Arabela Navarro

Project Manager | PhD Student (Human Development - Habits, Well-being and Happiness) | Leadership, Productivity & Tech | Lifelong Learner 📚 ✈️

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

I TOLD YOU MOM & DAD IT WAS MAKING ME SMARTER

[Arabela Navarro @arabela_ng]

@johnternus Congrats!

[David Garza Salazar @david_garza]

El @TecdeMonterrey fue seleccionado por @Forbes USA entre las 15 mejores universidades internacionales para estudiantes de Estados Unidos, junto con @UniofOxford, @Cambridge_Uni, @mcgillu, @sciencespo, @Unibocconi, @waseda_univ y la @HKUniversity, entre otras. La nota destaca nuestra acreditación por la asociación estadounidense SACSCOC desde 1950, nuestra oferta en inglés y nuestros programas académicos de ingeniería, tecnología y negocios, entre otras. Gracias a nuestra comunidad del Tecnológico de Monterrey quienes hacen esto posible. 🔗 Ver nota aquí: https://t.co/Bue3OFirwI

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

If a problem feels too big, break it down into smaller parts.

The same is true of meaning. Instead of trying to answer the enormous question, “What is the meaning of my life?” examine the three questions underneath it:

Why do things happen the way they do? That’s coherence.
Why am I doing what I’m doing? That’s purpose.
Why does my life matter, and to whom? That’s significance.

Meaning can feel overwhelming when we treat it as one giant mystery. Decompose it, and you have somewhere to begin.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Using social media in middle school predicts lower standardized test scores in high school.

10th graders who started social media before 9th grade are ~6 months behind their peers on math & reading. They're more distracted by their phones.

No child should have access to social media.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

"There are no walls around her thoughts." @guyoseary on the biggest lesson from Madonna: never think in a limited way.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

When people are stressed, “You can handle this” is a better message than “It’s not a big deal.”

Data: Minimizing risks dismissing their experience. Encouragement builds their confidence.

The best way to support people is not to deny their pain—it's to help them navigate it.

[Arabela Navarro @arabela_ng]

Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future https://t.co/PvbMxVcywI

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Here's a snapshot of the biological insult from international travel. It takes your body over two weeks to fully recover.

It's a big price tag.

One international trip per quarter is a reasonable balance.

Time to recover:
> sleep duration: 2 days
> grip strength: 5 days
> mood: 1 wk
> cortisol: 9 days
> sleep quality: 2 wks
> blood glucose: 2 wks

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

Aristotle believed there are three kinds of friendship:

The first is friendship of utility:

These are relationships built around usefulness. Colleagues, professional contacts, people connected by a shared purpose. There is nothing wrong with these friendships. But when the purpose ends, the relationship often does too.

The second is friendship of pleasure:

These are the people you enjoy being with. You laugh together, share interests, and enjoy one another’s company. These matter too. But they are often tied, at least in part, to what you bring—your wit, your energy, your charm. And when those things change, the friendship sometimes does too.

Then there is friendship of virtue:

This is the rarest kind. These friendships are built on mutual respect and admiration—not for what you accomplish, but for your character and values. They love your being, not your doing. They know you deeply, and you know them. They can last a lifetime. Spouses in healthy marriages have this. The closest siblings sometimes do too. So do the rarest of friends. Most people have very few of these. Strivers often have none.

Many successful people are surrounded by others and still lack this kind of friendship. Achievement often trains us to be admired, not known. To perform well, not reveal weakness. So strivers tend to accumulate friendships of utility—and because success can be attractive, friendships of pleasure too. But they are often missing friendships of virtue. A lot of deal friends. Very few real ones. That emptiness is often where the meaning crisis begins.

Here’s the exercise I give my students:

List the ten people you spend the most time with each week. Then label each one: utility, pleasure, or virtue.

A full social life is not the same thing as deep friendship.

And one of the clearest markers of a meaningful life is not how many people are around you, but how many truly know you.

[Arabela Navarro @arabela_ng]

@alexisohanian Or working with IE5 as a front end developer

[Arabela Navarro @arabela_ng]

@nyneurotech @getRecallAI I love @getRecallAI :)

[Arabela Navarro @arabela_ng]

https://t.co/7rF2UAJgcb

[NASA @NASA]

We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). https://t.co/X27QJejNDt

[Big Think @bigthink]

What can we do to quiet our brains?

Neuroscientists Anne-Laure Le Cunff shares 5 strategies to make reading a restorative antidote to our fragmented attention landscape. @neuranne

Read the full article: https://t.co/AaYOW33qYL

[Kevin Smith @KevinBenSmith]

I love podcasts, but I can’t keep up anymore.
My backlog is 400+.

I tried AI summaries — they suck! They lose what makes podcasts great.

I still want the *original pod*. Just… only the best parts.

So I gave AI control of my podcast app to guide me through the best moments. It's sooo good 🤯

We call it "AI DJ". It's now live in @snipd_app.

[Nao Yukawa @nyneurotech]

visualizing reddit universe

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

A sign of emotional intelligence is the ability to laugh at yourself.

6 studies: After making small mistakes, people are seen as warmer and more capable if they're amused instead of embarrassed.

Taking your responsibilities seriously but your ego lightly is a core life skill.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

There will be two types of people who use AI in the future, those who use it to think more deeply, and those who use it to not think at all.

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"When building habits, choose consistency over content.

The best book is the one you can’t put down.
The best exercise is the one you enjoy doing every day.
The best health food is the one you find tasty.
The best work is the work you’d do for free."

@naval