{"id":15051,"date":"2017-03-30T01:21:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T05:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=15051"},"modified":"2017-03-30T01:21:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T05:21:45","slug":"what-makes-a-good-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/30\/what-makes-a-good-life\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a good life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it&#8217;s fame and money, you&#8217;re not alone \u2013 but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you&#8217;re mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life. <\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Hat tip to Barry Ritholz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it&#8217;s fame and money, you&#8217;re not alone \u2013 but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you&#8217;re mistaken. 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