Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
روبرت والدينجر: ما الذي يجعل الحياة جميلة؟ دروس عن السعادة من أطول دراسة في التاريخ
Robert Waldinger is the Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. Full bio
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and your energy?
most important life goals were,
was to get rich.
of those same young adults
to lean in to work, to push harder
والدفع الى الأمام
are the things that we need to go after
التي يجب السعي لها
and how those choices work out for them,
عليه مستقبلك
are almost impossible to get.
to remember the past,
is anything but 20/20.
عن الخوض اللحظي فيه.
of what happens to us in life,
is downright creative.
حياة بكاملها،
from the time that they were teenagers
من سنّ المراهقة
happy and healthy?
وفي صحة جيدة؟
of adult life that's ever been done.
تم القيام بها.
the lives of 724 men,
their home lives, their health,
وحياتهم الشخصية وصحتهم،
without knowing how their life stories
fall apart within a decade
تنهار في غضون عشر سنوات،
drop out of the study,
further down the field.
of several generations of researchers,
of two groups of men.
من الرجال.
at Harvard College.
في كلية هارفارد.
during World War II,
خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية،
to serve in the war.
from Boston's poorest neighborhoods,
من أفقر الأحياء في بوسطن،
from some of the most troubled
many without hot and cold running water.
من دون مياه جارية باردة وساخنة.
and we interviewed their parents.
مع والديهم.
grew up into adults
and bricklayers and doctors,
و بنائين وأطباء،
A few developed schizophrenia.
عانى من إنفصام الشخصية.
all the way to the very top,
in the opposite direction.
standing here today, 75 years later,
the study still continues.
and dedicated research staff
and asks them if we can send them
إذا كان بإمكاننا أن نرسل لهم
about their lives.
في بوسطن يسألنا،
My life just isn't that interesting."
إنها ليست مثيرة للاهتمام."
of these lives,
from their doctors.
about their deepest concerns.
عن أعمق مخاوفهم.
we finally asked the wives
أخيرا طلبنا من الزوجات
as members of the study,
كأعضاء في الدراسة،
"You know, it's about time."
"هذا يتطلب وقت."
from the tens of thousands of pages
من عشرات الآلاف من الصفحات؟
or fame or working harder and harder.
أو الشهرة أو العمل بكدّ.
from this 75-year study is this:
من هذه الدراسة الممتدة 75 عاما:
happier and healthier. Period.
أكثر سعادة وأكثر صحة. نقطة.
about relationships.
are really good for us,
هي فعلا جيدة بالنسبة لنا،
who are more socially connected
and they live longer
ويعيشون حياة أطول
turns out to be toxic.
than they want to be from others
than people who are not lonely.
الذين يحاطون بأحبائهم
is that at any given time,
في أي وقت من الأوقات،
will report that they're lonely.
يقر بأنه وحيد.
can be lonely in a crowd
في حشد من الناس
the number of friends you have,
you're in a committed relationship,
of your close relationships that matters.
of conflict is really bad for our health.
سيئ جدًا لصحتنا.
without much affection,
الزواج كثيرالصراع قليل المودة،
perhaps worse than getting divorced.
warm relationships is protective.
الدافئة جيد ووقائي.
all the way into their 80s,
إلى عمر الثمانين،
into a happy, healthy octogenarian
صحة جيدة في الثمانين من عمره
everything we knew about them
cholesterol levels
were going to grow old.
in their relationships.
in their relationships at age 50
في علاقاتهم في سن ال50
seem to buffer us
جيدة للتخفيف علينا
of getting old.
when they had more physical pain,
من الألم المادي،
in unhappy relationships,
علاقات غير سعيدة،
reported more physical pain,
about relationships and our health
حول العلاقات و الصحة
don't just protect our bodies,
in a securely attached relationship
is protective,
on the other person in times of need,
على الشخص الآخر في أوقات الحاجة،
stay sharper longer.
أكثر وضوحا لفترة أطول.
can't count on the other one,
لا يمكنهم الإعتماد على الآخر،
earlier memory decline.
يعانون مبكرا من تراجع الذاكرة.
they don't have to be smooth all the time.
يمكن أن تكون غير سلسة أحيانا
could bicker with each other
يمكن أن يجاهد بعضهم البعض
could really count on the other
أن بإمكانهم الاعتماد حقا على الآخر
on their memories.
are good for our health and well-being,
and so easy to ignore?
and keep them that way.
من الإحتفاظ بها هكذا.
and they're complicated
to family and friends,
who were the happiest in retirement
كانوا أسعد في التقاعد
to replace workmates with new playmates.
رفقاءهم الجدد محل زملاء العمل.
in that recent survey,
في تلك الدراسة الحديثة،
were starting out as young adults
and high achievement
والثروة والإنجاز العالي
to have a good life.
our study has shown
أظهرت دراستنا مرارا وتكرارا
the people who leaned in to relationships,
كانوا الناس الذين إهتموا بالعلاقات،
or you're 40, or you're 60.
أو في 40، أو في 60 من العمر.
to relationships even look like?
are practically endless.
as replacing screen time with people time
أمام الشاشة بالوقت مع الناس
by doing something new together,
عن طريق القيام بشيء جديد معا،
who you haven't spoken to in years,
الذين لم تتحدث معهم منذ سنوات،
from Mark Twain.
heartburnings, callings to account.
so to speak, for that."
with good relationships.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robert Waldinger - Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Zen priestRobert Waldinger is the Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history.
Why you should listen
Robert Waldinger is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Zen priest. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies of adult life ever done. The Study tracked the lives of two groups of men for over 75 years, and it now follows their Baby Boomer children to understand how childhood experience reaches across decades to affect health and wellbeing in middle age. He writes about what science and Zen can teach us about healthy human development.
Dr. Waldinger is the author of numerous scientific papers as well as two books. He teaches medical students and psychiatry residents at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and he is a Senior Dharma Teacher in Boundless Way Zen.
To keep abreast of research findings, insights and more, visit robertwaldinger.com.
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