Key insights from
Build the Life You Want
By Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey
What you'll learn
Arthur C. Brooks is a social scientist who teaches happiness and leadership at Harvard and writes the popular “How to Build a Life” column for The Atlantic; Oprah Winfrey hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show for twenty-five years and has spent decades talking with people about what makes a good life. In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey argue that you do not have to wait for your circumstances to change before you can become happier. Pairing research with stories from their own lives, they show how managing our emotions frees us to invest in what matters most: family, friendship, meaningful work and faith. The result is a hopeful guide to getting happier, one deliberate step at a time.