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Lessons From The World's Longest Study On Happiness - Dr Robert Waldinger - #578
Robert Waldinger is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Zen priest and Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running study of adult life ever conducted.
What makes for a good life? That was one of the main questions I asked myself when I began this podcast. A far easier solution would have been to speak to Dr Waldinger as his team has been researching thousands of the same individuals for 75 years to answer this question definitively.
Expect to learn how you operate a longitudinal study that spans more time than any researcher's career, just how in depth this study went with brain scans and blood tests, what the most important factors which determined life happiness were, how many friends people should have, whether being married makes you live longer, what role achievement has on happiness and much more...
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:16) Logistics of The World’s Longest Happiness Study
(09:09) Why the Study Focuses on Happiness
(12:34) Biggest Misconceptions of What Makes a Happy Life
(17:42) Defining Happiness
(27:14) Why Do Relationships Matter So Much?
(35:43) How Self-centred Actions Lead to Lower Happiness
(38:02) What to Look for in an Intimate Partner
(44:32) Can Friendships Replace Marriage?
(47:34) How Relationships Benefit Health
(54:49) Influence of Childhood on Future Relationships
(57:58) Is Happiness Based on Luck?
(1:02:18) Is Current Society Conducive to Happiness?
(1:05:34) What’s Next for the Study?
(1:07:39) Where to Find Dr Waldinger
Extra Stuff:
Buy The Good Life - https://amzn.to/3QwWQ5D
Check out Bob's website - http://www.robertwaldinger.com/
Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/
To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom
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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson
The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman
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Robert Waldinger is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Zen priest and Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running study of adult life ever conducted.
What makes for a good life? That was one of the main questions I asked myself when I began this podcast. A far easier solution would have been to speak to Dr Waldinger as his team has been researching thousands of the same individuals for 75 years to answer this question definitively.
Expect to learn how you operate a longitudinal study that spans more time than any researcher's career, just how in depth this study went with brain scans and blood tests, what the most important factors which determined life happiness were, how many friends people should have, whether being married makes you live longer, what role achievement has on happiness and much more...
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:16) Logistics of The World’s Longest Happiness Study
(09:09) Why the Study Focuses on Happiness
(12:34) Biggest Misconceptions of What Makes a Happy Life
(17:42) Defining Happiness
(27:14) Why Do Relationships Matter So Much?
(35:43) How Self-centred Actions Lead to Lower Happiness
(38:02) What to Look for in an Intimate Partner
(44:32) Can Friendships Replace Marriage?
(47:34) How Relationships Benefit Health
(54:49) Influence of Childhood on Future Relationships
(57:58) Is Happiness Based on Luck?
(1:02:18) Is Current Society Conducive to Happiness?
(1:05:34) What’s Next for the Study?
(1:07:39) Where to Find Dr Waldinger
Extra Stuff:
Buy The Good Life - https://amzn.to/3QwWQ5D
Check out Bob's website - http://www.robertwaldinger.com/
Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/
To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom
-
Episodes You Might Enjoy:
This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins
How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson
The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman
-
Get in touch.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast
Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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