Dan Buettner quotes

Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example. (Dan Buettner)
A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. View quote
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits. View quote
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The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people. View quote
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You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling. View quote
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If one fails to develop goals that give meaning to one's existence, if one does not use the mind to it's fullest, then good feelings fulfill just a fraction of the potential we possess. True happiness involves the pursuit of worthy goals. Without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved. View quote
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You have to know why you get up every morning. View quote
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The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper. View quote
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Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works. View quote
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Select your friendships carefully. Gather people around you who will reinforce your lifestyle. View quote
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True happiness involves the pursuit of worth goals; without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved. (Dan Buettner)
Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life. View quote
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Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden. View quote
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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment. View quote
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Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier. View quote
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The happiest people in America socialize about seven hours a day. View quote
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People who are making it to 100 live in environments where they are regularly nudged into physical activity. View quote
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Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years. View quote
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I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life. View quote
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Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile. View quote
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Life expectancy in America is about 79, we should be able to live to 92. Somewhere along the line, we're leaving 13 years on the table. So my quest is -- how do we get those extra 13 years? And how do we make those extra 13 years good years? (Dan Buettner)
Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing. View quote
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The more things for which you develop a fondness the richer the life you live. View quote
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The beauty of moving naturally, i.e. walking and gardening, is they're low impact. You're less likely to fall down and break a hip. Setting up your life so you're nudged into general physical activity every day is a strategy for your entire life from age 10 to 100. View quote
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I think we need to think about our physical activity as a reward, as something enjoyable and something we look forward to doing, not something that we regard as self-flogging. View quote
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