you got to find it on your own.

[@67NewEngland]

- In my 50’s I am definitely experiencing the retire into the forest phase. Coming from being a progress/work addict quiet time in the moment are more appreciated and therapeutic.

[@samudramanthan8645]

My dear ones of love and light, kindness, compassion and enlightened understanding: always continue to cultivate and nurture a mind of resentment and vindictiveness, demanding swift and harsh justice for those of less than the immaculate ethics and less than the purest pristine integrity that you display, always, as schadenfreude. By doing this, your minds will always reside within the exquisitely ineffable states of sustained turmoil and torment. Good luck to you! Best of luck! Hope for the best! Hate Has No Home Here!

[@alphabeta8403]

3:00 Why are you alive? For what are you willing to die today? 6:00 Sense of meaning example 8:55 *Retiring into the forest at around age 50* 11:20 Enlightenment

[@MegaHectorini]

I have my "rumbo" defined. Thanks a lot for the video!

[@TrapperDavido]

Finding what it’s not is perhaps simpler - avoid hyper-self focus. Suggestion - be well equipped to be useful and valuable to the betterment of others.

[@trish9910]

I rarely ever subscribe, but I just did due to this being a solid podcast. Interesting topics!

[@Sunlightsam24]

Sounds like solid advice for most men.

[@N4TOg]

Finding the meaning of life come from deep acceptance of we're you are... Than your realise that absolutely every little thing you do as you exist means something, therefore you meaning is what you do even if it's nothing... It just is.

[@jfp17]

Damnit. I’m more confused about my life’s meaning now.

[@someguyusa]

Components of meaning of life: - Coherence - Purpose - Significance Questions to determine if someone has a crisis of meaning: - Why are you alive? - For what are you willing to die today?

[@dr.amitabhamukherjee3601]

Isn't 'Sanyas' semantically closer to the concept of Renunciation?

[@BenjaminOglivie911]

“ I am the way and the truth and the life” - Jesus the Christ

[@BenjaminOglivie911]

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.“ - Proverbs 14:2

[@hollygibson1801]

What reason is there for horrific things that happen to people? Rape, slavery, child abuse? What meaning is in that?

[@downtownjb100]

4% bodyfat, huh? I think he needs a better technique for measuring that

[@darlenes520]

1. Because my parents had sex! 2. Family Answers were instantaneous. Now to think about it. 😅

[@0ptimal]

Whoa. Scout snipers are bad mfers

[@hillarywolf5889]

Thank God for Jesus❤

[@harryshoemaker7510]

Amen!

[@snapman218]

Listen to some guys on the internet for meaning

[@joshuaabels6066]

Trying to believe as many true things and as few false things as possible should be a goal. Saying god did anything is just evoking magic and ending a search for truth. Giving unfalsifiable answers to anything is worthless.

[@mindflow82]

Oh sweet, I found a guy who understands the universe in KZbin comments.

[@phd_angel4192]

I appreciate the conversation but the idea that happiness requires meaning is nothing new as it's long established fact in positive psychology and philosophy. Interesting to hear about the neurochemistry of awe and aging (vanaprastha). However, sannyasa does not mean illumination but renunciation (a tad surprising to hear the guest making such mistake...). One thing I learned from my hippie years in India: it is a waste of time and money to try to learn anything relevant from export-style-resort gurus...

[@HealthyMBS1]

Yeah, but how many doctors are treating people for protein deficiency? Just people who starve themselves. The answer is to eat. Every diet has enough protein. There is almost nobody going to an emergency room for chronic "protein deficiency". A doctor would look at you strangely if you asked them how many people have you had to treat for "protein deficiency"

[@AgustinGonzalezdelaFuent-cy5nl]

Im a a Doctor,specialist in Sports Medicine, and I do care and help people with the diet,including how much protein they eat

[@HeyhitmeBAM]

@@excellestudioit was just a metaphor for humans.

[@kwskyblue]

Very curious how humanity will find purpose if AI takes away most challenges in life

[@HakuCell]

friends, family, sports, hobbies, interests...

[@Julian-xs8nc]

The meaning of life is to accept when you’re wrong, like you are about LDL and saturated fat. But obviously you won’t admit that too much ego

[@icarusachilles6777]

There is no meaning to life. It's just an experience. Did the cow from which we eat ground beef life have meaning? What about the walrus that died yesterday that we had no idea existed? Or the grasshopper? There is no meaning to any of this, it just is. But we do have a purpose, happiness. That's it.

[@HealthyMBS1]

faith is not a virtue

[@gondwana6303]

Some PR person must have told Peter to smile more -- to connect more. What a fraud!

[@snapman218]

This is so embarrassingly empty

[@knowname23]

I’m disappointed to find religion creeping in to this feed. Highly undesirable to say the least.