On Monday 13th May 2024 PropelHer’s Book Club discussed The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Study on Happiness by Dr Robert Waldinger and Dr Marc Schulz.
In this summary of The Good Life by Dr Robert Waldinger and Dr Marc Schulz I’ll be briefly summarising the book to help you to make a decision about whether you should buy a copy of the book for yourself.
The Good Life consists of 11 chapters.
Chapter 1: What Makes a Good Life? Outlines what makes a good life and why the reality is so different to what people imagine. People aren’t great at knowing what is good for them and that is why research, especially longitudinal studies (which the Harvard study is) are so important.
Having identified that the key to happiness is relationships Chapter 2 to 6 explores relationships from different angles. You’ll learn about how relationships are so important, the role relationships play across your whole life, how to assess (and improve) your social fitness, how to better invest in your relationships and how to face challenges in your relationship.
Chapter 7 to 10 focus on specific types of relationships, which a chapter dedicated to intimate relationships, family, relationships at work and then friends.
Then Chapter 11 is the concluding chapter and share how it is never too late to be happy and what the reader can do having finished the book to bring more happiness into their life.
That’s it! You now have an idea about what you can expect to find inside of The Good Life by Dr Robert Waldinger and Dr Marc Schulz.
Like the sound of The Good Life by Dr Robert Waldinger and Dr Marc Schulz. Why not buy a copy of the book and have a read?
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The Good Life by Dr Robert Waldinger and Dr Marc Schulz was read as part of PropelHer’s Book Club. PropelHer’s Book Club is an online non-fiction book club for ambitious women that meet monthly. Every month PropelHer’s Book Club reads a different book to help ambitious women concentrate on their personal development and professional success. You can see what else we have read so far here. If you would like to join PropelHer’s Book Club you can find full details here.
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