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Rewiring Your Life Using the MAGIC Formula for Happiness with Hit of Happiness CEO Brian Dubow

8 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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This short YouTube transcript excerpt features Brian Dubow (Hit of Happiness CEO) delivering a motivational monologue about the loneliness epidemic and simple, actionable steps to improve mood—e.g., spending 10–15 minutes outside. He emphasizes his core philosophy: "mood follows action," arguing people should take actions (exercise, meditation, socializing) to produce desired moods rather than waiting for the mood to appear first.

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I know so many people are just looking for that quick fix. I know so many people in America are struggling. We live in this world where we're in the loneliness epidemic. We live in this world where we're like, how do we fix this? And this is it. Magic, is it? But as simple as 10 to 15 minutes outside. And one other point I really want to hit on here is this is one of my core philosophies. Mood follows action. So many of us wait till we're in a certain mood to take the action that is good for us. We wait till I feel energized to go exercise. We wait till we feel calm to then go meditate. We wait till we feel like socializing to then be amongst humans. When in reality, the mood we want follows the action. So by exercising, I then feel the energy. By meditating or being mindful, I then feel calmer. So I can't emphasize enough. If you want to feel a certain way, short circuit your brain by taking that action that makes you feel a certain way.