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Bloom: Visible phones during conversations scientifically reduce feelings of connection
“There is scientific evidence that if I have my phone out on the table, even face down while we're having a conversation, you and I experience less feelings of connection after that interaction than if I don't have my phone out in front of us.”
Bloom: Walking during hard conversations is scientifically proven to improve them
“If you have a hard conversation with someone, going for a walk with them while you have the hard conversation is scientifically proven to improve that conversation.”
Bloom: Harvard study shows age-50 relationship satisfaction best predicts age-80 health
“The Harvard study of adult development is this incredible longitudinal study that was done over the course of 85 plus years. They tracked the lives of 1300 original participants and then all of their descendants, so like about 2000 plus people, and they found …”
Bloom: HBS study finds wealthy individuals say they need 2-5x more money to be happy
“Michael Norton, this Harvard Business School professor, went and interviewed high net worth individuals, people worth anywhere from a million on through a hundred million plus. And he asked them, how happy are you on a scale of one to 10? So they answered, and…”