PremiumMaggie PenmanWashington Post·21 Jul, 2026 12:00 AM7 mins to readAccording to social scientist Arthur Brooks, a happy life has three key ingredients: enjoyment, satisfaction and meaning – and all include some degree of suffering. Photo / 123RFArthur Brooks has counterintuitive advice for people who want to be happier: embrace suffering.When Arthur Brooks was 55, he found himself burned out and at a loss for what to do next.
He had resigned from a high-stress job as the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a career
