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Why Sometimes Having Pizza Can Be Good For You

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This Week

What:

Angela Duckworth, author of the bestselling book Grit, explains how even tough people feel like giving up. She teaches you how "passing the rubicon" can be the difference between persevering against all odds and succeeding or giving up on any further effort.

Everyone gets discouraged. Everyone cries, sometimes. But some of us cross the Rubicon. When we do, we can say without reservation: Setbacks don’t discourage me for long.

Why:

Setbacks hurt. They can knock the wind out of your sails and derail your plans. This article is a great lesson on how to pick yourself back up and keep pushing forward.

What:

Brad Stulberg argues that the modern health and fitness industry has made it daunting and scary for average people to focus on their health. Brad states that to live a healthier life, you just need to focus on being "consistently good enough" and ensure you follow 7 simple evidence-based principles.

Yes, we should strive to be healthy and excellent and all that, but sometimes the key to adult life—especially if you’ve got kids—is that you’ve just got to order a pizza and move on. It’s better to be consistently good enough than it is to try and be perfect and consistently fail.

Why:

Brad helps make health and fitness easy for the average person by reminding you to keep it simple and focus on consistency. Life is always going to happen so instead of stressing about perfection, focus on being consistent with small actions.

Plus there's science to back him up so you can feel even less guilty about having that pizza the other day.

What:

What's the difference between tiredness and sleepiness? Not sure? Neither did I until I read this article from The Vox. They spoke to sleep psychologist Jane Wu to learn more about this and other tips to help you get the best out of your sleep.

“If you’re sleepy during the day, that means you did not sleep last night or didn’t get good quality sleep,” Wu says. “If you’re tired during the day, that may not be because of poor sleep. It may be because you’re depressed or bored or dehydrated.”

Why:

As a Sleep Apnea sufferer, I can vouch for the difference a good night's sleep can make on your focus, mood and energy.

Sleep is an underated performance booster. Having a good night's sleep can be the difference between firing on all cylinders at work or misfiring. Try one tip from the article and see how it improves your sleep.

What:

Forgotten that new coworkers name already? Before you get annoyed, check this article out which explains why that might actually be good for your memory. This deep dive from BBC future explains how forgetting information and relearning it can actually make your memory better in the long-term.

Why:

Memory. We've all struggled with it from time to time. This deep dive teaches you how to improve your memory by focusing on improving your retrieval strength. Stronger retrieval strength makes your memory stronger over time.

What:

Chris Fennings award winning book "The First Minute: How to Start Conversations That Get Results" is a great guide on communicating effectively to get results in professional environments with great insight, examples and guidance to improve. While it is targeted towards communication in work, business and professional contexts, a lot of the tips, techniques and core principals can be used throughout your daily life and in cases such as public speaking, copywriting and many other scenarios.

Why:

Communicating effectively and efficiently can make a huge difference in all aspects of life, helping you get the results you need or are aiming for. While there's lots of books out there on this topic, Chris does an excellent job of explaining important principles and the reasoning behind why they work so well. He goes further by providing examples of good and bad communication, highlighting the difference between them before and after using his recommended practices and encourages you to apply these in real in world settings.

That’s all for this week. We hope you found it interesting.

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