The gym and the treadmill is a good idea. But the problem is we spend so much effort in marketing messaging, deluding people into thinking if you get on your treadmill or you go to the gym, that's what you need. People who join a gym, the vast majority of them have quit within nine months and almost all of them have quit within two years. So if it's a longevity strategy, does not work.
Dan BuettnerThe brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people.
Dan BuettnerIf one fails to develop goals that give meaning to oneโs existence, if one does not use the mind to itโs fullest, then good feelings fulfill just a fraction of the potential we possess. True happiness involves the pursuit of worthy goals. Without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.
Dan BuettnerA long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.
Dan BuettnerI live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work.
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