Walid Kamoun, Vice President, Global Head of R&D Oncology at Servier, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Recently, I picked up The Blue Zones: Secrets for Living Longer by Dan Buettner, genuinely forgetting that I had already read it years ago.
Coming back to the book this time through the lens of my growing passion for happiness science was a completely different experience. What I once saw mainly as a book about longevity revealed itself as a much deeper reflection on how happiness is lived, not pursued. It didn’t just remind me how people live longer in Blue Zones; it naturally led me to pick up The Blue Zones of Happiness next.
What struck me most is how often longevity and happiness are inseparable in the words of people who lived 100+ years.
One centenarian captured it simply:
‘I wake up with a reason.’
Another shared a mindset that feels timeless:
‘I don’t think about living longer. I think about living well every day.’
No obsession with diets.
No complicated routines.
Just purpose, connection, movement, and belonging the same pillars we see echoed again and again in happiness research.”
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