Faith is positively correlated with longevity as well as happiness, wrighte says. People who have a perspective on life that's broader and bigger than themselves are more likely to find peace in the second half of their lives. "To be obsessed with this one point is just misery for people," he adds.
Arthur C. Brooks used to run a prominent think tank where he was paid handsomely to influence public policy. Did all that success make him happy? Nope. So Arthur quit his job and set out to transform his life. Now he has written a book about what he learned along the way, the #1 New York Times bestseller “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life.”
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