by: Sam Wilmes (Albert Lea Tribune)

Nearly nine years after the Blue Zones project began in Albert Lea, Founder Dan Buettner credits Albert Lea with being a leader in the movement.

Buettner, a New York Times-best seller and Twin Cities native, discusses Albert Lea in his new book, “The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World’s Happiest People,” which spotlights how people can live in ways that lead to happy lives. The book shifts the project’s focus from health to happiness and reportedly reveals secrets of the world’s happiest places, showing how individuals can apply lessons of happiness. 

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