I run Harvard's famous happiness study - here's how to be more fulfilled

I run Harvard's famous happiness study - here's how to be more fulfilled

When the Harvard Study of Adult Development began in 1938, the world was on the edge of catastrophe. The Great Depression had barely ended. Europe was drifting toward war. Mental health was largely unspoken, and ideas like emotional well-being or personal fulfilment were far from mainstream.Then the study launched with a bold and unusual goal: to track hundreds of people over their entire existence to try to answer one fundamental question: what…

It is no longer a secret, happiness does not happen at random. One may think that it sometimes falls on us, but in reality it is the result of many actions. According to the largest study on happiness, carried out by Harvard University for almost 85 years (Yes, it is long!), the secret of personal development lies in the quality of relationships: to surround one's loved ones allows to be happy, but not only. The other factor, essential to a happ…