True recovery requires probing the depths of what shaped you, how you adapted to it, and how those adaptations are now serving you (or not, as in my case).
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When we are asleep, we are accomplishing nothing useful: we are not reproducing, gathering food, or protecting our family. Even worse, in that slumbering state we are extremely vulnerable to predators and enemies, as I had been in Patterson Park. This, he argued, demonstrates precisely why sleep is so important.
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Little did I know that my not sleeping was doing much to hasten that day.
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In the exercise context, we’re not as interested in how rigid something is. Instead, we want to think about how efficiently and safely force can be transmitted through something.
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“How” questions are a surefire way to keep negotiations going. They put the pressure on your counterpart to come up with answers, and to contemplate your problems when making their demands.
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The SAD disrupts the body’s metabolic equilibrium. It places enormous strain on our ability to control our blood glucose levels, and causes us to store fat when we should be utilizing it.
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The idea of the Black Swan was popularized by risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his bestselling books Fooled by Randomness (2001) and The Black Swan (2007).
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Activities that are easy when we are young or middle-aged become difficult if not impossible as we get older. This explains why so many people are miserable in their Marginal Decade. They simply can’t do much of anything.
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The court concluded that 'a reasonable attempt at negotiations must be made prior to a tactical intervention.'
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History’s greatest minds always advised bold over safe; their words good padding for even the worst ideas.
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Without good financial habits, you will always be struggling for the next dollar. Without good health habits, you will always seem to be short on energy. Without good learning habits, you will always feel like you’re behind the curve.
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The first thing I look for, the canary in the coal mine of metabolic disorder, is elevated insulin.
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In the long history of humankind, those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
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If you want to master a habit, the key is to start with repetition, not perfection.
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The goal is not to read a book, the goal is to become a reader.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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Emotions drive behavior. Every decision is an emotional decision at some level. Whatever your logical reasons are for taking action, you only feel compelled to act on them because of emotion.
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If I’d gone first they would have agreed and I would have left with either the winner’s curse or buyer’s remorse, those gut-wrenching feelings that you’ve overpaid or undersold.
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They also convinced him not to mention pardoning January 6 rioters.
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People will often sooner die than give up their autonomy. They’ll at least act irrationally and shut off the negotiation.
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You get there by asking for “No.” It’s the word that gives the speaker feelings of safety and control.
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The real value of anything depends on what vantage point you’re looking at it from.
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I even insisted we stop for burgers and fries (!) on the way home.
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The link between the body, the mind, and the breath is not new to anyone who has done more than a few Pilates or yoga classes or practiced meditation.
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