Dan Buettner Quotes - Page 2

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• The gym and the treadmill is a good idea. But the problem is we spend so much effort in marketing messaging, deluding people into thinking if you get on your treadmill or you go to the gym, that's what you need. People who join a gym, the vast majority of them have quit within nine months and almost all of them have quit within two years. So if it's a longevity strategy, does not work.

  Dan Buettner

  Thinking, People, Effort

  Source: www.cbc.ca

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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.

  Dan Buettner

  Reality, People, Aging

  Dan Buettner (2012). “The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest”, p.4, National Geographic Books

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• So learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.

  Dan Buettner

  Years, Play, Pay

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• Actually, when you get into your sixties and above, you want to think about exercise differently. It's not just about you know cardiovascular or lifting weights. It's also about avoiding accidents.

  Dan Buettner

  Exercise, Thinking, Avoiding

  Source: www.cbc.ca

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• I live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work.

  Dan Buettner

  Water, Bumps, Neighbor

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• It's hard to reach [the age of] 100. We're not programmed for longevity. We are programmed for something called procreative success.

  Dan Buettner

  Motivation, Inspiration, Age

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• A doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together.

  Dan Buettner

  Doctors, Together, May

  Dan Buettner (2010). “Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way”, p.36, National Geographic Books

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• Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.

  Dan Buettner

  Spiritual, Commitment

  "How To Live To 100 - Nine Healthy Habits" by Dan Buettner, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2008.

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• Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.

  Dan Buettner

  Home, Kids, Grandparent

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• Singapore is the happiest place in Asia

  Dan Buettner

  Asia, Singapore

  Dan Buettner (2010). “Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way”, p.101, National Geographic Books

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• The happiest people in America socialize about seven hours a day.

  Dan Buettner

  America, People, Hours

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