Psychologists and medical researchers no longer believe that greed is good. In fact, numerous recent studies show that acts of loving, altruistic behavior lead to health, happiness, and even a longer life. Dr. Stephen Post has devoted much of his adult life to scientific research that connects being good and doing well. This book focuses on ways that readers can translate their positive impulses into giving acts that create radiating gifts of being. In Why Good Things Happen to Good People, Post discusses beneficial concepts including celebration, loyalty, humor, creativity, confrontation/courage, forgiveness, respect, and helping the next generation.