to world a part of if you want to be happy just be this not similar mistakingly attributed to leo tolstoy whom by the way was a very unhappy person has nonetheless supported in your science far from it the physics the feel good why is it a result of our daily actions and expectations how to maximize it in a world that seems to be so prominently on the ads and on actual depressants while to discuss that i'm now joined by at letter at the burning professor emeritus of management at polygamist a university and author of the habits of the happy brain dr burning it's so great to talk to you thank you very much for your time. thanks so much for having me now the pursuit of happiness is stated as an amiable right in the years declaration of independence and it is defined there as. f. street striving towards joy as long as a does not violate the rights of others so even the american founding fathers day and a half centuries ago defined it as something for us actionable and 2nd time to an individual and i gathered from your blog that modern day neuroscience approaches it pretty much the same way.

tolstoy concluded why did they want to know cracks why was he so great he was in a great general but it was concluded he was a humanitarian and it was his character that will last. and then because it would last forever if lincoln heard that it would make him so happy but his modesty would say that can't be true. >> you have a sketch of his office in the white house where is that quick. >> what happened in those days and then the oval office in the cabinet. it is a simple setting. and the desk. and the secretary of treasury in which office was most powerful. but that was before civil service. and those that are diplomats. and then to say you can't waste time talking to all these peopl people. he said is my public opinion about i have to do and remember the great for which i have come. and it is so insulated because of the way it has run. their first election comes from the people and also to lose touch and the public opinion polls route he wouldn't say they don't mean anything he would shape the public cannot be constrained and then he understood the mood of the people. >> in today's

attention now if very 10 days we are losing a hold spent with what happens if we lose question no more tolstoy no merkel calling no mother no matter no one to. know which i cough skeet and it's catastrophic how indigenous people are wiped out and how their cultures are disappearing and now because of the corona virus they are one of the most endangered. groups that we have out there and of course this in the context of deforestation which has been linked to coronavirus you often talk about your gym anika aerate it is there a chance that we are living through a via my germany type period as as you then just talked about extinction of entire societies of languages of while while we all watch celebrities on television. it's not easy to connect to the right to the confusions of the way my era and the repercussions in the results of all these very stable times but. yes i think previous shaking to a deeper core of a normally. because it does affects every person's. lifestyle in a way looking much more into late middle ages that the big plague trines. and how it happened they are for exemplary revved

world and part of if you want to be happy just being this not simply mistakingly attributed to leo tolstoy why the wait was very unhappy person has nonetheless support in your science far from it the physics the field with wide result of our daily actions and expectations how to maximize that in a world that seems to be so ironically on and on and depressed and well to discuss that i'm now joined by a letter at the burning professor emeritus of management at university and author of the habits of the happy brain some burning it's so great to talk to you thank you very much for your time. thanks so much for having me now the pursuit of happiness is stated as a reasonable right in the years declaration of independence and it is defined there as a free striving towards joy as long as a does not violate the rights of others so even the american founding fathers day and a half centuries ago defined it as something 1st actionable and 2nd time to an individual .

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to worlds apart and if you want to be happy just be placed macsyma mistakingly attributed to leo tolstoy why the wait was a very unhappy person has nonetheless its support in your science far from it the physics the feel good why is it a result of our daily actions and expectations how to maximize it in a world that seems to be so chronically on the ads and on actually depressed and well to discuss that i'm now joined by at letter at the burning professor emeritus of management at political mistake university and author of the habits of the happy brain. burning it's so great to talk to you thank you very much for your time thanks so much for having me now in the pursuit of happiness is stated as a going to bull right in the years declaration of independence and it is defined there as. a free striving towards joy as long as a dog violated the rights of others so even the american founding fathers to have centuries ago defined it as something actionable and 2nd tide and then individual. i've gathered from your blog that modern day neuroscience approaches it pretty much the same way actuall

it takes so much repetition most people just absolute am the best example of a by the way illyria tolstoy whom i mentioned in the beginning or was a good example to and he famously said that all happy families are happy in the same way but all i'm happy families have their own special where from happiness as far as i understand when we apply that to individuals their versus true and happen this has the same taste for everybody if the taste of course has all but when it comes to this good feel wide it's actually derived 'd from 4 different sources and each one of them has its own distinct function what are those loretta. so the ones i talk about art opening sarah tone and oxytocin and endorphin and i'll give a very quick summary of what turns each of them on in animals and then my website in my books and videos go into a lot more detail so don't i mean is the good feeling of meeting a need so if you imagine a monkey waking up hungry in the morning it needs food when it sees food in the distance it's like oh wow i can get that and that's what we like is that feeling of oh i can get that and

after the president went to tolstoy oklahoma 2 weeks ago that the fact that so few people turned up at the be ok arena basically made him realize the depths to which his popularity has plummeted in recent months because of the pandemic with 19 and so there is apparently a real lot of pressure within the campaign to try to bolster donald trump's public image so that he might be able to inspire those who are among his most ardent supporters senior citizens downscale white americans to actually turn out and vote for him on november 3rd there is concern that some of these people may decide either to stay home or perhaps vote for the president's democratic challenger the former vice president joe biden this is very much a do or die moment for the trump campaign because the number of cases continues to rise despite the president's own predictions the economy is not doing well and the chairman of the federal reserve jerome powell says that it could be well into 2021 before the u.s. economy pulls out of what the federal reserve now says is a recession. ok. in the meantime thank you so much the

dog when i was growing up with that name and so then we named all of our dogs after russians like tolstoy. and then yes, i used to name my apartment. >>cspan: it had a name? >> [laughter] yes i'm english so in england on the side of englishman who names everything in their life the dogs and road killer, cars it is second nature to give things names. they love the name so much they petitioned we call the new company pushkin. >> may be the famous famous in history he said late 19th century poet, writer and intellectual and he was part black as i am so he was a wonderful role model. >> this is the earliest clip we have a view from 1996 and a personal history what is this about? >> and it talks about what does the success mean and tell us about racism. >>cspan: i wanted to show that because times have changed. [laughter] but to talk about your parents a little bit more because in your acknowledgment you tell us that your mother taught you how to write and you lost your father while it was being produced. talk about the contributions they have each made to you as a person. >> my parents on the

did we read tolstoy? was today's show like "par and peace" i laughed, i cried >> all of it. >> three hours sounds like it was years ago. great booking, andrew, i'm glad we did that with ackman. make sure you -- and we will see you tomorrow, melissa and andrew make sure you join us tomorrow "squawk on the street" is next ♪ >>> good wednesday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer, david faber. got some chop to futures this morning amid new china tensions, the u.s. telling china to close its consulate in houston got results from united, snap, microsoft, tesla tonight, pfizer news, oil is below 42 on this api inventory build, jim, along with the president's comment yesterday that covid is likely to get worse before it gets better. >> there's so much confusion right now. we've got pfizer news because the going is going forward, will be able to produce a vaccine if it goes forward enemas the president saying masks are patriotic. then he said things are going to get wor

i really would like levin from -- never mind, it's tolstoy they have discipline but it's really just to me eye candy discipline they have to come in and say this is not working. we have to get out of this we can't have two health care companies, we are not merck for heavens sake which is up 2 on a decent number. i just think that they have to become -- they have to figure out what the hell they are and they still haven't done that david, while i've got you on the phone here. >> yes, sir. >> what do you think, nvidia going to buy arn >> i don't know. i did make some calls on that. you do have bankers actively involved sof tank i thitbank is the inter of the story i don't know if we have it, but take a look at what's happened to that stock. so much for massa's son not being in a good position anymore. the vision fund is still troubled but they have been selling assets, we know $22 billion worth roughly almost of t-mobile and arn is another company that owe pension talley they are looking to monetize, jim. i don't know arm, a lot of its revenue is from selling ip to what would be compet

did we read tolstoy?ay's show like "par and peace" i laughed, i cried >> all of it. >> three hours sounds like it was years ago. great booking, andrew, i'm glad we did that with ackman. make sure you -- and we will see you tomorrow, melissa and andrew make sure you join us tomorrow "squawk on the street" is next ♪ >>> good wednesday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer, david faber. got some chop to futures this morning amid new china tensions, the u.s. telling china to close its consulate in houston got results from united, snap, microsoft, tesla tonight, pfizer news, oil is b