Fleet MaullThe Entrepreneur’s Zen Master

What if the biggest threat to healthy aging isn’t getting older, but believing the myths about aging

22 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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Negative beliefs about aging cut roughly 7.5 years off your lifespan compared to positive ones. Your mindset shapes how you look, feel, and how long you live. What you think about getting older might matter more than getting older itself.

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Your perception, your belief about aging has a monumental impact on your physical health. In fact, those who had negative or embraced mentally negative stereotypes about aging had a 7.5-year reduction in lifespan versus those who had more positive impression of aging. And that about nails it. People look, feel, and live, look and feel less good than they ought to and live shorter lives than they ought to because of mindset in this regard.

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