{"podcast":{"title":"3 Books With Neil Pasricha","slug":"3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850","podcast_index_feed_id":230850,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/117111/destinations/671382.xml","website_url":"http://www.3books.co","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/9/e/9/e9e9657d59ec593416c3140a3186d450/3Books_Logo_2022.jpg","author":"Neil Pasricha","episode_count":216,"summary":"3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Roxane Gay, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Shirley The Nurse, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Angie Thomas, David Mitchell, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume, and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single full moon all the way up to 10:37 PM EST on April 26, 2040. 3 Books is an Apple \"Best Of\" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred location by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bes…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T04:19:17.860573+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850"},"episode":{"title":"Chapter 162: Shawn Achor on becoming boundlessly buoyant by building better beliefs","slug":"chapter-162-shawn-achor-on-becoming-boundlessly-buoyant-by-building-better-beliefs","published_at":"2026-06-29T23:56:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850/chapter-162-shawn-achor-on-becoming-boundlessly-buoyant-by-building-better-beliefs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850","url":"https://threebooks.libsyn.com/chapter-162-shawn-achor-on-becoming-boundlessly-buoyant-by-building-better-beliefs","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/threebooks/3_Books_-_Shawn_Achor_-_Mix02NJ_-_05292026_AUDIO.mp3?dest-id=671382","summary":"Happy Strawberry Moon, everyone! As we ease into summer and the hydrangeas and garden roses begin blooming here in Toronto, I find myself struck by the awe and beauty that quietly surrounds us each day. There's so much science behind how we experience the world. My guest on this moon's chapter of 3 Books has spent his career proving just that. Join me in welcoming one of the world's leading experts on happiness and human potential, a Harvard-trained positive psychologist and researcher whose ​ TED Talk ​ has been watched over 30 million (!) times, and a genuinely warm human I am proud to call a friend ... Mr. Shawn Achor! (pronounced like \"acorn\" without the n, btw!) I first met Shawn in Abu Dhabi, years ago, when we were both invited to speak to the Royal Family of the United Arab Emirates. I arrived a few days early, for dress rehearsals, long dinners, and meet-and-greets with various extended family members, and then Shawn showed up. He flew in, crushed it onstage, dropped research studies like he'd memorized all of Google Scholar, and immediately flew out. I was left thinking: Who was that masked man? Well, over the years we became friends, and he was kind enough to blurb ' ​ The Happiness Equation ​ ' after selling a million copies of his own wonderful book, ' ​ The Happiness Advantage ​ ' . And then ... where did he go? Shawn just sort of ... disappeared. I found out why in his new book, ' ​ The Power of Beliefs ​ '. After his daughter Zoë was born three months early, spending 50 days in the NICU, Shawn decided to take a break—six years of no media, no international talks, no new books. Six years! But Shawn is still Shawn. An amiable son of an English teacher and a neuroscience professor, with multiple Harvard degrees, and a witty, research-centric writing style…","meta_description":"Happy Strawberry Moon, everyone! 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