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What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness.
TED TALK: Robert Waldinger [Nov 2015. 12:46]
Millennial’s Survey
1.What are Millennials two main goals? Percentage Goal
i. ii .
iii. iv.
2. What are we often told we need to To push h___________ and
do to have a good life? a___________ more
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The Study
3.Name of study:
4.Length of time:
5. When did it
begin?
6. How many
participants:
7. How many
are still alive
today?
8. What were Group 1:
the two i.
groups?
Group 2:
ii.
9. Three main i. work
research areas
ii.
iii.
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True / False / Not Given (T/F/NG):
Detailed research: The participants are…
T / F / NG
10.contacted and asked questions every year
11.asked to answer online questionnaires.
12.interviewed only at Harvard
13. given psychological examinations
14.asked to give blood samples
15. are all men
16. checked for schizophrenia
17. The participant’s wives and children are interviewed too
18. The participant’s employers are questioned
19. Everything is filmed
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Long studies / long research projects
Studies like these are exceedingly rare. Why?
21. reason 1
22. reason 2
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Why has this particular survey survived?
23. Reason
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Summaries - [put a suitable word in the gap – first letter of word is provided]
The Three Big Lessons
24. Lesson 1
Social connections are good for us but L_______________ kills. People who have strong
family and friend communities are happier, healthier and live longer. People who
are i______________ are less happy, health declines earlier in m_______________
life, b________________ functions declines sooner and they love shorter lives. In fact,
one in f___________ Americans are lonely.
25. Lesson 2:
It's not the number of friends but whether or not you are in a c_____________
relationship. Living in c________________ is really bad for us but living in good warm
relationships is p________________. Evidence at fifty years old showed how healthy
they would be at e________________ years old.
26. Lesson 3:
Relationships don't just protect our bodies they protect our b____________ People in
positive relationships feel they can rely on that other person in times of
n_____________ ,as a result their m__________________ stay sharper.
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Multiple choice questions- [ choose only one answer]
27. The main message is…
a) Close relationships are good for our health and wellbeing
b) Close relationships are good for our health and wisdom
c) Close relationships are good for our health and longevity
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28. The message for relationships is…
a) Relationships quickly fixed never last
b) Building relationships is a lifelong challenge
c) Relationships can be sexy and glamorous
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Solutions
29. What can be done to improve relationships with friends and family? Three things
1 Replace screen time with people time
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Final point a quote: [put a suitable word in the gap – first letter of word is provided]
30. Mark Twain:
"There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to
account. There is only time for l_____________, and but an i______________ so to speak, for
that."
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Overall Mark = ___ / 46
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