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The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
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LENGTH8 hrs and 31 mins
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RELEASE DATE01-27-11
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
For years we have been told to make lists and obsessively monitor when we’re angry, what we eat, how much we worry, and how often we go to the gym. So why isn’t everyone healthy? Now based on the most extensive study of long life ever conducted The Longevity Project reveals what really matters across the long run—the personality traits, relationships, experiences, and career paths that naturally keep you vital. Gathering key new information and using modern research methods to study 1,500 Californians across eight decades, health scientists Dr. Howard S. Friedman and Dr. Leslie R. Martin bust many old dead-end myths. For instance,
- <.li>People do not die from working long hours at a challenging job—many who worked hardest lived the longest
- Getting and staying married is not the magic ticket to long life, especially if you’re a woman
- It’s not the happy-go-lucky who thrive—it’s the prudent and persistent who flourish through the years. See why.
With self-tests that illuminate your own best paths to longer life, and a deeper scientific understanding than we have seen before of the true causes of long-term health, this audio book will change the conversation about what it really takes to optimize your chances for a long, healthy life.
©2011 Howard S. Friedman, Leslie R. Martin (P)2011 Gildan Media Corp
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What Members Say
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"Good info to know about"
Overall, I recommend this listen. If you got here, you have some interest in the topic, so its worth it to go all the way and order it. Some dry spots, and dry case studies, but overall good info spread across the book. You'll get your first longevity key earlier on, and a good summary at the end. This description, summary, and modern update comment, to the previous 'longevity study' has some surprising outcomes. Now this book doesn't tell you how to go about changing yourself to be like the personality types that did the best (lived longest). That would take several other guides and a lot of effort. But this book does tell you the types and behaviors of those people that lived longer. Its always up to you to make changes accordingly. The book makes some suggestions for society and hopes that lessons learned will be incorporated, but I wouldn't wait for the outside world to do that. There is enough in this guide to help you in a more correct path to living longer. And the common pitfalls of incorrect thinking and info you think you already have. Plus its interesting. I'll wait a week or so then replay the summary. Go for it.
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"Still Confused"
The author has so many contradictions; I begin to wonder if he was confused himself. The only consistent thing I the book was that people who are congruent lives longer. I am convinced this is the point the author was trying to make as every other idea and study mentioned was either contradictory or confusing.
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