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100 Simple Secrets of the Best Half of Life: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It (100 Simple Secrets, 5) Kindle Edition

by David Niven PhD (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Practical advice on how to thrive in the second half of your life, based on scientific studies. The sixth book in the bestselling 100 Simple Secrets series.

What do people who relish the second half of their lives do differently than those who dread getting older? Sociologists, therapists and psychiatrists have spent entire careers investigating the ins and outs of successful aging, yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals to be shared with other experts.

Now the international bestselling author of The 100 Simple Secrets series has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand of the best scientific studies on the second half of life. These findings have been boiled down to one hundred essential ways to find and maintain joy, health, and satisfaction every day of your life. Each one is accompanied by a true story showing the results in action.

The Baby Boomers are hitting retirement age. This upbeat, light approach will appeal to the enormous market of citizens grappling with the effects of becoming 'senior', looking to discover the positive benefits of aging beyond discount tickets at the movie theatre. Books about aging well continue to sell year in and year out. The Simple Secrets approach will stand out among the heavier self-help/psychology titles and will without a doubt become an affordable impulse and gifty mainstay in this category.

A good inexpensive gift for parents and grandparents.

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Practical advice on how to thrive in the second half of your life, based on scientific studies. The sixth book in the bestselling 100 Simple Secrets series.

What do people who relish the second half of their lives do differently than those who dread getting older? Sociologists, therapists and psychiatrists have spent entire careers investigating the ins and outs of successful aging, yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals to be shared with other experts.

Now the international bestselling author of The 100 Simple Secrets series has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand of the best scientific studies on the second half of life. These findings have been boiled down to one hundred essential ways to find and maintain joy, health, and satisfaction every day of your life. Each one is accompanied by a true story showing the results in action.

The Baby Boomers are hitting retirement age. This upbeat, light approach will appeal to the enormous market of citizens grappling with the effects of becoming 'senior', looking to discover the positive benefits of aging beyond discount tickets at the movie theatre. Books about aging well continue to sell year in and year out. The Simple Secrets approach will stand out among the heavier self-help/psychology titles and will without a doubt become an affordable impulse and gifty mainstay in this category.

A good inexpensive gift for parents and grandparents.

About the Author

David Niven, Ph.D., bestselling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series, is a psychologist and social scientist who teaches at Ohio State University.

David Niven, Ph.D., es el autor de los bestsellers internacionales Los 100 Secretos de la Gente Exitosa, y Los 100 Secretos de las Buenas Relaciones. Es psicólogo y científico social, y enseña en la Florida Atlantic University.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000FCK3GY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne (October 13, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 13, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 407 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0060564733
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David was in the basement of the library at Ohio State University looking across mountains of research reports that would never reach the people who most needed them. There was research on life satisfaction, relationships, prosperity, parenting, all manner of good things. But no regular person was ever going to come to the basement to read about how they could make their lives better. And if they did, they would find the reports filled with stuffy jargon produced by academics writing to impress other academics. Later that day, David launched a project to bring that research to people who could use it. Today, David is known internationally for translating powerful research findings into practical advice anyone can apply to their daily lives. Published in more than two dozen languages, David’s books show that a more satisfying life can be had with small, sustainable changes in our actions and attitudes.

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Lesley Ikin
5.0 out of 5 stars Helps to make the most of it all.......
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2013
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Sorting out the second half of my life.....yeehah....I now have an approach to assist me get some perspective and make the most of it all
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Kevin Schmittgens
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating factoids
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2013
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I enjoy all of Niven's books. Simple and thought provoking. I read one a week and it makes for gentle reflection on my life.
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Nickolette B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended read for 40's and above!
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2017
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Quick read full of interesting stories and statistics. Well written and edited.
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Marcia L
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2016
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Love all his Simple Secrets books. I buy extras for my friends.
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Jeanne W.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2018
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I love this book!
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Clear Glasses
4.0 out of 5 stars helpful for those under 50 as well
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2005
This book is as helpful for those under fifty years of age as for those above. It simply collects the simple secrets that you may have known but already forgot. If you can appreciate and respect the way you live your life, then you are already in the better half of life...no matter what half it is. This book will remind you just that fact.
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Allen C. Chan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2018
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slcsupermom
5.0 out of 5 stars Great secrets
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2015
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Good mottos. Reading a date a day and that works well.
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2.0 out of 5 stars siplicity to avoid
Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2018
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simply simple
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Dan
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun little book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2017
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Interesting book to nibble at.
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