Robert Waldinger: Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor puts world’s longest study on happiness into a book 'The Good Life'

For the last 85 years, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has explored what makes a good and fulfilling life. The director of this study is Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor Robert Waldinger, and alongside colleague Marc Schulz, he turned decades of research into a book 'The Good Life'. So what's the key to a good life? Robert Waldinger says taking care of your health and forging good personal relationships are the two biggest factors to staying happy and healthy for longer. "The surprise was that the people with the warmest connections with other people lived the longest and stayed the healthiest. We didn't believe that at first." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.