Today I’m going to disclose one of the secrets to long life.
I was over in south Germany and Austria last week. I enjoy traveling over there for several reason. One of them is how relaxed and easy going everybody is over there.
I was even partly on business (which you’ll hear more about soon) and yet it seemed like vacation.
One of the thing I always enjoy and admire is how southern Europeans can take their time and really enjoy eating together. They talk and joke and take their time. Rarely is anything negative or intense discussed over lunch or dinner.
Sometimes lunch will last to dinner and dinner throughout the nigh. And everybody is happy.
Then I remembered reading an article a few years ago. A researcher explained why Chinese people live longer than any other nation. Often in the poorest parts of China, you meet people 100 years and older.
In traditional Chinese household, everybody follow a strict rule not to discuss anything ’serious’ or negative. The dinner times are for discussing fun happy topics and enjoy the family. Everything else is left outside.
Imagine this in the modern American business world!
We did discuss business related topics in Vienna. But it was fun because the topic was “sexual therapy” (my profession). But there was no mention of money, dealing, or anything that could cause negative vibration.
In the end of the trip, everything we set out to do was accomplished. I don’t know how because it didn’t feel like we worked at all.
Maybe I’ll live longer for that 
Warm regards,
Christian Goodman
Thanks Christian, My wife and I visited relatives in Hong Kong recently. We were at a local restaurant with our family members, when the conversations get to the our poor health and ailments the kids were lightly tapping the table, we received the signal and promptly changed to another subject.
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Great article!We can all learn something from it.
What a lovely outlook! I am sure a contributory factor is that while one is talking, one cannot be eating quite as much, and the delay means it is easier to register that one has eaten enough, and not put on so much weight as a result. I have seen many Westerners eating huge amounts of food in a rush, beating the natural satiety mechanism to it. Switch on the TV, and you get even more food down before you realise you had enough long ago. I prefer your way!
Thanks for brightening up my day.
Hi Christian, Your observation while on your trip to Germany and Austria is quite interesting as it is indeed the secret to long life,only positive things should be discussed while eating with your Family for only so can you really enjoy those special and happy moments. I believe that living a life of to much pressure to get things done quickly,as if everthing is of utmost importance even though most of it is not, is really shortening our lives.We must live a humble life,Lets follow the chinese we may live to be 100 as my grand mother did(103yrs)