The secret to a healthy, happy life has always been one of the greatest secrets that people have tried to discover for millennia.
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According to scientists, people’s views on health and happiness are extremely diverse.
Is that perspective accurate and suitable for all of us?
How do scientists carry out this research?
This unique study began in 1938, during the Great Depression.
– Group 1 includes 268 male graduates from Harvard University (led by Glueck).
– Group 2 includes 456 poor people (from different backgrounds) living in the city of Boston (responsible for Grant).
Very few people become factory/factory workers
Some people are alcoholics
Some people have schizophrenia
Some people work as lawyers and doctors
Some people are extremely successful
A man who became the 35th president of the United States (John F. Kennedy)
One is a veteran editor of the Washington Post (Ben Bradlee).
Some people hit social bottom
In 2015, the project expanded to include 1,300 children of research subjects.
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To build a clear and accurate picture, the research team must meet face-to-face with participants every two years to continuously update any changes in their lives while also collecting blood samples,
In addition, the research team also spent time chatting with family members of the research subjects to acknowledge their deepest concerns.
Now, Robert Waldinger hopes to extend the research from the second generation to the third and fourth generations.
3 secrets of a healthy and happy life
From research results, professor Robert Waldinger revealed the 3 most important secrets of a healthy and happy life.
Lesson 1: Social connection is the secret key to happiness
Research subjects who had good relationships with family, friends, neighbors and the community were satisfied with their physical and mental health.
People who live alone and have little social interaction are less happy.
Agreeing with the above opinion, Dr. Vivek Murthy (former vice admiral of the US Public Health Service Corps) affirmed in the Harvard Business Review: `Loneliness and poor social connection have
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Lesson 2: The quality of the relationship is more important than the quantity
Close relationships always make us happy.
Discussing this issue, Robert Waldinger said, an 80-year-old man in the above study shared that he and his wife still lived very happily, even when they were old and weak, because they were always in harmony.
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Lesson 3: Close relationships have the ability to protect the human brain
According to professor Robert Waldinger, close, strong relationships with loved ones also help you improve your memory.
Thus, a great relationship is the secret key to health and happiness.
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