The Longevity Project Quotes

“But living out one’s dreams was not what led to health and longevity. It was a productive perseverance, a sense of mastery and accomplishment buoyed by one’s career successes, that did that.”
― Howard S. Friedman, The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study

“Conscientiousness, as we have established, is a strong predictor of longevity, and it turns out that the professionally successful Terman subjects were indeed more conscientious than their peers. But conscientiousness didn’t explain everything: those with a successful career lived much longer even after taking their conscientiousness into account. Conscientiousness did, however, make a big difference for those who were least successful in their careers. Those men who were very unsuccessful in their careers and who were also very unconscientious (on their childhood assessments) had a whopping increase in their mortality risk. If you were both unconscientious and unsuccessful, you were especially likely to die before reaching even age sixty.”
― Howard S. Friedman, The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study

“evidence that people told to relax necessarily become healthier”
― Howard S. Friedman, The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study

“The late comedian and actress Lucille Ball had her own secret to staying young: live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”
― Howard S. Friedman, The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study