The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness
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- Author：Robert Waldinger
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Summary
‘In a crowded field of life advice and even life advice based on scientific research， Schulz and Waldinger stand apart’ Angela Duckworth， author of Grit
What is the key to a good life？
It is a question that preoccupies us all and one that the longest and most successful study of happiness ever conducted strives to answer。 In this groundbreaking book， directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development， Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz， bring together over 80 years of research to reveal the true components of a happy， fulfilled life。
The Good Life makes clear that what truly makes a rich and happy life is not synonymous with financial success and achievement， but is rather the result of our relationships。 This remarkable work brings together scientific precision， traditional wisdom， incredible real-life stories and actionable insights to prove once and for all that our own wellbeing and ability to flourish is absolutely within our control。
'An outstanding book。 It combines the longest and richest study of human lives anywhere with two remarkable authors of extraordinary breadth' Richard Layard， author of Can We Be Happier？
‘This captivating， powerful book shows us scientifically and practically how to define， create and most importantly live the good life’ Jay Shetty
What is the key to a good life？
It is a question that preoccupies us all and one that the longest and most successful study of happiness ever conducted strives to answer。 In this groundbreaking book， directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development， Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz， bring together over 80 years of research to reveal the true components of a happy， fulfilled life。
The Good Life makes clear that what truly makes a rich and happy life is not synonymous with financial success and achievement， but is rather the result of our relationships。 This remarkable work brings together scientific precision， traditional wisdom， incredible real-life stories and actionable insights to prove once and for all that our own wellbeing and ability to flourish is absolutely within our control。
'An outstanding book。 It combines the longest and richest study of human lives anywhere with two remarkable authors of extraordinary breadth' Richard Layard， author of Can We Be Happier？
‘This captivating， powerful book shows us scientifically and practically how to define， create and most importantly live the good life’ Jay Shetty
Reviews
Laura
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The Good Life is a well written and informative summary of a scientific longevity study of happiness。 While it may be tempting to classify this book as self help， it is so much more。 The scientific study in which individuals were followed for decades is intriguing and incredibly interesting。 The authors wrote the book for the layperson， not weighing the reader down with detailed statistical analyses。 Instead， they presented the findings of individual participants to illustrate the larger group r The Good Life is a well written and informative summary of a scientific longevity study of happiness。 While it may be tempting to classify this book as self help， it is so much more。 The scientific study in which individuals were followed for decades is intriguing and incredibly interesting。 The authors wrote the book for the layperson， not weighing the reader down with detailed statistical analyses。 Instead， they presented the findings of individual participants to illustrate the larger group results of their ongoing project。 Following the isolation that the pandemic brought to so many individuals， the topic of this book is timely and useful。 I highly recommend diving into this wonderfully information， easy-to-read book！ 。。。more
Heathersbookreview
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Thank you to Simon and Schuster for the option to listen to this audiobook。 A very interesting listen on the LONGEST study done on humans！ The narrators mention many individuals that participated in the study and what the true key to living a good life is based off thousands of participant data and findings。 Truthfully so intriguing and I really enjoyed listening to the findings from years of research。
Patty Hagar
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The “World’s Longest Study on Happiness” revealed nothing surprising。 Happy humans need connection。 It’s an interesting collection of examples and quotes; more academic than inspiring。
Angie Boyter
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Good life is good friends， good family， good relationshipsEveryone wants to know what makes a happy and fulfilling life， but how do you find out？ As The Good Life says， “We are always comparing our insides to other people’s outsides”。 Harvard has been taking on this challenge in a study that began more than 80 years ago and has followed participants and their descendants ever since。 The present-day directors of the Harvard study provide the results， which found that good relationships of all sor Good life is good friends， good family， good relationshipsEveryone wants to know what makes a happy and fulfilling life， but how do you find out？ As The Good Life says， “We are always comparing our insides to other people’s outsides”。 Harvard has been taking on this challenge in a study that began more than 80 years ago and has followed participants and their descendants ever since。 The present-day directors of the Harvard study provide the results， which found that good relationships of all sorts are the key。The idea of a study to learn what makes people happy is very intriguing， I wanted to know how they designed such a study and what kinds of statistics they used。 I was a bit disappointed that there was not more information of this sort， although there were some interesting tidbits， such as the fact that one of the participants was President John F Kennedy， Jr。， who was a student at Harvard when the study began。 I also would have liked to see more information on other factors that contribute to happiness。The Good Life has general discussions of relationships， with information from many other studies and sources like Aristotle， Lewis Carroll， the US Department of Health and Human Services and Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman。 There are separate chapters on intimate relationships， family relationships， relationships at work， and other relationships like your book group or the guy at your local drugstore。 My feeling as I finished the book was that there was interesting information about how important it was to have relationships but not really enough detail to be a practical guide。 Over the next few days， though， I had to change my mind。 My neighbor was telling me she had begun home-schooling her daughter because of bullying at school， and I brought up and we discussed how important it is to give her other sources of relationships。 I also returned an Amazon purchase at a local dropoff location and noted the employee looked rather bored。 I asked him how the refunds work， and we engaged in a short conversation about it。 He was much perkier when I left。 My neighbor and the store employee felt better， and so did I 。 This book made me both more aware of the importance of relationships and more likely to actively cultivate them。 I think the authors accomplished their goal。 I received an advance review copy of this book from Edelweiss and the publisher。 。。。more
Candy
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