
Thrive
Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way
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Narrated by:
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Michael McConnohie
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By:
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Dan Buettner
In the first book to identify demographically proven happiness hotspots worldwide, researcher and explorer Dan Buettner documents the happiest people on earth and reveals how we can create our own happy zones. Detailing extraordinary new discoveries and meticulous research on four continents, Buettner observes happiness in unlikely places and gleans surprising insight into what generates contentment and what it means to thrive.
Intriguing studies debunk commonly believed myths. Think life was happier in the good old days? To the contrary, data shows that people flourish more in modern societies than in traditional, agrarian ones. Marriage, parenthood, gender equality, sociability – you'll be astonished at how (or whether) these factors figure in the happiness equation.
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The book summaries what is needed for a recipe to happiness, and lays it out there as a tool right on the counter.
Great book!
Great news! You can be happy too!
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Religious philosophers throughout time have consistently repeated that happiness comes from within. It is something that a person creates.
The author of the book leans more towards the idea that happiness is something that is a result of your environment
Contradictory
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Love Dan Buettner
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Definetly a good read for global perspective on happiness, however the assumption that the spiritual/religious component as a REQUIREMENT for happiness does not seem to be the only conclusion. It seems to me the failure of government to address real issues of their populace is more an indication as to the significance religion in the happiness rating.What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Rather abrupt, choosing a city to represent the USA left me to see how what I read could be applied to USA. I would have liked to see a conclusion that then compared the country in it's present condition.Did Michael McConnohie do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
YesCould you see Thrive being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
NoMisses the point
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Ultimately, the answers to the central question are unsatisfying because they are contradictory from one place to another (political freedom is key / a strong dictator is great) or else it is not clear what is cause and effect (happy people trust each other / trusting people are happier). Also, the author doesn't perform the critical test of visiting any sad places to see if they have more or less of the supposed happiness factors: there are, for example, places with sunshine and fresh vegetables that are nevertheless perfectly miserable.
Although it is whinier and not as supposedly scientific as "Thrive," "The Geography of Bliss" by Eric Weiner might in the end be a more insightful take on the exact same topic.
Around the world with circular reasoning
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Overall I enjoyed it and though it was interesting, but a lot of the advice wasn't really applicable to Americans who are interested in remaining employed
Inspirational, but not always realistic.
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Fascinating study
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Great info
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