From  Gloria Steinem, feminist icon …

“I would say, ‘Do more of what you can uniquely do, and less of what other people can do.”

From an article in the NY Times, Adopt 5 Healthy Habits, Live 12 to 14 Years Longer

Five behaviors could extend life expectancy at 50 by more than a decade, even without the discovery of a single new drug or medical treatment.

The study, in Circulation, looked at five behaviors:

• eating a healthy diet
• not smoking
• getting regular physical activity
• moderate alcohol consumption
• maintaining a normal weight

The scientists calculated that, on average, a 50-year-old man who adopted all of these would live 12 years longer than a man who took on none. A woman with the same five habits would live an average of 14 more years than a woman with none of them.