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Smart People Podcast

Dan Buettner

Smart People Podcast

Smart People Industries

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6736 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Dan Buettner - Do you want to live to 100+? Of course you do, as long as you don't have to wear a diaper! Our guest this week has figured out the key to living to the ripe old age of 100 and beyond and he's here to share it with you.  National Geographic writer and explorer Dan Buettner studies the world's longest-lived peoples, distilling their secrets into a single plan for health and long life. He is the author of the New York Times best selling book, The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest.  His TED Talk “How to live to be 100+” has been viewed over 2 million times and his New York Times Sunday Magazine article, “The Island Where People Forget to Die” was the second most popular article of 2012. Dan has Keynoted speeches for Bill Clinton’s Health Matters Initiative, Google Zeitgeist, TEDMED and many more nationally renowned conferences.  He has been featured twice on Oprah and has received an Emmy award for television production. "Money does buy happiness to a certain extent. You need to be able to buy the necessities. However, after you obtain a certain amount, the effect of an added dollar does not buy you an added dollar of happiness. - Dan Buettner Quotes from Dan: What we learn in this episode: One of the keys to fitness and health is moderate exercise throughout the day, not spurts of intense activity. What are the secrets to living a long and healthy life? What factors play the biggest role of someone being truly happy? Resources: The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest http://www.bluezones.com/speaking/dan-buettner/ Dan Buettner - Ted Talk: How to live to be 100+ Twitter: @BlueZones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.5

by smart people that is an awesome question this one goes down probably on one of my top five.

0:39.9

Hey, I like nutrition.

0:41.4

I like to eat food.

0:42.7

This is the coolest thing ever.

0:43.7

We're going to do this forever.

0:45.0

I wish I paid more attention in that class.

0:48.2

You know, I'm going to be honest.

0:49.3

I don't understand that.

0:50.4

As a man, I don't get it.

0:54.0

Welcome to smart peoplepodcast com hey guys chris here before

0:59.0

getting started with the show i wanted to let you in on a little something as many of you know the

1:03.3

past four years has been an incredible journey i've worked hard at making the transition from a corporate

1:08.8

job that stressed me out to doing work that I absolutely

1:12.0

love. And over the past year, I've been helping others do the same thing as a career and life

1:17.2

coach. If you're constantly hearing that voice that tells you you're meant for more and you

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want to achieve that, I'm here to help. Trust me, I've been there, and you deserve to love what you do.

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