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Ted Talk Video Reflection
The Ted Talk, "What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on
happiness" by Robert Waldinger is a Presentation video packed with easy, straightforward
nuggets of wisdom on how to experience the best life, accompanied by years of empirical
studies. The video shares valuable information about what it means to achieve real peace in
your life (Waldinger, 5:42). Contrary to common belief, wealth and celebrity do not
guarantee satisfaction. In reality, Waldinger emphasizes the value of healthy partnerships and
how they make us happy and healthier. This talk aimed to teach people how to live a good
life. Waldinger learned three essential lessons through study and debate. Next, recognize the
value of social interactions and the benefits they have for personal wellbeing. Second, having
more high-quality relationships is more significant than getting more low-quality
relationships. Finally, maintaining a decent relationship is beneficial not just to the heart but
also to the mind. This paradigm outperforms a cholesterol rating in middle age in forecasting
physical fitness and mental wellbeing in the test's participants' advanced age(Waldinger,
7:49).
When viewing this film, some points stood out to me as especially noteworthy, one of
which was the discovery that physical discomfort was amplified in subjects that recorded
weakened psychological links instead of physical distress in subjects that recorded more
incredible emotional connections (Waldinger, 7:49). Because of the communities' social
wellbeing with close psychological relations, they could sustain a positive attitude even
during periods of physical discomfort. As my father reaches his eighties, I am increasingly
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thankful for his commitment to retain many acquaintances over the decades and constant
interaction with my relatives and me, even though we consider ourselves too engrossed in our
interactions to recall to check in regularly.
This TED talk video about what makes a happy life is among the most in-depth
research about my satisfaction that I've seen. Being a student is a motivation to me. I've
discovered that extra effort, prosperity, and popularity are some of the aspects that make me
happy. This has become the most critical social link with my health. Across over Twenty
million viewers, this is among the most famous discussions online. I've chosen three insights
from the TED talk. I've discovered that our health and safety are essential for social
relationships because isolation can be devastating. Finally, we need great relationships
between our bodies and brains (Waldinger, 8:55). That is why having a wide variety of
relationships is not as essential as having high-quality near relationships.
The most surprising observation of Dr. Waldinger's is that individuals in happy
marriages have their minds remain sharper longer." Individuals in partnerships where they
think they can't rely on the other individual had a previous cognitive decline. Memory is what
has kept me going on and endure through difficult periods of my life. The prospect of
successfully working on it in the future by focusing my energies on building meaningful and
fulfilling partnerships brings me a lot of hope and optimism. I have consulted a few
acquaintances to check-in after participating in this subject, which I hadn't expected to do.
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Works Cited
"What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness." Ted.com.
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from
_the_longest_study_on_happiness?language=en
