[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>>> SO, MY NEXT GUEST SAYS THE
SECRET TO HAPPINESS BOILS DOWN
TO THROE THINGS.
PLEASURE, PRIDE AND PURPOSE.
IT'S NOT ONLY WHEHOW YOU LIVE, BUT
WHERE YOU LIVE, THAT CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
MY NEXT GUEST, DAN BUETTNER,
"THE BLUE ZONE."
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> YOU'RE AN EXPERT ON
HAPPINESS.
>> I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR
YEARS.
>> YOU STUDIED WHERE THE
HAPPIEST PLACES ARE.
WHERE?
>> I'M GOING TO START BY ASKING
YOU THREE QUESTIONS AND I'LL GET
TO THAT.
SO, IF YOU COULD ONLY HAVE ONE
OF THE FOLLOWING THREE TYPES OF
HAPPINESS, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU
HAVE?
YOU HAVE A PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE
WHERE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE
A LOT OF MONEY BUT YOU LIVE OUT
YOUR VALUES EVERY DAY.
NUMBER TWO, YOU HAVE A JOB WHERE
YOU WORK REALLY HARD AND YOU'RE
ALMOST GUARANTEED TO BE RICH AT
THE END.
OR NUMBER THREE, YOU EXPERIENCE
JOY AND PLEASURE EVERY DAY.
YOU SPEND SIX OR SEVEN HOURS A
DAY SOCIALIZING WITH YOUR
FRIENDS.
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE, MOMENT-TO-MOMENT
JOY.
WHICH OF THE THREE WOULD YOU
LIKE?
>> THREE.
>> YOU WANT TO GORICA.
THAT'S THE PART OF THE WORLD
WHERE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THAT
TYPE OF HAPPINESS.
>> OKAY.
>> FOR THE PURPOSE, IT'S
DENMARK.
AND FOR THE PRIDE, WORKING HARD
AND GETTING A PAYOFF, IT'S
SINGAPORE.
>> IT'S HERE, RIGHT?
THIS IS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY,
SUPPOSEDLY.
>> I HAVE A QUIZ FOR THE
AUDIENCE.
>> OKAY.
YOU THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME.
>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO
SEE HOW HAPPY THE MEGYN KELLY
AUDIENCE IS.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU TWO QUESTIONS.
EITHER/OR QUESTIONS AND WHAT YOU
THINK OF LIFE.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHETHER
YOU THINK LIFE IS SHORT OR LONG.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THINK
LIFE IS SHORT.
NOW, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU
THINK LIFE IS LONG.
YOU CAN ONLY ANSWER ONCE.
SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT HARD OR
EASY.
RAISE YOUR HAND, IF YOU THINK
LIFE IS HARD.
HARD.
NOW, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU
THINK LIFE IS EASY.
INTERESTING.
SO, A HARVARD RESEARCHER NAMED
MIKE NORTON LED A TEAM WHO DID
SURVEYS AROUND THE WORLD,
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND ASKED
THOSE QUESTIONS AND CORRELATED
THEM WITH WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE
VOTED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD
BE GENEROUS AND HOW HAPPY THEY
WERE.
THEY FOUND THE LEAST HAPPY
PEOPLE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO THINK
LIFE IS HARD AND SHORT.
NOW, WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO
THOUGHT LIFE WAS LONG AND EASY,
RAISE YOUR HANDS, STAND UP.
THE PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT LIFE WAS
LONG AND EASY.
>> IF YOU THINK IT'S LONG AND
EASY.
>> I WON'T RIDICULE YOU TOO
MUCH.
THE PEOPLE THAT THINK LIFE IS
LONG AND EASY, ARE 40% MORE
LIKELY TO BE HAPPY, MORE LIKELY
TO VOTE AND DONATE MONEY.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO
INVITE TO YOUR NEXT COCKTAIL
PARTY.
WE'LL GIVE THEM A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
ISN'T THAT FUN?
>> I BELIEVE WE HAVE A BASE
LEVEL OF HAPPINESS.
A NUMBER WHERE WE EXIST.
AND YOU CAN HAVE A CRESCENDOS OR
DECRESCENDOS, IN THE COURSE OF
YOUR LIFE.
BUT I THINK YOU CAN'T CHANGE
YOUR BASE LEVEL?
>> AND YOU HAVE A SET RANGE.
A 2 OR A 6.
AND THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT
SAID ON A BAD DAY, THEY'RE A 6,
AND A GREAT DAY, A 9.
40% IS YOUR GENES.
15% IS LUCK.
IT'S HARD TO BE HAPPY IF YOU
HAVE CHRONIC PAIN, ARE DEPRESSED
OR WATCH THE WRONG MORNING SHOW.
BUT ABOUT 45% IS UP TO YOU.
AND THIS "BLUE ZONES OF
HAPPINESS" THE IDEA IS TO GIVE
YOU A MANUAL ON HOW TO STACK THE
DECK IN FAVOR OF HAPPINESS.
>> IF I CAN'T GET TO CARTAGO,
WHERE IN THE UNITED STATES CAN I
MOVE?
>> A NUMBER OF PLACES.
WITH GALLUP AND NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC, WE DID AN INDEX.
WE SURVEYED 1.5 MILLION
AMERICANS.
AND WE ASKED THEM QUESTION, NOT
NECESSARILY ABOUT THEIR
HAPPINESS, BUT THE QUESTIONS
THAT MAKE UP A GOOD LIFE.
DO YOU FEEL SAFE AND SECURE?
DO YOU FEEL PAIN?
DO YOU TAKE REGULAR VACATIONS?
DO YOU FEEL HEALTHY?
AND THE MOST INTERESTING ONE,
HOW OFTEN IN THE LAST YEAR DID
YOU GO TO THE DENTIST.
PLACES THAT PEOPLE GO TO THE
DENTIST A LOT TEND TO BE
HAPPIEST.
>> THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.
>> I KNOW.
BUT THE DENTISTS LOVE ME.
>> I WENT LAST WEEK.
IT'S PAINFUL AND UNPLEASANT.
>> YOU LOOK HAPPY.
>> DOMESTICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE WITH DAN OVER THE
BREAK.
WHERE DO WE MOVE?
COLORADO?
IS THAT WHAT I HEARD?
>> THE HAPPIEST PLACE IN AMERICA
IS BOULDER, COLORADO.
>> NOTHING TO DO WITH WEED.
NOTHING.
BUT TO FIND OUT THE FULL LIST OF
THE 25 HAPPIEST CITIES IN THE
UNITED STATES, GO TO
TODAY.COM/MEGYNKELLY.
AND UP NEXT, DAN AND I HAVE
SOMETHING WE WANT YOU TO TRY
TODAY.
HE CALLS IT THE POWER NINE.
NINE WHAT?
FIND O What makes Preference worth it?