What makes a good life?

[Joker]

Enjoying a pre New Years Eve MC PE whilst watching a Ted Talk on What Makes a Good Life?

In essence - meaningful relationships is the key

I thought it apt to post, as I have made some wonderful friends via FOH, and 'mate-ship' is the core of FOH.

Link below if you are interested:

http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness?utm_source=email&source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ios-share

Rekindle old friendships, maintain existing, and hope 2016 brings you all some new friends.

Wishing you all a fantastic 2016

[LordAnubis]

Love TED talks! Thanks for sharing mate!

Good friends indeed.

[Fuzz]

What is best in life?

"Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women."

[irratebass]

Happy New Years Joker!

[Colt45]

A cool buzz and some tasty waves

"Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women."

Not "the open steppe, a fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair"?

[Fosgate]

What is best in life?

"Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women."

[JohnS]

What is best in life?

"Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women."

Fuzz, you're getting advice for a good life from Conan the Barbarian?

[ElJefeDeNada]

The Atlantic did a story on the Harvard study some 5-10 years ago and I shared it with my family then. I'm sharing this with them now.

A really thought-provoking book I'd recommend is "How Will You Measure Your Life," by Clayton M. Christensen, a professor at Harvard Business School. It's a short read and began as the farewell lecture in Christensen's class, which my son took. As in typical HBS processes, he explores happiness and fulfillment in life with wonderful case studies giving detailed examples. It explores how to make good decisions throughout life with great business lessons thrown in. About 200 pages and well worth every one.

[joeypots]

Happy wife=happy life.

[jwr0201]

El Jefe - looks like an interesting read. I'll give it a shot! Thanks for the suggestion.

What makes for a good life? Acting in an honorable way, helping others without regard to glory or payback, protecting and loving those you care about, protecting the weak and innocent, fighting evil and kicking the $#it out of those who would do you, your family, your country, your friends and your allies harm.

[JohnS]

Spot on, joker. I was reading about this research over the weekend. Most opt for fame or riches, but what is far more important is meaningful relationships. And specifically, it's how you manage conflict in these meaningful relationships that matters. In this area communication is key, but what I have to work hard at is relaying how I feel without causing offence. So, speaking diplomatically, is a life skill that leads to better relationships.

[BMWBen]

The Atlantic did a story on the Harvard study some 5-10 years ago and I shared it with my family then. I'm sharing this with them now.

A really thought-provoking book I'd recommend is "How Will You Measure Your Life," by Clayton M. Christensen, a professor at Harvard Business School. It's a short read and began as the farewell lecture in Christensen's class, which my son took. As in typical HBS processes, he explores happiness and fulfillment in life with wonderful case studies giving detailed examples. It explores how to make good decisions throughout life with great business lessons thrown in. About 200 pages and well worth every one.

I bought the kindle version of the book this morning off of Amazon and so far it has been a nice read. thanks for the suggestion

[MIKA27]

I guess what makes a good life is living it, not just existing

[Jones]

Work to live, don't live to work.

[Guest scsi]

having a functioning furnace during winter

Mine crapped out again

[PigFish]

Freedom... and it is getting tougher!

-the Pig