The Good Life
By Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz
- Genre
- Psychology, Philosophy & Personal Development
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication year
- 2023
- ISBN
- 9781982166694
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness is a work of nonfiction by the psychologists Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz, published by Simon & Schuster in January 2023. Drawing on the Harvard Study of Adult Development, it argues relationships drive well-being...
What actually makes for a happy life? For once, there is data. Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz direct the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which has followed the same people, and later their children, for more than eighty years - the longest study of its kind. The Good Life distills its central, remarkably consistent finding: the strongest predictor of health and happiness is not wealth, fame or achievement but the quality of our relationships. Weaving decades of longitudinal data with individual life stories, the authors show how connection protects us and how, at any age, we can invest in it. intendle recommends it as an evidence-based antidote to the culture's louder promises, warm without being sentimental. A New York Times bestseller drawn from Waldinger's 40-million-view TED talk, it turns a vast scientific study into practical wisdom. Its message is simple and, backed by this much evidence, hard to ignore: tend your relationships.