10% Happier with Dan Harris · 2026-07-31 · 41 min · 8,217 words

When You Don't Know What You Actually Want: How To Say No, When To Say Yes, and The One Question That Cuts Through It | Yara Shahidi

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Hey gang, welcome to the Ten Percent Happier Podcast. I'm your host, Dan Harris. Today we're doing something unusual and special. We've got a guest. whose name is Yara Shahidi. She's known for her roles in such sitcoms as Blackish and Groanish. What makes this unusual and special, however, is that this conversation with Yara is not actually from this podcast, meaning I did not conduct the interview.

But it's From another podcast that I recommend you check out called How to Be a Better Human. Which is hosted by Chris Duffy. It is not your average self improvement podcast. It's very similar to this one in fact. in which they try to infuse more practicality into your journey.

of becoming a better version of yourself. In this episode we're about to play you, you will hear a conversation. between the aforementioned Chris Deffee and Yara Shahidi. about what Yar learned from having a very early career start.

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