Summary of Dan Buettner's The Blue Zones of Happiness

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Get the Summary of Dan Buettner's The Blue Zones of Happiness in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of what makes the world's happiest places-and shows you how to apply these lessons to your own life.

In this inspiring guide, you'll find game-changing tools drawn from global research and expert insights for achieving maximum fulfillment. Along the way, you'll: Discover the three strands of happiness-pleasure, purpose, and pride-that feature prominently in the world's happiest places.

Take the specially designed Blue Zones Happiness Test to pinpoint areas in your life where you could cultivate greater joy, deeper meaning, and increased satisfaction.

Meet the world's Happiness All-Stars: inspiring individuals from Denmark to the United States who reveal dynamic, practical ways to improve day-to-day living.

Discover specific, science-based strategies for setting up a "life radius" of community, work, home, and self to create healthier, happiness-boosting habits for the long-term.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638153696

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Lessons from the World’s Happiest People

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The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World’s Happiest People (2017) by Dan Buettner explores how personal choices, cultural milieu, and geographical location all help promote happiness. Buettner draws lessons from cultural practices in some of the world’s Blue Zones, or geographic areas where the population tends to live long, happy lives. By taking cues from these Blue Zones, Americans can learn how to create better policies and communities, and how to make better personal and professional decisions.

Psychologists’ understanding of happiness has changed in recent years. Researchers formerly believed that the capacity for happiness was