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Dan Buettner is a National Geographic Explorer and the author of "The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World’s Happiest People." Here, he shares his insights on how to design your own home, so you can feel more overall happiness.

Dan Buettner: My name is Dan Buettner. I'm a National Geographic Explorer and the author of "Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons From the World's Happiest People."

If you move from an unhappy place to a happy place, that's probably the most powerful thing you can do over time to favor your happiness. Not all of us can move, however. But there are a few things you can look for in your house.

Number one: contrary to what your realtor will say, you do not want to buy the cheapest house on the block. You want to buy the average house on the block because you don't always want to be taunted by the neighbors whose got a nicer house and a better car.

Number two: you want a house with a sidewalk. The happiest Americans are socially interacting five to six hours a day. You're much more likely to do that if you live in a connected neighborhood than if you live in some soulless cul-de-sac. You want a front porch on your house as opposed to a back deck. Once again, a front porch invites social interaction. A back deck you're off by yourself.

You want good light in your home. You want plants in your home. That actually favors happiness. Some studies have shown that if you have Mozart, and I don't know why it's Mozart, but it’s specifically Mozart playing all the time it seems to inspire positive emotions.

And then finally a little trick that I learned from Ed Diener, who wrote the foreword of my book, is this notion of a “pride shrine.” Take one area in your house, ideally a well-trafficked area, maybe between your bedroom and your bathroom.

And you create a pride shrine of pictures that trigger positive memories — pictures of your kids when they were young, a remembrance of a parent or a grandparent, pictures of your vacation spot, diplomas, articles that you’ve liked that make you feel good. Anything that makes you feel pride in something that you'll see several times a day because when it comes to happiness, one important component is how you feel the sum of joyful moments day to day. And you can set up your house so you'll feel more of those.

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    80s life... Those days have gone...

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    U left out having a hottie with thigh highs in the house man.

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    can i do this in minecraft

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    Suppose you visited an Asian country and learned that the government was busy importing millions upon millions of non-Asians into the country.
    Supposed you were told that non-Asians were projected to be a majority in the country within a few decades.
    Suppose you found that Asians were called "racists" if they objected to this.
    Wouldn't you say to yourself, "What's going on here?"?
    Now change "Asian" to "White" and that's exactly what's happening in ALL White countries and ONLY in White countries. It's White genocide.
    Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-White.

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    But what if Im living in an apartment?

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    Hot sweet water, good HVAC, great comfy bed, big tv with all possible channels, nice garden, reliable security system, a cat or dog, reliable housekeeping, etc .. that would be happiness

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    Tech Insider?? How to make ur home a happy place...without technology.

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    Where's the ultimate mood manager/entertainment system?!?

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    This is stupid, especially the front porch VS back deck thing. Some people like the privacy of the backyard.

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    Give me a good gaming setup... I am the happiest

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    Whatthis video is.
    For optimistic, musically inclined, extroverted gardener's. And that sure ain't everybody.

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    Relevant only to suburbia USA. What if you live in a city apartment or on semi urban areas with joined units or even a mountainy area where sidewalk and porches don't matter? ... Very narrow minded video and topic by the author..

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    Front porch? Are you crazy?

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    Mozart's white maybe u could play something more ethnic like Lil Uzi in the background

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    Gaming setup and im good fo life

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    Get a lot of happy pictures of yourself, but every time you walk by you will get sad, because you see how happy you used to be.

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    I thought it said, DESTROYING your home for max happiness

    I was just like what are you on tech insider

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    great points made thanks guys

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    And if I've already bought a house that's none of these things, also tiny and cramped, and also lack the means to move or expand, what then?

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    The american flag in the beginning is disgusting

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    Front deck?....What if your trying to avoid people as much as possible

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    Bullshit sellers are a big things now

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    I love mose art
    Mose art is my flavourate

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    Maybe the title of this video should be we're going to engineer you the way we want you to be so we can sell you a house and make lots of money.

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    This load of bullshit made me upset.

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    This is subjective on many levels

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    When you think this is a video for game advice.

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    I was almost about to subscribe but then he said "Buy average priced, so you don't get made fun of by people who have  a bigger house and a nicer car" Idiotic advice. There is always going to be people who have a bigger house and a nicer car than I do. Should I keep up with people who live Beverly Hills so they don't make fun of me as well? Stupid.

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    No depressed face like him inside the house. Its just simple. He depressed and he act and talk just like he is messiah. Not good.

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    These are the rules for extraverts.

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    Be proud of your house. That’s it.

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