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(MBASkills.IN) What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From The Longest Study of Happiness

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Sameer Mathur
Sameer Mathur

The document summarizes findings from a 75-year longitudinal study that followed 724 men from their time as teenagers into old age. It found that good relationships are key to health and happiness. Specifically: - Social connections and strong relationships promote better physical and mental health as well as longer life, while loneliness has harmful effects. - It is not just the number of friends or whether one is in a relationship that matters, but the quality of close relationships since living with conflict is unhealthy. - Good relationships not only protect physical health but also brain health. Maintaining strong relationships is more important for well-being than pursuing wealth, fame or overworking.

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SUBMITTED TO : PROF. SAMEER MATHUR SUBMITTED BY: NAMAN GUPTA PGPID: PGP30320
WHAT KEEPS US HEALTHY AND HAPPY AS WE GO
IF YOU WERE GOING TO INVEST NOW IN YOUR FUTURE BEST SELF, WHERE WOULD YOU PUT YOUR TIME AND YOUR
STUDY OF PEOPLE FROM THE TIME THAT THEY WERE TEENAGERS AL L THE WAY INTO OLD AGE TO SEE WHAT REALLY KEEPS PEOPLE
75 YEARS 724 MEN HOME LIVES WORK HEALTH
GROUP 1 SOPHOMORES AT HARVARD COLLEGE FINISHED COLLEGE DURING WORLD WAR 2 MOST WENT TO
GRO UP 2GROUP OF BOYS FROM BOSTON'S POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS MOST LIVED IN TENEMENTS, MANY WITHOUT HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER
THEY GREW UP TO BECOME…….
METHODOLOGY OF STUDY ALL THE TEENAGERS WERE INTERVIEWED MEDICAL EXAMS WERE CONDUCTED THEIR PARENTS WERE INTERVIEWED To get the clearest picture of these lives, they don't just send them questionnaires…………….THEN???
INTERVIEW THEM IN LIVING ROOMS MEDICAL RECORDS DRAW THEIR BLOOD SCAN THEIR BRAIN TALK TO THEIR CHILDREN VIDEOTAPE THEM TALKING WITH THEIR WIVES ABOUT THEIR DEEPEST CONCERNS
(MBASkills.IN) What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From The Longest Study of Happiness
LESSONS AREN'T ABOUT WEALTH OR FAME OR WORKING HARDER AN HARDER
THE CLEAREST MESSAGE THAT WE GET FROM THIS 75-YEAR STUDY IS THIS: GOOD RELATIONSHIPS KEEP US HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER. PERIOD.
THREE BIG LESSONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
First: Social connections are really good for us, and that loneliness kills. It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they're physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected
IT'S NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF FRIENDS YOU HAVE, AND IT'S NOT WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE IN A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT'S THE QUALITY OF YOUR CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT MATTERS. IT TURNS OUT THAT LIVING IN THE MIDST OF CONFLICT IS REALLY BAD FOR OUR HEALTH.
GOOD RELATIONSHIPS DON'T JUST PROTECT OUR BODIES, THEY PROTECT OUR BRAINS
The message, that good, close relationships are good for our health and well-being, this is wisdom that's as old as the hills. Why is this so hard to get and so easy to ignore? Well, we're human. What we'd really like is a quick fix, something we can get that'll make our lives good and keep them that way
(MBASkills.IN) What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From The Longest Study of Happiness

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(MBASkills.IN) What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From The Longest Study of Happiness

  • 1. SUBMITTED TO : PROF. SAMEER MATHUR SUBMITTED BY: NAMAN GUPTA PGPID: PGP30320
  • 2. WHAT KEEPS US HEALTHY AND HAPPY AS WE GO
  • 3. IF YOU WERE GOING TO INVEST NOW IN YOUR FUTURE BEST SELF, WHERE WOULD YOU PUT YOUR TIME AND YOUR
  • 4. STUDY OF PEOPLE FROM THE TIME THAT THEY WERE TEENAGERS AL L THE WAY INTO OLD AGE TO SEE WHAT REALLY KEEPS PEOPLE
  • 5. 75 YEARS 724 MEN HOME LIVES WORK HEALTH
  • 6. GROUP 1 SOPHOMORES AT HARVARD COLLEGE FINISHED COLLEGE DURING WORLD WAR 2 MOST WENT TO
  • 7. GRO UP 2GROUP OF BOYS FROM BOSTON'S POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS MOST LIVED IN TENEMENTS, MANY WITHOUT HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER
  • 8. THEY GREW UP TO BECOME…….
  • 9. METHODOLOGY OF STUDY ALL THE TEENAGERS WERE INTERVIEWED MEDICAL EXAMS WERE CONDUCTED THEIR PARENTS WERE INTERVIEWED To get the clearest picture of these lives, they don't just send them questionnaires…………….THEN???
  • 10. INTERVIEW THEM IN LIVING ROOMS MEDICAL RECORDS DRAW THEIR BLOOD SCAN THEIR BRAIN TALK TO THEIR CHILDREN VIDEOTAPE THEM TALKING WITH THEIR WIVES ABOUT THEIR DEEPEST CONCERNS
  • 12. LESSONS AREN'T ABOUT WEALTH OR FAME OR WORKING HARDER AN HARDER
  • 13. THE CLEAREST MESSAGE THAT WE GET FROM THIS 75-YEAR STUDY IS THIS: GOOD RELATIONSHIPS KEEP US HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER. PERIOD.
  • 14. THREE BIG LESSONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
  • 15. First: Social connections are really good for us, and that loneliness kills. It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they're physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected
  • 16. IT'S NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF FRIENDS YOU HAVE, AND IT'S NOT WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE IN A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT'S THE QUALITY OF YOUR CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT MATTERS. IT TURNS OUT THAT LIVING IN THE MIDST OF CONFLICT IS REALLY BAD FOR OUR HEALTH.
  • 17. GOOD RELATIONSHIPS DON'T JUST PROTECT OUR BODIES, THEY PROTECT OUR BRAINS
  • 18. The message, that good, close relationships are good for our health and well-being, this is wisdom that's as old as the hills. Why is this so hard to get and so easy to ignore? Well, we're human. What we'd really like is a quick fix, something we can get that'll make our lives good and keep them that way