Simon Sinek says friendship is the 'ultimate biohack' for longevity and happiness, surpassing diet and exercise
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Ryan Johnston
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Bestselling author and leadership expert Simon Sinek argues that friendship is the "ultimate biohack" for living a longer, happier life — more important than diet or exercise alone. Speaking at the 2024 Brilliant Minds convention, Sinek claims that close, positive relationships can help address mental health challenges like stress, depression, anxiety, and addiction, and that being a better friend is a key to overall health and longevity.
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· 2 pulledThe thing that I'm sort of obsessing about right now is friendship
If you think about all the mental health challenges that so many of us are facing today — whether it's coping with stress, depression, anxiety, addiction, even obsession with longevity — friendship is the ultimate biohack that ... fixes all those things.
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