What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study of happiness

Perhaps you didn’t know it, but today, on 20 March, is the « international day of happiness ». What a good occasion to share some surprising lessons from the longest study of happiness.

And no, it’s not about fame and money.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBeaconStreet, an independent event. TED’s editors chose to feature it on the ted.com website in November 2015.

About the speaker:

Robert Waldinger, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, zen priest.

Robert Waldinger is director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history

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