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Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

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The Science of Happiness

The study started in 1938 and it started as two studies that didn't know about each other when they started. One was a study of Harvard College undergraduates, 19 year olds who were thought by their deans to be fine, upstanding young men. And then there was a study at Harvard Law School of juvenile delinquency which asked if we take children from really troubled families,. how is it that some children are able to stay on good developmental paths? It's so politically incredible. So the results, as you say, you can't pick up the nuance of someone drinking a cup of coffee or answering the phone, but there is data to show some basic principles which you'll share.

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