His books “The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest” (2008) and “Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way” (2010) have appeared on many best-seller lists and have both been featured on “Oprah.”

In 2009, Dan Buettner and his partner, AARP, applied principles of “The Blue Zones” to Albert Lea, Minnesota, and successfully raised life expectancy and lowered health care costs by some 40 percent.

He’s currently working with Healthways to implement the program in the Beach Cities of Los Angeles and the entire state of Iowa. Their strategy focuses on optimizing the health environment instead of individual behavior change. Writing in Newsweek, Harvard University's Walter Willet called the results “stunning.”

Dan also holds three world records in distance cycling and has won an Emmy Award for television production.

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Harvey’s latest book, “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World” (2011) is already his seventh New York Times bestseller. “Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You,” was released in February 2010 and reached #4 on the New York Times best-seller list. His other books include: “Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty” (1997), “Pushing The Envelope” (1999) and “We Got Fired! ... And It’s The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Us” (2004), which became his third New York Times #1 bestseller. His books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.

For the last 18 years, Harvey has been a nationally syndicated columnist for United Feature Syndicate. His weekly articles appear in 100 newspapers and magazines around the country, including the Orange County Register, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Arizona Republic.

He also is one of America's most popular and entertaining business speakers, speaking – on average – once a week to Fortune 500-size companies and associations. Toastmasters International named him one of the top five speakers in the world, and he is a member of the National Speakers Association Speakers Hall of Fame.

In addition, Harvey is chairman of MackayMitchell Envelope Company, a $100 million company he founded at age 26. Mackay has 500 employees and manufactures 25 million envelopes a day.

Harvey is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Program.

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