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Dan Buettner Biography

Dan Buettner (born June 18, 1960 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author. He is an explorer, educator, author, producer, storyteller and public speaker. He co-produced an Emmy Award-winning documentary and holds three Guinness records for endurance cycling. He is the founder of the Blue Zones and Blue Zones, LLC.

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Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.

Add, Exactly, Knowing, Life, Years

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.

Bumps, Consummately, Neighbor, Neighborhood, Neighbors, Water

Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.

Commitment, Deepen, Existing, Spiritual

Drink without getting drunk Love without suffering jealousy Eat without overindulging Never argue And once in a while, with great discretion, misbehave

Arguing, Drink, Drunk, Jealousy, Overindulging, Suffering

Select your friendships carefully. Gather people around you who will reinforce your lifestyle.

Carefully, Lifestyle, People, Reinforce, Select

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.

Be Kind, Eat, Outlook, People, Smile, Vegetables

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.

Activity, Enjoyable, Forward, Look, Physical, Thinking

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.

Gratitude, Inspirational, Research, Thanksgiving, Things, Worrying

The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people.

Aging, Exists, Pedal, People, Reality

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

America, Day, Hours, People

Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.

Home, Kids, Grandparent, Grandparents

If you’re eating vegetables you are probably pushing unhealthier food out of your diet.

Diet, Eating, Pushing, Vegetables

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

Doctor, Doctors, Know, May, Together

Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.

Add, Community, Exercise, Four, Longevity, Years

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?

America, Extra, Life, Table, Years

The more things for which you develop a fondness the richer the life you live.

Fondness, Life, Live, Richer, Things

I wake up in the morning and I see that flower, with the dew on its petals, and at the way it's folding out, and it makes me happy, she said. It's important to focus on the things in the here and now, I think. In a month, the flower will be shriveled and you will miss its beauty if you don't make the effort to do it now. Your life, eventually, is the same way.

Eventually, Flower, Folding, Morning, Things, Thinking

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.

Day, Down, Fall, Gardening, Moving

Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.

Active, Bike, Driving, Example, Fun, Ride

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.

Avoiding, Cardiovascular, Differently, Exercise, Sixties, Thinking

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