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How Do You Lift Your Spirits?

Six leading authors, performers and thinkers—and one NYC taxi driver—share their secrets to finding joy. 


Dacher Keltner

Photo: Courtesy of Natalie Keltner-McNeil 

Dacher Keltner

PhD, UC Berkeley professor of psychology and author of Born to Be Good

"I believe in the absolute brilliant delights of lightheartedness, whether it's rough-and-tumble with my daughters or wordplay with my wife: goofing around, calling each other nicknames, punning. I try to make sure a big part of the day is spent just being silly."