David Attenborough, because he tells the truth about the conflict among animals. 

Teaching people about the brain chemicals that make us happy is what motivates me. (dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin) Our happy chemicals are controlled by neural pathways built from early experience, so like everyone, I like doing things that turned on my happy chemicals in the past. The obvious example is travel, which I loved when I was young and still love. But it’s interesting to think about how I liked teaching about happy chemicals when I was young. Of course, I look for new ways to stimulate my happy chemicals, but I appreciate how powerful those old circuits are. 

Everyone has the same struggles. Don’t think other people have it easy. Life is challenging for everyone so don’t keep score. Just enjoy your next step, and the next. 

Zero Population Growth: if everyone couple has no more than two children, world population will stabilize. 

1. My book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels  
2. My video: You Have Power Over Your Brain http://youhavepoweroveryourbrain.com/ 
3. My kids (tax-paying adults) 

I was fired from my first job. And I deserved it! I was a clerk in a dry cleaners for $1.60 an hour. I lost people’s clothes due to not paying attention. People would show up before a wedding and their clothes were not in the right place and everyone panicked because of my carelessness. I learned to honor detail, even when it seems “dumb,” and it was a valuable lesson. 

I want to help people transcend the disease model of mental health because it’s not sustainable. Each person can enjoy their power to manage their own brain instead of expecting something external to manage their brain for them.