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One of the great joys of my life is that I get to spend time with some of the world's foremost experts and builders and call it work.
While I don't have a "podcast" in the traditional sense—I don't want to turn something fun into a business—I have recently decided that I'd like to try to record and share the insights from some of these natural conversations so that everyone can benefit from them in the way that I have.
In that vein, last week, I got together with a friend—Dr. Robert Waldinger—and spent two hours in a deep and wide-ranging discussion.
I had a team come out and record it, so will release a full video in the coming weeks, but today, I want to share a few of the most impactful takeaways from our conversation.
For those of you who don't know him, Dr. Waldinger is the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which is the longest-running study on adult life, health, and happiness in the world. It tracked the lives of 700+ original participants and 1,300+ descendants over 85 years. His Ted Talk has been viewed nearly 50 million times and his book, The Good Life, was an instant New York Times best-seller.
Here are 5 lessons from my conversation with a world-renowned happiness expert...