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TikTok creator named the happiest person on the internet · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: Well. This week, American celebrated National Cat Day for one
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  Speaker 1: of TikTok's favorite content creators. Every day is cat Day.
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  Speaker 1: That's all thanks to his adventures in the Austrian countryside
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  Speaker 1: with this new cat, Eddie. Here's will Gans with their story.
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  Speaker 1: The Little Mermaid has Flounder, Moana has hey hey, I has.
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  Speaker 2: Olaf and I like warm hugs.
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  Speaker 1: And Peter Meyerhoffern has Eddie.
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  Speaker 2: Look Eddie's so cute today.
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  Speaker 1: Look Eddie, my little baby.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my god.
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  Speaker 1: The Austrian content creator with more than two million followers,
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  Speaker 1: has been dubbed the happiest person on the Internet. Look
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  Speaker 1: at the lake guys, how beautiful? Oh my god. In
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  Speaker 1: case you were wondering how you might make the happiest
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  Speaker 1: person on social media even happier, it turns out you
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  Speaker 1: give him the world's most adorable cat. Peter, tell me
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  Speaker 1: about Eddie.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my god. Eddie is like the cutest fluffy ball
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  Speaker 2: I have ever seen. And he just came into my
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  Speaker 2: life and changed my life completely. Eddie shows me the
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  Speaker 2: world with his eyes, things that I didn't see before.
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  Speaker 2: And before I was always like rushing through the end
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  Speaker 2: goal of my journey, and I was like I have
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  Speaker 2: to get there. I have to get there. But now
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  Speaker 2: with Eddie, I know that the journey is much more
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  Speaker 2: important than the goal on the end. And we are
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  Speaker 2: taking breaks and he's smelling on leaves and flowers, and
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  Speaker 2: he just shows me that sometimes it's more important to
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  Speaker 2: slow back and take the moment and enjoy the moment.
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  Speaker 1: A poll from the American Psychiatric Association last year suggests
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  Speaker 1: that sixty two percent of pet owners say their four
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  Speaker 1: legged friends lower their stress and anxiety, and more than
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  Speaker 1: a third are encouraged to be more physically active because
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  Speaker 1: of their pets. What would you say is the most
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  Speaker 1: challenging part about traveling with Eddie?
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  Speaker 2: So I have to say Eddie was always adventurous. I
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  Speaker 2: think that the most challenging part is that you cannot
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  Speaker 2: forget that he is his own little person. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he has his needs and his feelings. And before I
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  Speaker 2: was always rushing to the mountain peak, but now I'm thinking,
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  Speaker 2: what does he want? What is his needs? And sometimes
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  Speaker 2: it's just nicer do take a little break and see
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  Speaker 2: what the cat likes. And it's a mix between what
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  Speaker 2: he desires and what I desire, and that's why it's working.
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  Speaker 1: Peter started his career in the dog eat dog world
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  Speaker 1: of modeling, but pivoted when he felt his own inner
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  Speaker 1: light growing dim. There's an interesting dynamic right between the
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  Speaker 1: idea of success and the idea of happiness. What does
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  Speaker 1: success look like to you? We get to see you
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  Speaker 1: being happy all the time, but what does success mean
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  Speaker 1: to you?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I think a lot of people get happiness and
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  Speaker 2: such as wrong. A lot of people mean that you
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  Speaker 2: first need to become successful in order to get happy,
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  Speaker 2: but I think it's the opposite. Once you get happy,
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  Speaker 2: love yourself how you are then also suggests will come
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  Speaker 2: your way, and it's very important to just be yourself,
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  Speaker 2: find out who you are, do the things that you
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  Speaker 2: love before chasing your career.
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  Speaker 1: If TikTok fans had their way, Peter and Eddie's career
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  Speaker 1: would include a Disney adaptation, with comments like a cat
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  Speaker 1: a Prince, the Majestic View, Am I in a fairy tale?
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  Speaker 1: And Disney I need a movie? If you were a
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  Speaker 1: Disney movie you and Eddie, what would the title of
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  Speaker 1: that movie be?
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  Speaker 2: First of all, I have to say I really love
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  Speaker 2: that people say that, because my life really feels like
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  Speaker 2: a movie sometimes. And if my life would be a
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  Speaker 2: movie title. I think it would be the Spark of Happiness,
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  Speaker 2: because happiness is contagious. It's like a little spark that
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  Speaker 2: is chumping on each and everyone in the room. And
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  Speaker 2: that's also with me and Eddie, you know, we love
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  Speaker 2: to spread happiness and make people laugh. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that would the movie could be about some simple guy
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  Speaker 2: living in the mountains and protecting the world from shadow
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  Speaker 2: with a light that he is spreading.
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  Speaker 1: But until Mickey Mouse calls, Peter and Eddie say they're
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  Speaker 1: happy just living in the me alment. What do you
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  Speaker 1: hope that the future holds for you and for Eddie?
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  Speaker 1: What if we're dreaming big here? What does the future
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  Speaker 1: look like for you?
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  Speaker 2: Actually, I'm just wishing to stay happy because I found
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  Speaker 2: out it's the most important in life. There's no career
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  Speaker 2: or material things that are important. I just want to
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  Speaker 2: be happy. And if I could have the chance, I
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  Speaker 2: want to freeze this moment how it is and it's
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  Speaker 2: just perfect. My life is so beautiful at the moment,
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  Speaker 2: and my wish would just be that it stays like
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  Speaker 2: this forever.
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  Speaker 1: I just want to stay like this forever too. This
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  Speaker 1: is the best interview of all time. Peter Meyer Harfer,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much for being here.