Moment 146: 3 Simple Steps That Guarantees Ultimate Happiness (Jay Shetty's Happiness Model)

The host opens by saying they have tried over the years to simplify what happiness is with their guests. They mention a previous guest who was good at this, then ask Jay Shetty what simple fundamentals he needs to live a happy life. The host flags their own discomfort with the vocabulary, calling "happy" a "shitty word in many respects", but keeps it as a working term.

Shetty answers with a two-part structure. One part is the things you can do each day that "keep that happiness kind of moving". The other is what he calls "the objective, the compass, the reason why you live and why you exist."

Daily habits and then deeper purpose.

Shetty's main claim about the deeper layer is that the most lasting happiness comes from combining two things: what you love and excel at, and using it to improve other people's lives. He says, "There is no better feeling than that."