A guy worked at Apple for 5 years training Genius Bar staff. He told me something that should make every iPhone owner angry:
"Apple makes $200 billion a year selling you a new phone. They will never tell you how to fix the one you already own."
"Your iPhone has 9 settings turned on right now right now, while you're reading this that are killing your battery, eating your storage, tracking your location 24/7, slowing your processor, and sending your data to apps you haven't opened in 2 years. Apple turned all 9 on the day you set up your phone. They never told you. They never will."
"I watched people walk into the Genius Bar every single day ready to spend $1,200 on a new iPhone. I changed 9 settings in under 10 minutes. Every single one of them looked at their phone and said: 'Why does it feel brand new?'"
"Because it was never broken. Apple just designed the default settings to make your phone worse over time so you'd buy the next one sooner."
"There's a setting right now uploading every photo you take and filling your storage. A setting refreshing 87 apps in the background every 30 seconds and draining your battery by 3pm. A setting tracking every store you walk into, every street you drive down, and every building you sleep in and storing it in a hidden map on your phone. A setting Apple added in a software update that deliberately slows your processor. And a setting sending your voice data to Apple servers every time you accidentally trigger Siri."
"1.2 billion people carry an iPhone. I'd estimate 1.1 billion of them have never changed a single one of these settings."
Here are 9 iPhone settings Apple doesn't want you to change that you should change in the next 10 minutes:
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허리 때문에 밤마다 뒤척이던 나… 일본 척추 전문의가 알려준 방법 하나로 끝남.
침대에 베개 하나 놓고 5분만 누워있으면 됨.
그게 다임.
특정 자세 잡고 숨을 길게 내쉬는 것뿐인데 이게 척추신경 눌린 거 풀어주는 원리라고 함.
운동도 아니고 그냥 숨쉬기라 부담도 1도 없음.
밤마다 허리 통증으로 잠 설치는 사람이면 오늘부터 자기 전 루틴으로 하나 만들어보길.
Today is Tim Cook's last day as CEO at Apple.
I first met Tim in 2014 and I've been fortunate to call him a mentor and friend ever since. I want to share something about him that I've found remarkable.
He's the best example I've seen of an old Zen saying:
"What do you do before enlightenment? Chop wood, carry water. What do you do after enlightenment? Chop wood, carry water."
When we met, I was just starting my career in finance. I was getting to the gym at 4:45am so I could get to the office by 6:30. Tim happened to be one of a tiny group of others who showed up every morning at that early hour.
For the first six months, I had no idea who he was. I wasn't in tech and, having played college sports, I was frankly quite oblivious to the entire business world.
I remember being shocked after someone told me that the guy I was talking to in the mornings was the CEO of Apple.
For two reasons:
1. He had zero pretension about him. I never would have known how important or powerful he was.
2. He was already successful. Why the hell was he waking up at 4am to go to the gym?
Now, to be fair, in 2014, there were still questions about whether he was going to be an impactful successor to the legend that was Steve Jobs. A lot of people weren't sure he would be able to fill those enormous shoes.
But a few years later, he was still there. He had created a trillion dollars of value. People were calling him one of the best CEOs in the world. And he was still showing up at 4:45am. Still doing the same thing.
Chop wood, carry water.
As you start to experience success, notoriety, and achievement, it’s easy to lose sight of the work that got you those things in the first place. It’s easy to get distracted by results. By recognition. By the illusion that success somehow exempts you from the basics.
It doesn’t.
The outcomes may change. The titles may change. The scale may change. But the work doesn’t.
Chopping wood and carrying water means showing up when no one is watching. Doing the boring work well. Being reliable. Executing consistently. Returning to fundamentals even when you think you’re above them. Especially then.
Tim has been an example of that in my life. I'm grateful for having been able to see it up close.
And I also know that whatever he does next, the same thing will apply.
Chop wood, carry water.
I’m a retired brain surgeon and I wanna tell you why you feel like life is passing by. I just need one minute to explain this to you so hang in there.
Repetitive daily routines stop the brain from recording clear detailed memories. When every day looks the same, your brain does not track time the same as a clock does. It tracks change. If nothing new happens then days, months, and years start to blur together.
This is know as Time compression. When life lacks variety, your brain compresses past days together, making it feel like time is sped up.
To stop feeling like life is passing you by, add new experiences to your life. Break routine habits, like changing your daily home routine, taking a different route to work, or trying a new hobby.
Schedule small trips or plan new adventures so your days do not blend together.
Practice mindfulness by staying fully focused on what you are doing right now and not trying to race off to the next task.
Keep a journal and write down happy memories or memorable parts of the day before you go to sleep.
Take deep, calm breaths when you feel anxious or rushed to return your focus to the moment.
You can and you will retrain your brain to not feel like life is passing you by by following these few simple measures.
Movie Star Tom Hardy’s Debut Rap Album with A BANE Cameo. 👀
The Oscar nominee’s rap persona released his 15-track debut album Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer, made in collaboration with hip-hop collective Czarface, and featuring appearances from Busta Rhymes, Method Man and EL-P, as well as nods to Shakespeare, Marvel and Stephen King.
Fire tho 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Snake Posture Core Fist is truly incredible for feeling each every fascial line throughout the upper body.
I learned this one from @TheDavidWeck and every time I use this with athletes they can feel a massive release in the lats, back, & neck.