In an era when wealth, fame and high achievement are often glorified as the keys to success, the Harvard Study of Adult Development examines what actually helps people thrive by studying thousands of lives unfolding across nearly a century. Waldinger presents scientific findings about human well-being and how you can utilize these insights in your own personal and professional life.
Robert Waldinger is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Zen priest who has written numerous scientific papers and two books on what science can teach us about healthy human development. As a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Waldinger directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies of adult life ever done. His TED talk on the Harvard study is one of the 10 most viewed TED talks of all time. He has won awards from the American Psychiatric Association, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, and is consistently named one of the best doctors in America.
