This document discusses findings from the 75-year Harvard study on adult development. It summarizes that after tracking over 700 men for 75 years, the study concluded that good relationships are the key to greater happiness and health. While people often believe fame and money lead to happiness, the director of the long-term study says this is a mistaken view. Maintaining work-life balance and hobbies also came up as important factors related to productivity and well-being.
2. Norms:
• Switch off your mobile phones.
• One meeting at a time.
• Lets take turns while speaking.
• 55 K thoughts a day have 70% -ve in it, so keep
it positive
5. Even after having all the senses and wealth we still
remain un happy.
May be because _______________________ .
6. Human nature
Skill - Being playful / Hobby
All mammals play – but no other species pursues such a wide
variety of entertainment or spends so much time enjoying
themselves
7. Knowledge – Curious
Humans are constantly sorting the world into categories,
predicting how things work, and testing those predictions – the
essence of science
Human nature
8. Feeding – Taste
Compared with other animals, the feeding behavior of humans is
exceedingly odd. Where they just eat, we make a meal of it
Human nature
9. Communication – Talk to others
Human want to convey the message either verbal or non verbal
ways.
Human nature
10. Skill - Being playful / Hobby
Productivity: Some thing that can helpful for your brain or
body.
Knowledge – Curious
Productivity: That can help live you and people around you a
better life.
Feeding – Taste
Productivity: That can increase or maintain your health.
Communication – Talk to others
Productivity: Help build a stronger bond with your family and
friends.
Extracting Productivity out of Nature
11. If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone –
but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're
mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on
adult development at Harvard, Waldinger has
unprecedented access to data on true happiness and
satisfaction.
Harvard study of 75 years
12. After tracking people for 75 years, including 724 men.
About 60 of our original 724 men are still alive, still
participating in the study, most of them in their
90s. And to study more than 2,000 children of these
men concluding to only one result;
Harvard study of 75 years
13. The clearest message that we get from this 75-year
study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and
healthier. Period.
Harvard study of 75 years