Modern Wisdom

#578 - Dr Robert Waldinger - Lessons From The World's Longest Study On Happiness

Jan 19, 2023

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The Role of Relationships in Happiness

00:57

Maintaining Curiosity Impacts Happiness

01:19

What Does Happiness Mean?

01:36

The Oxytocin Connection: How Laughter Enhances Well-Being

02:13

Introduction

4min

The Origins of the Study, Dr. Robert Waldinger

2min

We're Studying the Big Domains of Human Life, Right?

3min

Are You Ticklish?

2min

The Problem With Snapshots Is That They Can Generate False Correlations

3min

The Single Biggest Influence on Happiness Is Relationships

3min

The Biggest Misconceptions About Happiness

4min

Is It Easier for Introverts to Find People to Be With?

2min

What Does Happiness Mean?

2min

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Optimizing for Hedonism or More for Eudaimonia?

5min

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Is There a Routine?

3min

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Relationships Are Stress Regulators

2min

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How Do Relationships Reduce Stress?

2min

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How Do You Know if You Have Good Relationships?

2min

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Marriage and Happiness

2min

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Is There a Control for the Number of Social Connections?

2min

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How to Maintain Curiosity in Relationships

2min

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Relationships - Are You the Type of Person Who Will Stay Curious?

3min

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Can Friendships Replace a Marriage?

2min

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The Intimate Partnership Is the Most Important Relationship to Have

2min

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The Relationship Between Relationships and Health

2min

22.

I Don't Need Anybody in My Life, I'm Just Alone, Wolf.

3min

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Social Fitness

2min

24.

When in Doubt, Show Up for People

2min

25.

The Influence of Childhood on Adult Relationships

2min

26.

How Does Happiness Affect Relationships?

3min

27.

Donuts Are Hell of a Drug

2min

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Are You Putting Your Logos Out Into the World?

3min

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What's Next for the Second Generation Cohort?

4min

Robert Waldinger is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Zen priest and Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running study of adult life ever conducted.

What makes for a good life? That was one of the main questions I asked myself when I began this podcast. A far easier solution would have been to speak to Dr Waldinger as his team has been researching thousands of the same individuals for 75 years to answer this question definitively.

Expect to learn how you operate a longitudinal study that spans more time than any researcher's career, just how in depth this study went with brain scans and blood tests, what the most important factors which determined life happiness were, how many friends people should have, whether being married makes you live longer, what role achievement has on happiness and much more...

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