The document discusses factors that can contribute to longevity and happiness. It suggests striving for a productive and socially rich life by engaging in physical activities you enjoy, maintaining mental focus, nurturing relationships, helping your community, and finding fulfillment in your work. Staying on healthy pathways physically, mentally, and socially through persistence and balance can lead to both longevity and happiness. It proposes measuring daily behaviors related to conscientiousness, social connection, and physical activity in order to maintain overall health and well-being.

1. #Whatif you could postpone
DEATH
an additional 5 or 10 years,
and live a healthier,
happier life?

2. Strive for a
productive and
socially rich life.
Longevity, Health, and
Happiness
Chris LuVogt

3. "Worrying is bad for your health."
"Get married and you’ll live longer."
"Don’t work so hard. Take it easy, and you’ll stay healthier."

4. Lewis Terman Friedman, Martin, et al
intellectual, moral, volitional,
emotional, aesthetic, physical, and
social assessments
Self-assessed &
Assessed by parents & teachers Date and cause
of death
1921
~1500 California 10-yr-olds
Nominated by teachers as "bright"

5. "Worrying is bad for your health."
...unless you are conscientious and take
action on your worries.
"Get married and you’ll live longer."
...primarily if you are a man, and you stay
happily married, without getting divorced
(unless you remarry and are happy).
"Don’t work so hard. Take it easy, and you’ll stay healthier."
...unless you've managed to find something you love doing and are successful
at, in which case, you should keep doing it as long as you can.

6. Steady
Marriage
Conscientiousness Worry Femininity Masculinity
Thoughtful,
thorough, prudent, Childhood
Divorce
do all tasks well Divorce
Persistence
Religiosity
Higher Optimism
Education
Risk Sociability
Blindness
Productivity Success
Physically Healthy
Behaviors Drinking,
Social Smoking,
Connectiveness Risky
Behavior
Consistent
Exercise Helping Large
Others Network
Intense
Exercise
Longevity Meh Short-evity

7. • Engage in physical activities that naturally
draw you in,
• Mental focus on persistence, prudence,
hard work, and doing the "right thing",
• Challenge yourself mentally, enjoy and
thrive in your career,
• Have a large social network,
• Give back to your community and help
others in your social network,
• Nurture a healthy marriage and close
friendships.
Strive for a
"These lead to both happiness productive and
and long life." socially rich life.

8. Do the right thing
Take action
Keep Stay positive
learning
Follow your passion
Keep your body
healthy
Connect with
others
Exercise
Give
back
Be
thankful
Health
Happiness Have fun

9. "Health is optimal, personal fitness for full, fruitful, creative,
and spiritual living.
Optimal means most favorable.
Personal means physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional.
Fitness is a condition of functional readiness for daily living."
- J. Spoerl, ~1983
"Health is state of complete physical, mental and social well
being." - World Health Org, 1946

10. Longevity Happiness
Mental & Social Health
Work ConnecT
Physical Health
Eat Exercise
Sleep
Long lived termites a) found The
healthy pathways, and b) were
persistent in returning to them "SWEET"
when life knocked them off. LifeTM

11. Staying on
the Path
• Steps/floors, distance
• Calories
• Sleep

13. Physical Mental Social
Behaviors Behaviors Behaviors
Measure
Daily
Conscientiousness
Persistence Reset
Yourself
Physically Mentally Socially Daily
Healthy Healthy Healthy
Behaviors Behaviors Behaviors
Healthy
Health Habits &
Paths
Longevity Happiness
#Whatif there was a "fitbit"
for mental and social health?

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