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thoughtful planning, sense of control and accomplishment, and perseverance that helped and that contributed to one's career success. They also found that taking it easy was not healthy, but rather hard work and ambition towards reaching one's goals would make those individuals more likely to live a longer life.
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Retire as soon as you can and play more golf to live longer – Myth You will help your children if you encourage them to be more spontaneous and have more fun – Myth Thinking happy thoughts reduces stress and leads to a long life – Myth The good die early and the bad die late – Myth Get married and you will live a longer life – Myth A healthy diet and exercise are the most important things to a long life – Myth If you believe you are loved and cared for you will live a long life – Myth
While feeling loved and appreciated proved to be important to good health, what was even more important was the opportunity to be part of a healthy and positive, socially-interactive environment that allows you to establish meaningful relationships. In fact, to live longer is quite simple. Become a conscientious hard worker, develop a social network, work harder in your career and strive for a more productive life. Perhaps that is why so many Baby Boomers are living long lives? They are not quick to retire.
HOW CONSCIENTIOUS ARE YOU? To determine how well each of these statements describe you Score 1 for very inaccurate; 2 for moderately inaccurate; 3 for neither accurate, nor inaccurate; 4 moderately accurate and 5 for very accurate.
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1. I am always prepared 1
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2. I leave my belongings around. 1
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3. I enjoy planning my work in detail. 1
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4. I make a mess of things. 1
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5. I get chores done right away. 1
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6. I often forget to put things back in their proper places. 1
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7. I like order. 1
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8. I avoid my duties. 1
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9. I follow a schedule. 1
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10. I am persistent in completing and finishing tasks. 1
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HOW TO SCORE: Each item scores from 1 to 5, but for items 2,5, 8 and 10 you need to reverse the scores. So, if you said that, "I leave my belongings around" was very inaccurate" (1) in describing you, change your score to its opposite, which is a (5). If you give yourself a 2 "moderately inaccurate", you would change this to a 4, and so on. If you said this was neither accurate nor inaccurate, you would leave the score, as it is - 3. Then simply add up your 10 scores.
WHAT YOUR TOTAL SCORE MEANS: 10-24: This would make you part of a quarter of the population. You are not very conscientious at all - work harder at it. 24-37: You are averagely conscientious. 37-50: Congratulations. Your odds are that you will live a long life.
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The Longevity Project by Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin, is published by Scribe Publications and costs $32.95. Attend the APAN NEW HORIZON'S EXPO & SEMINAR in Canberra on Sunday 25th September and you may qualify for a FREE copy.
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