One of the wisest things I've done in my life is trying to learn English. I'm not fluent, but I can, with some difficulty, understand. And man, a world opened up to me! So many lectures, videos, classes, documentaries etc that I would not have access otherwise, because not everything has subtitles. This lesson is an example.

47:03 “Everyone’s outside looks better than my inside” - a perfect summation of social media, influencer culture and the pressures it causes people young and old. Many fantastic lessons in this lecture.

Success is sleeping in the night having peace of mind, free of burdens and worry free

Howard was one of my professors at HBS. He is a humble man, and a source of great wisdom. I'm honored to have studied with him.

1. achievement (who are we comparing ourselves to? past, present, or future? positive drivers or negative drivers ? ) twins >>> envy, greed, and fear OR recognition, pride and mastery 2. significance (I want to help other people, but who to help, and what i want to do for it? an internal and external choice) twins >>> fairness, generosity, and caring [external] OR power and selfish 3. happiness (me and now) twins >>> contentment, fulfilment OR laziness gluttony 4. legacy (other people define our legacy, our impact in the future) are uncorrelated. twins >>> altruism and generative desire OR fear of death and need for control Paradox example: an increase in legacy means a decrease in achievement. > impact about me alone or others? > context: ski to where the puck will be not where it is now. > values: family influences. > juggling and not balance * Life has a timeline, as in we have different focus at different stage. (Why does it have to be that way? I will need to decide on my own.) * Part 3: What is enough? (what are your values? measure my way of giving away money) * Frank Batton (Landmark Communications): "Profit is constraint, not my goal. If I don't make enough money, I will be out of business. But it I make too much, that means I am not reinvesting enough into my people, community, and product." * Inflection point: Is this freeing me in making a change in my direction? * Culture matters: I might have failed in the wrong culture. * Do not try to change the past, learn from it, and move forward. * Get specific advice from specific people. * ripples > splash * Nothing is wrong with money, but the riches of your life won't be measure by it.

A lifetime worth of wisdom unpacked in less than an hour. Thank you.

Listening to this guy I feel like I'm on a right path as a 29 year old. I have a lot of things I can be happy about now, and a will to go to a direction that is potentially good for me.

My life began when I first saw this video, a year later I'm in a different financial world ❤🙏🙏

I loved how he opened with the fact he died (and by all accounts should be dead) and you know in that moment he is going to give you the goods. This guy has nothing left to hold back or sugar coat. What an amazing video. How does this only have 700K views? The one I loved was the point about juggling. Every time you touch a ball you give it energy. Every time we "touch" something in our lives we need to give it energy.

when you really have built a life where you're successful, you don't need to throw anybody under the bus, you don't need any external measurement, its being at the top of a mountain you've been climbing that doesn't exist for anybody else, but seeing that everybody else has their own mountains too

8 YEARS LATER & HIS ADVICE LIVES ON, THANK YOU SIR!!!

So much wisdom packed into fewer than 60 min, wow. Thank you Professor Stevenson, HBS, and KZfaq!

Marry someone who is happy. Great advice.

The wisdom in this man is truly astounding. Respect. 🙏🏻

I love stuff like this. This guy has wisdom and we all benefit from hearing it.

My father died with his bride of 50+ years that he loved deeply and his 7 children and his 30+ grandchildren around him. Extremely loved. The world would not look at him as a success but when I walked away from the body, I realized he was a great success. His last act was to make the sign of the cross as his trusted his last to his God. Read Eccliastes and you will see the things that are vanity and the things are worth it.

"Marry a happy person."

Thank you very much Professor Stevenson. I came across this lecture just to listen for a few minutes and I ended up listening to the whole lecture. I feel so enlightened by his lecture. I am one of those ripples from a stone that he threw.

These subtile subjects are what my community really need! We are on the track, I enjoyed; thanks

Wow, what a speaker. He brings calmness to the moment when listening after a long day.

One of the most entertaining and fulfilling lectures I've heard in a while

"nothing wrong with money, but the riches of your life won’t be measured by it".

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, and helping change our perceptions of success.

This man is above genius. The way he analogizes he makes it clearer than the Nevadan sky. Fantastic work! Glad I stumbled upon this.

Juggle through life and catch the falling ball...#deep and also loved the way he ended his speech..." The time for this test is rest of your life...or lets say today is the first day of your rest of your life..." 👌

Thank you for sharing this with us. Alot of us dont have a parental figure with helpful answers on the trajectory of life. Thank you.

Thank you, professor. Amazing talk.

You know someone's about to share some wisdom when they start off by saying they've already died! In all honesty, great talk, I am still amazed by the fact that we have so many valuable resources available to us... truly grateful!

Outstanding wisdom. Thank you for sharing this with the world. By those who came before us can we improve... imagine for half a second if we could improve our happiness generation by generation by learning from each other in the same way we improve our sciences and engineering? Why can't we? I certainly hope that I can retain half of his advice.

What an engaging, inspiring speaker. I think watching this video was one of those positive inflection points for me.

So I just watched a fantastic presentation from Harvard that was held 8 years ago. What a time to be alive!

This is my first time seeing this gentleman, not sure why he showed up in my suggestion but glad he did. To me one of the saddest thing in the world is measuring your success by other people and trying to keep up or even out do them even though it's NOT what you actually want. I compete with myself and only me, so when my friends achieve success I'm genuinely happy for them because their success doesn't diminish mines.

success is getting what you want and happiness is wanting what you get!

1. strive for accomplishment and a legacy 2. happiness is a mixture of different things; juggling your goals according to set limits is a useful skill.

We need more lectures like this one. His emphasise that life is like juggling balls I.e. areas of your life is the most practical. This along with knowing what you want from all the balls you are juggling is essential.

Live and grew up in Amarillo. Too many times I’ve wondered how I got there! Great advice and helping shift my perspective on success and happiness.

Incredible talk!!! Very insightful informative and captivating!

Listening to this was definitely one of the best hours I have ever spent.

Glad to have found this. It’s wisdom. It’s beautiful.

Marry a happy person! So true. This man has lots of wisdom to share.

Some people are here just like: “alright let me attend Harvard for at least an hour”😂

“My wife leaving was an inflection point”. ..that hits hard.

I’m so very fortunate to have the opportunity to watch not only a Harvard Business lecture but also a lecturer who’s as wise and insightful as Howard Stevenson:)

Superb speech! Thank you for sharing...

This was really well done. His casual manner of speaking and knowing humour add a wisdom and ease of absorption that make his talk educational and enjoyable.

The Inflection point, those who have been here can understand the value and gravity of that sentence. Guy is gem in terms off wisdoms !! There are points I dont agree but if you are living western world with western culture and value.. he is spot on things that I can understand and prolly help me as I grow up with age and maturity

Really Good! Thank you for sharing. 🙌

👏 This has been a great spotlight to watch. Indeed, now thinking about it, old days mom depended so much on Reader’s Digest ( in the mail). In line with that, we are so fortunate to have leading Universities post their valuable knowledge (both in theory and action) so unconditionally! Equally, I find the comments here - those posted 10 years ago and even those posted so recently - so experienced & so hands on! 👏

This is so wise! Live life and create your own path

im a rutgers student and i inculcate this speech in my life. you're awesome sir

this is one of the best videos I have just watched today... thanks for sharing ,,,,

I just wanted to say that I'm super thankful 🙏🙏🙏

This lecture spoke to my soul

This guy is a treasure. Very wise

Great video. Really appreciate the opportunity to watch this humble and great man.

I love HBS lectures, hoping I get to sit in on one.

The Falling Ball. The pain in his voice says everything. Brilliant talk.

Good talk. I like many other people wanted to go to Harvard School of Public health but couldn't afford it. Listening to this guy makes me happy that I attended Summer class at the School of Public health(Longwood medical area) at least even though I 'd wanted to be a full time student of their Public health program for a year. I am successful.

Gonna watch this periodically 🙏

Thank you for this gem !

Great talk! Most talks on how to lead your life are targeted to people who are failing life, it’s nice to hear one that’s targeted to people who are succeeding in life. Even the top dogs need guidance.

The biggest mistake most people make is trusting others instead of themselves

Thank you for sharing your point of view. This was interesting and a great way to delve deep into the topic and hear a different perspective of some things. This was awesome!

Thank You for your gift Howard. Impactful.

Thanks for someone who uploaded this.

"Certain neurosis help you to achieve." That is spot on!

He speaks with so much wisdom and meaning and then just skips over the words after he says them. A true natural! But I found myself pausing and rewinding and thinking so much during this lecture. I still can’t believe KZfaq is free sometimes😅

Absolutely amazing content

1."Success is a taugh process,The external measures and the enternal measures aren't always the same, sometimes we are rewarded for things we are not proud of and sometimes things we are proud of we are not rewarded for." 2."Success is getting what you want and happiness is wanting what you get, marry a happy person because you are not gonna change someone who is unhappy into someone who is happy." 3."Happiness is really about me and now, you make yourself happy."

Howard covers the key issues about Life for me (also 72 years of experience) - ‘Happiness Index - how is yours?’ & ‘Making the World a better place - have you earned this accolade?’ - His presentation & understated wisdom is very worthwhile.

feel like this is the talk i always wanted with my grandpa -come back to it always

What a great lecture full of insights

Great talk! This professor makes me feel like he’s speaking to me.

Man this is really good advice and depression at the same time. It makes everything in life seem so shallow. it's like knowing how the movie ends before watching it.

Im excited to watch this video. Thanks Harvard!

Amazing wisdom! Thank you for sharing.

An excellent talk. I wish some of the slides were shown.

He keeps pointing at the screen, presumably he has some kinds of slides, and yet we don't get to see them, and I feel we're missing a vital component of the talk. In the future, I feel like it would be good to make a point to capture this component.

I'm so grateful, thank you so much for sharing! I got so many notes to apply!

Great Video! Thank you for the advice

This was a great lecture .. and he thought very little of Donald Trump 8 years back and still holds true .. he remains someone people must keep in mind that they shoud not end up becoming in the quest of success

"You'll wait, the ice cream will melt, let's have the ice cream now".

Great speech. Thank you Mr. Stevenson and Harvard.

'Setting limits increases the dimensionality of success, by allowing you to more effectively juggle al your balls' - very wise words to apply, from life goals down to your daily 'to do' list.

juggling analogy around 28:00 is incredible. he's so right

This is what I play when my niece comes over. I mean harvard lectures. Playing this for my niece right now.

Needed this.

Thank you!

Please post more lectures of this guy

Wikipedia: "In 2014, after three doctors declared him healthy, Stevenson experienced unattended cardiac arrest on January 5 in the middle of the Harvard campus. With a survival rate of approximately 1%, unattended cardiac arrest is almost always fatal. In Stevenson's case, it almost certainly would have been were it not for a remarkable set of events."

wow this is really good!...need more lectures from this guy's class!!

My goal is listen to this at least once a week for a very long time; until his philosophy is engraved in my brain

Nice lecture. He mentioned that he's 71 and his first child is 50 something years old. He actually had a kid at 20 or before he clocked 20.

"everybodys outside looks better than my inside" is especially true nowadays where social media plays such a big role in our society

Very honest and useful thank you

I'm loving all the little snips at Trump from 2013.

OMG ! Realy really useful sir

Very insightful lecture, thank you!

Wisdoms worth sharing. Thanks

I use this video when I have trouble sleeping