The hosts explained that the book was cowritten with Oprah Winfrey to give readers practical sciencebased steps for creating a happier, more purposeful life and described its audience as anyone eager to actively build the life they desire.
Build the Life You Want which he coauthored with Oprah Winfrey.
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The hosts explained that the book was cowritten with Oprah Winfrey to give readers practical sciencebased steps for creating a happier, more purposeful life and described its audience as anyone eager to actively build the life they desire.
Build the Life You Want which he coauthored with Oprah Winfrey.
She read that in the first couple of days it was published and she called and she said, I have a I mean, she didn't. Her podcast team called anyway. It's not what she called them. So this is Oprah Winfrey. And I'm like, yeah, I'm Batman. It's not like that. So she called and asked me to come on her podcast, Super Soul, which talks about books.
We talked about the book. And then I went on a web show that she's got through Oprah Daily. And we were like a house on fire.
I didn't realize that Oprah is part of the audiobook. Yeah, we both read our parts of the book for sure.
Who's the book written for? Anybody who actually is willing to build a life that they want. A lot of people, they say they want to get happier, but they don't act that way.