Sep 24, 2026 · 34 min · 8 segments
Last week, Radiana challenged an assumption many of us grow up with: achieve enough first, and happiness will follow. But if happiness doesn't simply happen once we've checked enough boxes, what can…
The second part was relationships.
That really impressed me.
How much are relationships important and how much they contribute to one's happiness?
The longest study on happiness ran for over 80 years.
And they essentially found the number one secret to happiness.
Do you know what that is? Meaningful social relationships.
They essentially just discovered that, you know, even the blue zones or the happiest people alive, they all are part of a circle.
They're all part of a community.
They all feel like they belong to something beyond themselves.
And that's makes you happier, makes you live longer, makes you successful, whatever you do, because you know you will not be excluded by the tribe because you know they have your back.
And I love how all of this comes from tribal times when we used to live in tribes and we really used to be part of a community.
And that is how still today our brain functions.
We still think that if we do something that might go against the imaginary tribe, we will be excluded and then we will die.
That's how much our brain is wired for survival instead of like for thriving.
And that's why we need to hack it on demand on a daily basis.
Yeah.
Happiness is really this leaky tire.
It's something that you need to keep constantly working on and building that habit because it's not a one-off thing.
And social relationships are such a big part of it.
And I think now...
With where the world is going a few years ago, we discovered why this was such a bigger, you know, during all the lockdowns and stuff like we were really isolated.
And that is the biggest isolation is the biggest unhappiness driver.
And now slowly we are emerging and going towards isolation.
you know this for the first time because of you know there's this new trend where people are going back IRL like in real life right after all this digital like AI like tools and things and screens and now we all really crave this social connection and I'm so happy the world is going there because science really supports that seeing people face to face interacting with other humans we're social animals at the end of the day is is what makes us happier and And I'm planning retreats here in Portugal, getting people over, like getting teams in person, in real life, like to really connect physically, just interacting even with strangers is one of the biggest, you know, just go out and see a person and then you'll see how happy you are at the end of the day.
The second part was relationships.
That really impressed me.
How much are relationships important and how much they contribute to one's happiness?
The longest study on happiness ran for over 80 years.
And they essentially found the number one secret to happiness.
Do you know what that is? Meaningful social relationships.
They essentially just discovered that, you know, even the blue zones or the happiest people alive, they all are part of a circle.
They're all part of a community.
They all feel like they belong to something beyond themselves.
And that's makes you happier, makes you live longer, makes you successful, whatever you do, because you know you will not be excluded by the tribe because you know they have your back.
And I love how all of this comes from tribal times when we used to live in tribes and we really used to be part of a community.
And that is how still today our brain functions.
We still think that if we do something that might go against the imaginary tribe, we will be excluded and then we will die.
That's how much our brain is wired for survival instead of like for thriving.
And that's why we need to hack it on demand on a daily basis.
Yeah.
Happiness is really this leaky tire.
It's something that you need to keep constantly working on and building that habit because it's not a one-off thing.
And social relationships are such a big part of it.
And I think now...
With where the world is going a few years ago, we discovered why this was such a bigger, you know, during all the lockdowns and stuff like we were really isolated.
And that is the biggest isolation is the biggest unhappiness driver.
And now slowly we are emerging and going towards isolation.
you know this for the first time because of you know there's this new trend where people are going back IRL like in real life right after all this digital like AI like tools and things and screens and now we all really crave this social connection and I'm so happy the world is going there because science really supports that seeing people face to face interacting with other humans we're social animals at the end of the day is is what makes us happier and And I'm planning retreats here in Portugal, getting people over, like getting teams in person, in real life, like to really connect physically, just interacting even with strangers is one of the biggest, you know, just go out and see a person and then you'll see how happy you are at the end of the day.
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