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New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of the world's happiest places—and shows how we can all apply the lessons of true happiness to our lives.

In this inspiring book, Buettner offers game-changing tools for setting up your life to be the happiest it can be. In these illuminating pages, you'll:
 • Meet the world's Happiness All-Stars—inspiring individuals whose ways of boosting well-being can influence your home and community as well.
 • Discover the three strands of happiness—pleasure, purpose, and pride—that weave together in different ways in the world's happiest places.
 • Use the Blue Zones Happiness Test to pinpoint areas in your life where change could bring more happiness—and then find practical steps to make those changes.
 • Learn what researchers on happiness consider the top ways to create personal and nationwide happiness, as revealed by a blue-ribbon panel of world experts convened for this book.
 • Boost your own happiness with the Happiness Power 9—Buettner’s final assessment of the most important lessons to be learned from the world’s happiest people and places.

ISBN-13: 9781426218484

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Disney Publishing Group

Publication Date: 10-03-2017

Pages: 288

Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

Series: The Blue Zones

DAN BUETTNER is the founder of Blue Zones, an organization that helps Americans live longer, healthier lives. His groundbreaking work on longevity led to his 2005 National Geographic cover story "Secrets of Living Longer" and two national bestsellers, The Blue Zones and Thrive. He lives in Minneapolis, MN. Visit him on Facebook and Twitter, and at his website bluezones.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ed Diener, Ph.D. 9

Part 1 Blueprint for a Happier Life 13

1 What Is Happiness? 19

2 What We Now Know About Happiness 33

Part 2 The World's Happiest Places 45

3 Happiness in Costa Rica 49

4 Happiness in Denmark 65

5 Happiness in Singapore 83

6 Lessons for Leaders 97

Part 3 Happier by Design 109

7 Designing Happy Communities 113

8 Designing the Workplace 153

9 Designing Your Social Network 171

10 Designing Your Home 187

11 Designing Financial Well-Being 201

12 Designing Your Inner Life 213

Conclusion: The Power 9 of Happiness 243

Appendix: The Blue Zones Happiness Consensus Project 253

Expert Profiles and Recommendations 255

Acknowledgments 273

Selected Sources 275

Index 279