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#666 Giving people what they want

June 4, 2026May 27, 2026 Neil Pasricha

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Neil Pasricha @neilpasricha ·
24 Jun

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”—C.G. Jung

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22 Jun

Need a simple way to practice gratitude?

Play Rose, Rose, Thorn, Bud at your dinner table.

Everybody shares:

A Rose x 2: Highlights from the day

A Thorn: Something that didn’t go well

A Bud: Something you’re looking forward to

Want someone to play with?

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21 Jun

“He was a father. That’s what a father does. Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime.”—From ‘Tenth of December’ by George Saunders

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17 Jun

David Myers, a psychology professor at Michigan’s Hope College, has been studying happiness for over 70 years.

In that time, almost every "success of society" metric has soared:

- Education rates
- Lifespan
- Real income

Yet our happiness has remained flat.

So we’re living in

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