The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, show that…

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