People who live long, healthy lives have these 9 things in common—'I call them the Power Nine,' longevity researcher says
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People who live long, healthy lives have these 9 things in common—'I call them the Power Nine,' longevity researcher says
The late Dr. Hans Selye, in his monumental research on stress, basically says that a long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others. His ethic was “earn thy neighbor’s love.”
Stephen R. Covey • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The longest running study on happiness:
Harvard's 84 year old Study of Adult Development.
Here are 7 lessons from the study to help you live a happier life:
Zain Kahntwitter.comHis findings consistently show that the people who live longer are physically active, independent of body size. His decades of research on tens of thousands of individuals consistently produce data confirming that people with large bodies who exercise on a regular basis live longer than thin people who don’t.
Connie Sobczak • embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)
By some measures, average functional life spans in the United States have started to decline. This refers to the length of one’s healthy, active life, in contrast to the total number of years that one has been alive. In light of this, Orville Rogers, a one-hundred-year-old Masters record holder in the 200-meter run, quipped that our goal should be
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