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Yes, Optimists Really Can Live Longer Lives

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I don’t know about you but when I heard that Dick Van Dyke made it to 100, I felt a real flush of excitement. He did it! 100! A whole century of living and what a life well-lived, too.

To celebrate this monumental occassion, the actor released ’100 Rules to Living to 100: An Optimist’s Guide to a Happy Life’, a book filled with life advice, stories, and reflections on how he has lived a happy, healthy life for so long.

One of the key components to a happy life, he says, is being an optimist and it turns out, the science is on his side with this one. Yep, just shifting your attitude and approach to life could make a difference.

Hope is a powerful force

While it may sound a little too simple that optimism can make such a huge difference in our quality of life, optimism and hope are closely linked and a study........

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