Thrive Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way

Name: Thrive Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way
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ISBN: 9781426205156

ISBN-10: 1426205155

ISBN-13: 9781426205156

Edition: 2010

Authors: Dan Buettner

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In the first book to identify demographically proven "happiness hotspots" worldwide, researcher and explorer Dan Buettner documents the happiest people on earth and reveals how we can create our own happy zones. Detailing extraordinary new discoveries and meticulous research on four continents, Buettner observes happiness in unlikely places and gleans surprising insight into what generates contentment and what it means to "thrive." Intriguing studies debunk commonly believed myths. Think life was happier in the good old days? To the contrary data show that people flourish more in modern societies than in traditional, agrarian ones. Marriage, parenthood, gender equality, sociability you'll…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication date: 10/19/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.37" wide x 9.37" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

DAN BUETTNER is the founder of Blue Zones, an organisation that helps us live longer, healthier lives. His ground-breaking work on longevity led to his 2005 National Geographic cover story Secrets of Living Longer and two bestsellers, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest and Thrive.



Preface Searching for Happiness



The Truth About Happiness



Denmark


The World's Happiness All-Stars



Singapore


Can You Manufacture a Happy Nation?



Mexico


The Secret Sauce of Happiness



San Luis Obispo


A Real American Dream



Lessons in Thriving


Special Bonus Chapter: The Truth About Living Longer


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index