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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

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Dan Buettner
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: January 1
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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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.
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You have to know why you get up every morning.
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A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.
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Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.
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Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.
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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.
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Select your friendships carefully. Gather people around you who will reinforce your lifestyle.
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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.
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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.
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So setting up automatic savings plans, and buying insurance as opposed to buying a new thing. The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.
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Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.
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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.
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Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.
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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.
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