Friendship Has a Vital Effect on Longevity

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With friends, you can walk away at any time. There's no money back guarantee. You're only there because you want to be and they're only therebecause they want to be. That frigility is what proves its purity. People don't have to do it out of obligation. And so you wouldn't be there if it didn't make you happy. So that's why friendship kind of wins a happiness game."

Eric Barker is the author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong, which has sold over half a million copies. Eric is also a sought-after speaker, having given talks at MIT, Yale, Google, the United States Military Central Command (CENTCOM), and the Olympic Training Center.

Eric's newest book, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong, is available now!

Learn more about Eric at bakadesuyo.com.

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