The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.
Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.
People who are making it to 100 live in environments where they are regularly nudged into physical activity.
Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.
The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much.
Select your friendships carefully. Gather people around you who will reinforce your lifestyle.
Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.
You have to know why you get up every morning.
Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.
Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.
I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.
Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling.
I 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.
The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.
One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.
I have always followed exactly what interests me and never really worried about the money. And when you think about it, to be able to travel the world... on an expense account and do exactly what interests you, it just doesn't get much better than that.
None of the longest-lived people ran marathons or pumped iron. They live exactly as their grandparents before them - surrounded by family and friends.
