#563 The Smart Shortcut: Learn From Other People's Mistakes (Not Just Your Own)
Release Date: 11/28/2025
#567 From "Why is This Happening to Me?" to "What is This Teaching Me?"
Happiness Podcast
When we face difficulty, our natural instinct is often to ask the disempowering question, 'Why is this happening to me?' However, this keeps us trapped in victimhood, whereas shifting our focus to 'What is this teaching me?' immediately unlocks our potential for growth and resilience. In this episode, we will explore how to make this powerful mental pivot so you can stop suffering through your challenges and start learning from them. New Episode of the Happiness Podcast with Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. 🎧 Listen now at Do you want to live a peaceful, happy life? Are you struggling...
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#566 Rage Bait: Why the World Wants You Angry (And How to Opt Out)
Happiness Podcast
The Oxford Word of the Year for 2025 is 'Rage Bait,' a perfect term for the online content that is engineered to hijack your attention by deliberately triggering your anger. In this episode, we will explore the psychology behind why the digital world wants you mad and, most importantly, how you can choose to opt out. It is time to stop taking the bait and reclaim your internal peace. New Episode of the Happiness Podcast with Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. 🎧 Listen now at Do you want to live a peaceful, happy life? Are you struggling with anxiety or depression? Or are you simply ready...
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#565 The Chess Game of Life: Every Move Matters
Happiness Podcast
Are you playing a short-term tactic or a long-term strategy? Life, like a complex game of chess, is defined by the moves we make. But unlike a solitary game, our board is shared. In this episode, we explore the powerful metaphor of Life as a Chess Game, where every decision—big or small—sends a ripple effect across the board, impacting not just our position, but the lives of everyone around us. We discuss the lag time of karma (why results often take time to manifest), the importance of foresight, and the ultimate question: Are your moves setting up a game of connection and victory for...
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#564 Stop the Cycle: Why Hurting Them Back Only Hurts You (And How to Choose Calm)
Happiness Podcast
This talk explores the critical difference between being hurt by someone else’s unkindness and choosing to react with cruelty. We challenge the notion that "hurting back" is justifiable, arguing that such an action makes us the unkind person we claim to hate in others. Learn how to choose calm and break the cycle by taking responsibility for your own emotional response. New Episode of the Happiness Podcast with Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. 🎧 Listen now at Do you want to live a peaceful, happy life? Are you struggling with anxiety or depression? Or are you simply ready to take the...
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#563 The Smart Shortcut: Learn From Other People's Mistakes (Not Just Your Own)
Happiness Podcast
Why reinvent the wheel (and crash it)? Most people believe the only way to learn is through the painful school of personal experience. But there’s a smarter way. In this episode, we explore The Observer's Advantage—the critical skill of extracting lessons from other people’s failures and successes so you can fast-track your own path. We’ll show you how to move beyond learning the hard way and start borrowing wisdom to save time, money, and emotional energy. Learn the specific techniques for identifying, analyzing, and applying "second-hand lessons" from mentors, historical figures,...
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#562 The Gardener's Mind: Planting Healthy Thoughts for a Thriving Life
Happiness Podcast
Is your mind growing weeds or roses? In this eye-opening episode, we explore the powerful metaphor that your mind is fertile soil—it doesn't judge what you plant; it simply makes it grow. Whether you plant seeds of doubt, fear, or inspiration and success, the soil obliges. Learn how to stop being an accidental farmer and start becoming a master gardener of your mind. We cover essential techniques for "weeding out" negative self-talk, choosing the right "seeds" (thoughts and ideas), and ensuring the right "nutrients" (media, relationships, exposure) lead to a thriving, positive, and...
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#561 Antifragile: How to Gain from Disorder and Thrive Under Stress
Happiness Podcast
We spend so much energy chasing happiness by avoiding stress. But what if the path to true well-being is using stress as fuel? In the next 15 minutes, we're diving into antifragility—the revolutionary concept that shows you how to stop merely surviving life's chaos and start getting stronger, smarter, and happier because of it. Let's start building your antifragile advantage. New Episode of the Happiness Podcast with Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. 🎧 Listen now at Do you want to live a peaceful, happy life? Are you struggling with anxiety or depression? Or are you simply ready to...
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#560 Why Chasing Goals Makes You Unhappy (And How to Fix It)
Happiness Podcast
We've all been sold the same idea: sacrifice your happiness today for a richer, better "someday" once you finally achieve your big goals. But what if that entire mindset is a trap that guarantees you never actually learn how to live well? In this episode, we're dismantling why this chase so often fails and uncovering the practical secret to finding fulfillment and happiness right now, in the middle of the journey. New Episode of the Happiness Podcast with Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. 🎧 Listen now at Do you want to live a peaceful, happy life? Are you struggling with anxiety or...
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#559 Stop Numbing, Start Living
Happiness Podcast
Stop Numbing, Start Living: Your Biggest Threat to Happiness (and How to Beat It) What's the single biggest threat to your happiness? It’s not your job, the news, or even social media. It’s the quiet, daily choice to numb ourselves. We all do it: we check out with endless scrolling, we overeat, we overwork, and we use fleeting comforts to avoid our feelings. These habits give us temporary relief, but they kill our potential for true joy and deep connection. Today, we're exposing the numbing epidemic for what it is. More importantly, we're giving you the playbook to stop numbing,...
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#558 The Universe Isn't Punishing You, It's Polishing You
Happiness Podcast
The Universe Isn't Punishing You, It's Polishing You Life can feel like a series of endless challenges, setbacks, and hardships. But what if we told you that the universe isn't punishing you, but rather, it's polishing you? In this episode, we'll explore how to transform your perspective on struggle and find the growth opportunities hidden within every difficult experience. New Episode of the Happiness Podcast with Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. 🎧 Listen now at Do you want to live a peaceful, happy life? Are you struggling with anxiety or depression? Or are you simply ready to take...
info_outlineWhy reinvent the wheel (and crash it)? Most people believe the only way to learn is through the painful school of personal experience. But there’s a smarter way. In this episode, we explore The Observer's Advantage—the critical skill of extracting lessons from other people’s failures and successes so you can fast-track your own path. We’ll show you how to move beyond learning the hard way and start borrowing wisdom to save time, money, and emotional energy. Learn the specific techniques for identifying, analyzing, and applying "second-hand lessons" from mentors, historical figures, and even the people around you.
New Episode of the Happiness Podcast with Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
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