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The Good Life Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

Robert Waldinger M.D.

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

Mel Robbins highlighted the book by quoting Dr. Waldinger’s observation that busy people won’t automatically gain extra time in the future to reconnect with friends, and she later introduced the author as the writer of an international bestseller that reveals the secrets to a good life. The discussion emphasized the book’s practical insights and its status as a widely acclaimed guide to happiness.

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Episode: What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From the Longest S...

Dr. Waldinger discussed his book, 'The Good Life,' which is an International Best Seller and focuses on the secrets to living a good life.

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He's the author of the amazing book and the International Best Seller, The Good Life.

Episode: Tiny Fixes for a Tired Life: 7 Habits That Make Yo...

Mel Robbins noted that Dr. Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard longrunning happiness study, has a book titled The Good Life and quoted a line from it.

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He has a book out called The Good Life. And in his book, he says, quote, "Most busy people tend to think that in some unspecified future, like when I'm retired, we'll have a time surplus where we'll be able to connect with old friends. Here's the truth. The time surplus is not coming."

Episode: If You’re Feeling Behind in Life, Listen to This

Mel referenced Dr. Waldinger's book to illustrate research on the social clock and how it harms people's happiness. She noted that the book explains why the invisible checklist makes us feel behind.

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This is research from Dr. Robert Waldinger's book, The Good Life, Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness. He actually writes about this idea of a social clock and how it screws us all up. It makes us unhappy. It makes us feel like we're falling behind or we're losing in life.

Dr. Waldinger takes Bernice Newgarten's research about this social clock even a step further because he says it's not just society and things like we got to retire at 65 that put pressure on us. There are also social clocks that you may feel based on your upbringing or influences like your friends or news or social media.

No Stupid Questions

It was discussed as a great book based on research from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which focused on what makes people happy and healthy, concluding that good relationships are crucial for both.

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There's a great book I love this book. I love even more the research the book is based on but the book is fantastic it's by Robert Waldinger and Mark Schultz and it's called the good life lessons from...

— Episode: 157. How Can You Get Closer to the Peopl...

Episode: 157. How Can You Get Closer to the People You Care...

It was discussed as a great book based on research from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which focused on what makes people happy and healthy, concluding that good relationships are crucial for both.

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There's a great book I love this book. I love even more the research the book is based on but the book is fantastic it's by Robert Waldinger and Mark Schultz and it's called the good life lessons from the world's longest Scientific study of happiness.

Good relationships keep us healthier and happier period.

Episode: 134. Will You Live to Be 100?

It was summarized as a book about the lessons learned from the longest scientific study of happiness, emphasizing that strong relationships are key to a healthy and happy life, especially in old age.

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the Harvard study of adult development as is called has of course had to be passed on like baton from one side is to another and the scientists who now hold that baton are named Robert Waldinger and Mark Schultz but basically they wrote a book called the good life lessons from the world's longest scientific study of happiness

if there's one very simple sentence to summarize all of this research which of course spans decades and decades it is that relationships are the key to aging well to staying physically healthy to staying mentally healthy and of course as it says in the title to being happy.

Chasing Life

The book was highlighted as a concise summary of the Harvard Study on Adult Development, explaining that happiness varies moment to moment rather than being constant. Host Sanjay Gupta, along with the author, urged listeners to read it to understand what truly contributes to a happy, healthy life. The discussion conveyed strong endorsement of the title.

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Episode: Living Your Happiest Life

It was discussed as a book summarizing the Harvard Study on Adult Development, which explores what makes people happy and healthy throughout their lives, emphasizing that happiness fluctuates and is not constant.

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Bob has shared his findings in his latest book called The Good Life, lessons from the longest scientific study of happiness.

What we found was that no life is good all the time. Moment to moment, happiness changes.

I've read your book. I've read your research.

It is in your book, which is great and everyone should read it.

I'd encourage everyone to read his book, The Good Life.

Episode: Living Your Happiest Life

It was discussed as a summary of the Harvard Study on Adult Development, focusing on what truly makes people happy and healthy, and how happiness is not constant.

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Bob has shared his findings in his latest book called The Good Life, lessons from the longest scientific study of happiness.

What we found was that no life is good all the time. From moment to moment, happiness changes.

I've read your book. I've read your research.

I'd encourage everyone to read his book, The Good Life.

It's partly happy. Every life has ups and downs. It's a good life is where we feel that we can meet most of the time the challenges that come our way, because challenges are always coming our way.

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