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What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness | Robert Waldinger

Key Takeaways:

  • Harvard Study of Adult Development
  • 700 Men
  • Two groups: Harvard Students and poor boys from Boston
  • Good relationships keep us happier and healthier
  • Social Connections are good for us and loneliness kills
  • More isolated →Find that they are less happy, shorter lives
  • 1 in 5 Americans tells you they are lonely
  • Most satisfied in their relationships in their 50 → Most healthy in their 80s
  • Old and happy relationship → Physical Pain but happiness stays the same
  • Relationships good for our Brain
  • Need the feeling that you can count on the other partner
  • The good life is build with good relationships

© Chair for Strategy and Organization, Technical University of Munich

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