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[Roli @RolandBalint]

@krassenstein “To be fair here is the full clip where it is clear that she is joking, but that doesn’t matter to me because I decided to capitalize on a video taken out of context to get more attention.” Here I fixed it for you.

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

AI-generated QR codes are the next big thing in marketing.

And it's completely free.

Here's my full tutorial on how to do it in 5 simple steps:

(Try scanning the image below)

[Library Mindset @librarymindset]

20 Must Read Books That Will Change Your Life

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[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

Interesting for those suffering from IBS etc. @CellPressNews @Nature
Chronic stress can inflame the gut — now scientists know why https://t.co/g3rJBV3EsG

[George Mack @george__mack]

1. Rich and Poor Work Similar Hours

The top 1% only work 3.4 hours more per week than the bottom 1%

My assumption is leverage, education, environment and type of work are bigger factors than raw hours alone.

H/T @rubenbmathisen

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Protect your mind from influences that don't make you better in the long-term.

I choose:
- Long hours of focused work
- Good challenging books or podcasts
- Conversations with close friends

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

Anxiety. I realized a great deal of my anxiety came from demanding that life be:
1. Meaningful
2. Joyful

Once I realized I was making demands of a universe that doesn’t care, I felt a lot of my anxiety melt away.

Restated:
1. “Why does life need to be meaningful?”
2. “Why MUST it be joyful?”

Answer: It doesn’t. It’s only a preference. But becoming aware of my demands made me more okay with the times they went unmet, just like a sunny and rainy day. I prefer sun, but I do not demand it.

Said differently. I decided it was “okay” for me to accept my present rather than comparing it to a arbitrary ideal that I constantly fell short of.

When I started doing this more regularly, my world got a lot quieter.

Use if useful.

[Nir Eyal @nireyal]

High performers aren’t productivity superheroes.

Studies show that regardless of the field, high performers feel the same internal triggers—boredom, loneliness, anxiety—as we do.

What, then, makes them different?

[∩ @zachpogrob]

Your body is a vehicle.
Use it.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

What is your brain doing when you are doing absolutely nothing?

A neuroscientist wanted an answer to that question.

So she conducted the first brain-imaging study of brain activity when the brain is in a "resting state"—free of inputs/free to wander.

The results are interesting...

The neuroscientist Dr. Nancy Andreasen used a positron emission tomography (PET) scan to study brain activity when the brain is at "wakeful rest"

When you are doing absolutely nothing:

"We found activations in multiple regions of the association cortex," Dr. Andreasen wrote. "We were not [seeing] a passive silent brain during the ‘resting state,’ but rather a brain that was actively connecting thoughts and experiences.”

Essentially, Dr. Andreasen demonstrated that the brain defaults to creativity.

When you are doing absolutely nothing, the brain engages in what the researchers termed "random episodic silent thought" or REST.

And during REST, the brain "uses its most human & complex parts."

Takeaway 1: Doing nothing promotes creativity.

Raymond Chandler, Neil Gaiman, Dr. Suess, George Lucas, and many other writers all have/had a similar habit.

They gave themselves two options:

a) You don’t have to write.
b) You can’t do anything else.

@neilhimself explains:

"I go down to my lovely little gazebo at the bottom of the garden, sit down, and I’m absolutely allowed not to do anything...I'm not allowed to do a crossword, read a book, phone a friend...all I’m allowed to do is absolutely nothing, or write. But writing is actually more interesting than doing nothing after a while."

Takeaway 2: REST

Resting, Dr. Andreasen wrote, “allows the association cortices of the brain to converse in a free & uncensored manner.”

This is why ideas come to us in the shower, on walks, and when daydreaming.

A favorite example of this: @Lin_Manuel had the idea for “Hamilton” on vacation:

"I was on a pool float with a margarita in my hand and had a moment when my brain could unplug. [It was his first vacation in 7 years]. The moment my brain got a moment's rest, the best idea I've ever had in my life walked into it."

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“If a plant only gets sunlight, it’s very harmful. It needs darkness too…In the darkness, it converts oxygen into carbon dioxide. We are like that too. We need periods of doing & periods of non-doing.” — Robert Pirsig

Follow me @bpoppenheimer for more content like this!

[Roli @RolandBalint]

@EndWokeness When puberty isn’t confusing and hard enough, put your child through it with hormon replacement therapy, that’ll do it!

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

If you sit for more than 6 hours a day, read this:

[Nathan Barry @nathanbarry]

I’ve launched 50+ new products.

Some successfully—some not.

Here are the 9 common traits that create successful products:

[Nir Eyal @nireyal]

2/ Read more about how products shape our mindsets here:
https://t.co/FtNmhZkUyI

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

0 to ~25 years of age: our brain is highly malleable (robust neuroplasticity) but we have far less control over our life than adults do.

~26 to death: our brain is progressively less malleable yet we have considerably more control over our life. Neuroplasticity still possible.

[Roli @RolandBalint]

@ensarkalin93 @IOHK_Charles 😂😂😂 did you just wrote that we need to focus on the facts than replied with your subjective opinion?

[Roli @RolandBalint]

@ensarkalin93 @IOHK_Charles Maybe your shouldn’t invest in anything, if you think Charles is solely responsible for the price of Cardano, I mean Jesus Christ…

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

Thank you @RitterLab for this beautiful glimpse into the potency and specificity of the immune system.