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What Makes a Good Life Video Lecture

What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness- Video Lecture

"What Makes a Good Life?" by Robert Waldinger is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.


What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.