1: Is this person supportive? Ambivalent? Or demeaning?
How often do I interact with them—frequently or infrequently?
These are the two questions Sahil Bloom suggests we ask, as outlined in his book, The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life.
We begin by making a list of the key relationships in our lives.
“These can include family, friends, partner, or coworker relationships,” Sahil writes. “For … continue reading
1: The Harvard Study of Adult Development is the longest in-depth longitudinal study of human life ever done. The study has followed the lives of 724 individuals beginning when they were teenagers, and now spans over three generations and includes an additional 1,300 of their descendants.
“For eighty-four years (and counting), the Harvard Study has tracked the same individuals, asking thousands of questions and taking hundreds of measurements to find … continue reading
1: Are we destined to be happy or unhappy? Loved or lonely? Does what happened to us in our childhood define us, forever?
“We get asked questions like this a lot,” Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz write in their book The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
Bob and Marc are the current Director and Associate Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development… continue reading
1: “Most of what we know about human life we know from asking people to remember the past,” Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz write in The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
The only problem with this approach?
People’s “memories are full of holes,” the authors write.” Just try to remember what you had for dinner last Tuesday, or who you spoke with on … continue reading
1: “If you had to make one life choice, right now, to set yourself on the path to future health and happiness, what would it be?” Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz ask in The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
Would we start saving more money? Change our occupation? Decide to travel more?
Back in 2007, a group of millennials were surveyed regarding their … continue reading
