Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
Роберт Уолдынгер: У чым сакрэт добрага жыцця? Найдаўжэйшы дослед пра шчасце
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and your energy?
most important life goals were,
was to get rich.
для іх з'яўляецца багацце.
of those same young adults
to lean in to work, to push harder
што трэба зацята працаваць,
are the things that we need to go after
што менавіта так трэба рабіць,
and how those choices work out for them,
і наступстваў іх выбараў...
are almost impossible to get.
што мы ведаем аб чалавечым жыцці,
to remember the past,
is anything but 20/20.
толькі малая частка падзей.
of what happens to us in life,
што адбываецца з намі падчас жыцця.
is downright creative.
from the time that they were teenagers
з падлеткавых гадоў
happy and healthy?
робіць іх здаровымі і шчаслівымі?
па развіцці дарослых –
of adult life that's ever been done.
жыцця дарослых людзей.
the lives of 724 men,
724 мужчын,
their home lives, their health,
хатнім укладзе, здароўі.
without knowing how their life stories
бо не ведалі, як будуць разгортвацца
fall apart within a decade
развальваюцца на працягу дзесяці гадоў,
drop out of the study,
выбываюць з эксперыменту,
further down the field.
не пераймае эстафету.
of several generations of researchers,
даследчыкаў
дзецьмі гэтых мужчын.
of two groups of men.
дзвюх груп мужчын.
пачалі ўдзельнічаць,
at Harvard College.
Гарвардскага Ўніверсітэту.
during World War II,
Другой сусветнай вайны.
to serve in the war.
from Boston's poorest neighborhoods,
з бяднейшых раёнаў Бостана,
менавіта таму,
from some of the most troubled
many without hot and cold running water.
у многіх не было вадаправоду.
and we interviewed their parents.
grew up into adults
and bricklayers and doctors,
муляры, дактары,
A few developed schizophrenia.
Некалькі чалавек — шызафрэнікамі.
all the way to the very top,
in the opposite direction.
у адваротным напрамку.
standing here today, 75 years later,
я буду сёння стаяць перад вамі
the study still continues.
and dedicated research staff
цярплівыя і адданыя справе супрацоўнікі
and asks them if we can send them
ці можна даслаць ім
about their lives.
My life just isn't that interesting."
Маё жыццё не надта захапляльнае».
не задаюць гэтае пытанне.
of these lives,
from their doctors.
ў іх дактароў.
about their deepest concerns.
з жонкамі аб самых глыбокіх перажываннях.
we finally asked the wives
мы прапанавалі жонкам
as members of the study,
"You know, it's about time."
from the tens of thousands of pages
з дзясяткаў тысяч старонак інфармацыі,
or fame or working harder and harder.
славу альбо цяжкую працу.
from this 75-year study is this:
75-гадовага доследу:
happier and healthier. Period.
шчаслівымі і здаровымі. Кропка.
about relationships.
пра адносіны.
are really good for us,
who are more socially connected
and they live longer
і жывуць даўжэй
turns out to be toxic.
than they want to be from others
чым яны б таго хацелі,
ў сярэднім узросце,
than people who are not lonely.
хто не адзінокі.
is that at any given time,
will report that they're lonely.
лічыць сябе адзінокім.
can be lonely in a crowd
адзінокім у натоўпе,
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.
шкодзіць нашаму здароўю.
without much affection,
дзе мала прыхільнасці,
perhaps worse than getting divorced.
мабыць, горш за сам развод.
warm relationships is protective.
ахоўвае нас.
all the way into their 80s,
дажылі да 80 і больш гадоў,
сярэдні ўзрост і выявіць,
into a happy, healthy octogenarian
васьмідзесяцілеткам,
everything we knew about them
cholesterol levels
were going to grow old.
in their relationships.
in their relationships at age 50
былі здаволеныя сваімі адносінамі,
seem to buffer us
абараняюць нас
of getting old.
якія жылі ў згодзе са сваімі паловамі,
when they had more physical pain,
in unhappy relationships,
reported more physical pain,
about relationships and our health
пра адносіны і здароўе:
don't just protect our bodies,
не толькі наша цела,
in a securely attached relationship
ў надзейных адносінах
is protective,
ахоўвае вас.
on the other person in times of need,
ў час неабходнасці,
stay sharper longer.
can't count on the other one,
разлічваць на другога,
earlier memory decline.
they don't have to be smooth all the time.
ўвесь час.
could bicker with each other
could really count on the other
разлічваць адзін на аднаго
on their memories.
are good for our health and well-being,
карысныя для нашага здароўя і шчасця.
and so easy to ignore?
і так лёгка не звяртаць увагу?
and keep them that way.
and they're complicated
to family and friends,
цяжкая работа,
не скончыцца.
who were the happiest in retirement
найбольш шчаслівымі на пенсіі былі тыя,
to replace workmates with new playmates.
на замену калегам па працы.
in that recent survey,
were starting out as young adults
у маладзейшым узросце
and high achievement
і высокія дасягненні —
to have a good life.
каб добра жыць.
our study has shown
наша даследванне паказвала,
the people who leaned in to relationships,
у каго была апора ў выглядзе стасункаў —
or you're 40, or you're 60.
to relationships even look like?
are practically endless.
as replacing screen time with people time
а не перад экранам;
by doing something new together,
нейкай новай сумеснай справай,
рамантычнымі спатканнямі;
who you haven't spoken to in years,
з якім не гутарылi працяглы час,
from Mark Twain.
няма нам часу
heartburnings, callings to account.
злосці, заклікаў да адказу.
so to speak, for that."
ёсць імгненне».
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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