Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way

I have followed Dan Buettner's work closely since I first met him at an event where he spoke inspirationally about his travels by bicycle around the world. A lot of travelers collect places like trophies and then move on. Not dan Buettner. He looks and listens closely while he is there and long after he's gone the sights and sounds play in his understanding like essential pieces in the puzzle that is life on Earth. He holds them, turns them, figures them out and then in his insightful, readable and companionable books his puts the pieces together to create pictures of the most meaningful elements of human existence. In Blue Zones it was life itself, and in the fascinating, brave new volume Thrive it is happiness in our lives. There are many counter-intuitive, and perhaps hard to hear lessons on what makes places happy. Often happiness collides with our idealistic views of ourselves, often our happiness is not the kind that economists have easy times with and, most often, happiness makes us thrive in ways we may not have understand until DB offers us the mirror. This is a global book at what makes people flourish. It is about us and what we do for each other. It is humane. It is essential. It is about beauty. I find myself rereading it, citing it and being inspired by it.

The author takes a researched-based approach to constructing a fulfilling life. The key question is not about living longer but living better. The ideas and suggestions offered are sensible, workable, actionable, and measurable. You will find that you are already engaged in many of activities and processes discussed in the book, but you will gain many insights into building a bigger and better life for yourself. This book will change your life.

This book was part of our book club at work. My employer works with communities our state teaching them the Blue Zones ways for better living. I found it to be a very slow read at the beginning, however it is very inspiration. I highly recommend reading this if you are looking for a book to lift your spirits, help you think more positively and to learn more about the Blue Zones.

I love this book! I love his ted talk. As a positive psychology educator and psychotherapist, I highly recommend Thrive. Read Thrive learn about what the research shows truly makes us happier, what nations, and regions around the world have learned and put into practice in their lives to live longer and live fulfilling lives. Spoiler: other people matter, as Chris Peterson famously put it. There's more to it of course but take away that people matter and you will live a happier, healthier life.

travel with dan buettner to visit the happiest people on our planet the geographical locations surprised me but not the criteria for this sometimes elusive state of being an interesting informative read for anyone looking for a sense of well beingpeace of mind and a sense that much is right with our world meet people not so different from yourself in a variety of cultureswith enough things in common to identify happiness as attainable for you right where you are

I have enjoyed reading this book. The research and information force you to start thinking about the American approach to life. I learned about a few countries and what help their people to thrive and I have started making changes to help my family to thrive. I believe this is a great book to read if you are ready to make some changes in your life and get out of the race "to keep up with the Jones".

Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way by Dan Buettner is an "interesting" read, but lacks the narrative drive and cohesiveness that I tend to look for in nonfiction regardless of topic. I haven't read his first book, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer, so I may have been at a disadvantage; that is, not knowing what to expect. A "blue zone" is a place (demographic or geographic) where people live measurably longer lives.I found the book oddly formatted, seemingly designed to maximize page length. For example, the "leading experts" are listed in chapter one, then questions about happiness are asked of each expert. As you might expect, you get some repetition, and since these experts are not writers, you get some fairly banal answers. "The word `happiness' means many things." That's not to say that some of their responses aren't interesting, just that the answers should have been heavily edited and weaved into the narrative, which consists of four separate travelogues in search of happiness.The travelogue chapters, about 170 pages, are entertaining and worth reading, carrying the reader to four unexpectedly happy places - despite the often repetitious "lessons" at the end of each chapter, and the page-hogging big-font random facts at the bottom of pages. Chapter six "Lessons in Thriving" echoes the previous lessons, but isn't too bad as a sort of checklist for choosing a place to live. A "Special Bonus Chapter" is tacked on, a 25-page excerpt from The Blue Zones.Three stars. Worth reading, but could have easily been a slim volume about four special happy blue zone places.Jeffrey Penn May, Author of Where the River Splits, Cynthia and the Blue Cat's Last Meow, and more.

I needed this book for a class. I don't like spending a lot of money on books I may not use again. This book is exactly what I needed - used, a good price and arrive in the condition described. Would recommend!

I bought it used and it’s in great shape. Arrived on time. Delivery guy was super friendly.

AN INTERESTING READ TO BE PRACTICED SINCERELY TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE THINKING AND HEALTHIER WAY OF LIFE, THINK POSITIVE IMBIBE IDEAS AND LIVE LONG. THE LIFE IS OF FIVE F's 1.FOOD 2. FRIENDS 3. FINE WINE 4.FORNICATION AND 5.FUTURE TO LOOK TO. VIJAYAPRASAD

Very easy to read, interesting, and makes you want to go and visit other places round the globe. Lots of background knowledge about the different countries and their cultural heritage. He deals with one country per chapter and summarizes the main points and at the end of the book suggests things we can all do to make our own lives a bit happier. (although having glanced at them they seem quite obvious!) Good book and would recommend it to others.

Amazing!

Interesting information and an easy read