1150: George Gilder's New Theory & Short Cuts To Happiness by Tal Ben-Shahar

Jason Hartman begins today's show with some updates about next weekends Meet the Masters event. He also has another update from keynote speaker George Gilder, who explains a little about the new economic theory he's been contemplating and how he'll present it at Meet the Masters.

Then Jason talks with Tal Ben-Shahar, co-founder of The Happiness Studies Academy and best-selling author of Happier and the new book, Short Cuts to Happiness: Life-Changing Lessons from My Barber, about how you measure happiness, predictors of happiness and what sorts of things Tal was able to learn from his barber. They also discuss whether Millennials and Generation Z to see if they've been coddled too much or if we've just learned how to better communicate with them.

Key Takeaways:

[3:32] George's new theory that's based on Information Theory

Tal Ben-Shahar Interview:

[11:30] How do you rate a country's happiness?

[13:57] There's only one thing that predicts happiness levels on a national level

[18:16] The hazards of social media on happiness

[20:18] Lessons learned from Tal's barber

[25:48] How to praise people properly to encourage growth

[28:37] If you don't teach people to face reality then you're setting them up for failure

[32:01] The first step toward happiness is, surprisingly, allowing in unhappiness

Website:

www.JasonHartman.com/Masters

www.TalBenShahar.com