{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What is a Good Life?","title":"What is a Good Life? #161 - The Potential For Compassion with Rasmus Hougaard","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3195,"description":"What does it take to be happy? And why does happiness so often slip away?\nIn this episode of What Is a Good Life?, Mark McCartney is joined by Rasmus Hougaard for a conversation that moves from childhood questions about happiness, to monasteries in Nepal, to the boardrooms where he now works to transform leadership. Rasmus is the Founder and Chairman of Potential Project and was nominated by Thinkers 50 as one of the eight most important leadership thinkers in the world today. He's the author of The Mind of the Leader, Compassionate Leadership, and More Human: How the Power of AI Can Transform the Way You Lead.\nTogether, they explore:\nWhy an eight-year-old's question about happiness became a life's work\nThe cultural wisdom Rasmus found in Nepal that the West is missing\nHow his brother's death inspired his life's purpose\nA profound encounter with an unknown monk that transmitted unconditional love\nThe difficulty of being human, even with deep practice and good intentions\nThe innate goodness we all carry (and why many of us have forgotten it)\nWhat changes when leaders ask \"how are you?\" before \"what do we need to do?\"\nThis conversation sits with both the challenge of being human and the incredible capacity we have for loving kindness. It's about the practice of returning to what matters again and again.\nThis episode is for anyone wondering if there's more to leadership, happiness, and being human than what we've been taught.\nFor more of Rasmus' work:\nPotential Project: https://www.potentialproject.com/\nBooks: https://www.potentialproject.com/resources#01-books\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rasmushougaard/\nFor more from Mark McCartney:\nNewsletter: https://www.whatisagood.life/\nWebsite: https://www.mmcleadership.com/\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mccartney-14b0161b4/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whatisagoodlife\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/markcmccartney\n00:00  Why Aren't We Happy?\n05:30  Finding a Practice at Seventeen\n11:45  Wisdom...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bmT8FMFAsdpL8YpCcl1-OrgjJf3IhVZ_KJftDu8Wgy8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDg2LzE2NzI4/MzUxMDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}