This Is How To Have A Long Awesome Life: 5 Secrets From Research
Head out to the Inyo National Forest in California and you’ll see plenty of bristlecone pine trees. There’s one in particular worth noting. It’s aptly named “Methuselah.” As of 2021, that tree is at least 4,853 years old. Methuselah was there when woolly mammoths were still wandering around. It calls the…
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The Lazy Way To An Awesome Life: 4 Secrets Backed By Research
Whether it’s UFOs or Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, we’re hearing a lot about space travel these days. But they seem to gloss over one thing: a lot about spaceflight sucks. Send me an angry email if you like but it’s undeniable. Being isolated in an unimaginably cramped living space, weird…
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How To Be Resilient: 4 Steps To Success When Life Gets Hard
The World Health Organization says that Icelandic guys are the longest living men on the planet. They make it to 81.2-years-old, beating the world average by 13.2 years. But it’s not because of their lifestyle. Their obesity rates hover around the global average and their activity levels are nothing to write home…
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This Is The Most Fun Way To Make Your Life Awesome
There’s a little-known group of people who live really good lives. Studies show they’re happier. They have more friends. They’re more successful. Accomplished and warm, they’re solid parents and community members. They live purposeful, meaningful lives. What’s really interesting is that their circumstances vary enormously. Some are rich, some are poor.…
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This Is How To Quit Bad Habits Without Willpower: 4 Secrets From Neuroscience
Why do we do the things we do? Aristotle said everything we do was in service of happiness. We weigh the options and pick the thing that is likely to make us happiest… Boy, was Aristotle wrong. Your brain just does not work like that. How many times a day do…
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This Is The #1 Ritual You Need To Do Every Day
Living a good life means managing your time. Problem is, we don’t understand time at all. Go ahead, explain time to me; I’ll wait. (Eric hums to himself and drums fingers on the tabletop.) Don’t blame yourself. To be fair, the nature of time has been a matter of some debate…
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This Is The Best Time To Do Anything: 6 Powerful Secrets From Research
In 2007 the World Health Organization declared shift work a probable carcinogen. Yeah, you read that right: working at the wrong time can kill you. And cancer isn't the only problem it causes. If horror movies don't give you nightmares, the list of health problems associated with shift work will. So what's the…
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This Is How To Have A Long Awesome Life: 5 Secrets From Research
Daniel Lieberman decided to do an informal -- and very sneaky -- study. While at an academic conference, he counted how many people took the escalator vs the stairs. In ten minutes, 151 people walked past him and only 11 used the stairs. That's just 7 percent. Thing was, this was…
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