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Product details Paperback 288 pages Publisher National Geographic; Reprint edition (November 19, 2019) Language English ISBN-10 1426219636

The Blue Zones of Happiness Lessons From the World Happiest People Dan Buettner Books Reviews

• The advice in Blue Zones is really simple. There's no slow tease build up to a big reveal like many self help books. In fact, the happiness blueprint is revealed very early on in the book as well as repeated throughout and during the conclusion. Blue Zones gives examples of happiness among people from different walks of life as well as advice of how to make the most of situations at work, home, finances, friends and family. There's really nothing super profound or unusual. The advice is some of the most obvious, simplest and far too often ignored advice you'll find. There's no useless filler, fluff or teasers here, just a very down to earth book that's a good read with good actionable advice.
• A National Geographic cover story hooked me into this book, and happiness is my beat anyway, so there really was no avoiding this one. The central idea if you set up a framework for a more satisfying life, you’re more likely to have one.
  
  Pleasure, purpose, pride these are the three intertwining strands constituting the robust rope of happiness. The Danes, perennially at the top of world happiness surveys, have a lot of their basic needs met by their generous government services. Danes also have a strong community ethos, so they join lots of clubs and engage in purposeful activities. Costa Ricans, who may have an even stronger community ethos, have lives full of pleasurable moments or “positive affect” walking to work, joking with friends, playing with their kids. Singaporeans work 60hr weeks to get the 5 C’s car, condominium, cash, credit card, and club membership. They take pride in their accomplishments, and that supposedly makes them happy. Although the description of their harried, materialistic, cramped lives seemed the antipodes of happiness, I'll take Buettner's word for it.
  
  What I really appreciate about Buettner’s work is his thoroughness. He goes into the field with a bunch of scientists, gathers the data, crunches the numbers, and presents us with the best practices. That’s why this book led me to his first Blue Zones book, on longevity, which I consider definitive. He’s also clear-eyed on the benefits of positive psychology “They may work in the short run, but they almost always fail over time. They’re quick fixes that may evaporate before you know it.” To be happy in the long run, structure a happy life.
  
  I read this book in a day and highlighted 240 passages. It’s fantastic, and should be required reading for all bipeds. As a bonus, the appendix has a collection of Top 10 happiness practices from top experts for individuals and countries.
  -- Ali Binazir, M.D., M.Phil., Happiness Engineer and author of The Tao of Dating The Smart Woman's Guide to Being Absolutely Irresistible, the highest-rated dating book on for 4 years, and Should I Go to Medical School? An Irreverent Guide to the Pros and Cons of a Career in Medicine
• I’m not a fan of touchy feely books and once I started to read this I regretted buying it-thinking this was going to be one and on top of that it discusses countries like Cota Rica, Denmark and Singapore being so happy. What does have to do with Americans and Main Street-we not ever going to be like those countries. But eventually I got the point, change your environment, change your life. Get a small aspect of these countries and nudge yourself to duplicate it. Join a tribe as to say surrounded yourself with Good positive people and families like Costa Rica. Find the 3 P’s-pleasure, purpose and pride. Optimize your environment to increase the odds of being happy mindful that genetically some people likes being depressed. There is a lot that you will learn to increase the odds of acquiring happiness.
• Still reading this book and loving it. Great advise that encourages me to make some changes in my life. This book compares cultures and explains in simple ways how to enjoy your life and see the happiness you probably didn’t know was already there. Wish I had discovered this book sooner.
• Turns out the 180 degree fixes to your life don't stick and, therefore, aren't any kind of answer. Dan Buettner, from Blue Zones, shows us the science behind what does work (nudges), why it works (because you'll stick to them), and how we can bring these answers to our own lives and make ourselves a bit happier.
  
  There' real in value in learning about 1) the different types of happiness (the difference between the joy in a bar of chocolate and helping out a friend) and; 2) how different cultures excel at the different types. For example, it's one thing to say enjoy pleasure, but it's another thing altogether to do it - guilt free. These are not one-size-fits-all solutions but, rather, lessons from people who know how to do what they do best.
  
  This book makes me quite a bit smarter and one happier.
• There is nothing like statistical information combined with guidance on how to apply it to good use. Then, examples of situations where it has already been applied with lessons learned. I now have great hope for the health and happiness of people in communities in the US.
• I’ve read quite a few books on happiness and I liked the take present here if focusing on pleasure, pride, and purpose. You can make yourself happier and within are tips and advice on how to do so
• My husband LOVED this book and has been sharing it with others. I am about to read it, but feel like I know it already based on what my husband shared!