What is a good life, and how can we create it? Forty-plus years of research has pointed to two answers. The first says that a good life is a happy life, one created by pursuing comfort, satisfaction ...

When you're young, you don't have to think much about how to live a great life. You have so much ahead of you, you just get to live, knowing you can reinvent later. The same isn't true of those of us ...

Running a business takes everything you've got. Most entrepreneurs push themselves to breaking point, skip meals and workouts, and believe the grind equals growth. But science tells us happiness comes ...

You’ve probably heard me talk before about what happiness really is, at least according to Aristotle. In his view, happiness isn’t pleasure. It’s not comfort or success. Happiness is meaning and ...

In 2000, I published a book called “Rules for Aging,” a sort of how-to guide for navigating the later years of one’s life. I was 60 at the time and thought that I knew a thing or two about being old.