How to Flourish (with Daniel Coyle)
2/2/20261 hr 15 min
Author Daniel Coyle talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts on the art of flourishing: why it's a natural phenomenon rather than mechanical; how taking life's "yellow doors"--or detours from a straight, expected path--is often the key to a flourishing life; and why true flourishing can only occur in the context of relationships. They also discuss how the basic principles of flourishing have empowered people--from men trapped in a Chilean mine to senior citizens reliving their youth--to achieve remarkable things. Finally, they offer an exercise you can do for recognizing the ways that others have helped us to thrive.
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First 90 secondsRuss Roberts· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome to EconTalk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty. I'm your host, Russ Roberts, of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Go to econtalk.org, where you can subscribe, comment on this episode, and find links to other information related to today's conversation. You'll also find our archives with every episode we've done going back to two thousand and six. Our email address is mail@econtalk.org. We'd love to hear from you. [upbeat music] Today is December eighteenth, twenty twenty-five, and before introducing today's guest, I wanna remind listeners to go to econtalk.org and click on the link for our survey of your favorite episodes of twenty twenty-five. Voting closes this week. And now for today's guest. My guest is author and consultant Daniel Coyle. His latest book is Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment. Daniel, welcome to EconTalk.
Daniel Coyle· Guest1:02
I'm happy to be here with you, Russ.
Russ Roberts· Host1:04
I feel like you cheated. I feel like you picked a title that, that you knew would land you on EconTalk. So I'm very, um... I love the whole focus of the book, so many great insights and stories that I, I hope we'll get to, uh, to many of them. Now, you define flourishing as, quote, "The experience of joyful, meaningful growth shared with others." And that's a little different- Mm ... than what I would say. Uh, so defend-- I'm gonna read