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Start your day with a Stoic mindset by reflecting on what you can control and visualizing potential challenges. This routine will help you face the day with clarity and resilience. 🌅💭
Overcome Self-Paralysis with "Fear-Setting"
The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action? Tim Ferriss encourages us to fully envision and write down our fears in detail, in a simple but powerful exercise he calls "fear-setting." Learn more about how this practice can help you thrive in high-stress environments and separate what you can control from what you cannot.
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Conduct a thorough fear-setting exercise to define your fears, prevent paralysis, and make hard choices. This powerful Stoic technique helps you gain clarity and take action. 📝🎯
The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action? Tim Ferriss encourages us to fully envision and write down our fears in detail, in a simple but powerful exercise he calls "fear-setting." Learn more about how this practice can help you thrive in high-stress environments and separate what you can control from what you cannot.
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This routine helps you develop the skill of rethinking your goals, identities, and habits on a regular basis.
Benefits include:
Reflecting on how your goals, values, and habits are shifting to avoid getting stuck
Considering alternative paths and staying open to change
Modeling confident humility by engaging critics and making yourself stronger
Why are humans so slow to react to looming crises, like a forewarned pandemic or a warming planet? It's because we're reluctant to rethink, say organizational psychologist Adam Grant. From a near-disastrous hike on Panama's highest mountain to courageously joining his high school's diving team, Grant borrows examples from his own life to illustrate how tunnel vision around our goals, habits and identities can find us stuck on a narrow path. Drawing on his research, he shares counterintuitive insights on how to broaden your focus and remain open to opportunities for rethinking. (If you think you know something about frogs, watch until the end and get ready to think again.)
Adam hosts the TED Audio Collective podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant -- a show that takes you inside the minds of some of the world's most unusual professionals to discover the keys to a better work life. Listen to WorkLife with Adam Grant wherever you get your podcasts.
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Start your day with this energizing exercise routine to boost your mood, focus, and cognitive function.
Aerobic exercise increases neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin for an immediate mood lift. It also improves attention and reaction times for better productivity throughout the day.
What's the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuki discusses the science of how working out boosts your mood and memory -- and protects your brain against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
This evening routine helps solidify the cognitive benefits of your morning exercise. Meditation increases focus and attention, while brain teasers exercise memory formation - key for long-term brain health.
The Most Transformative Thing for Your Brain
What's the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuki discusses the science of how working out boosts your mood and memory -- and protects your brain against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
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This routine will guide you through the process of developing a compelling pitch for your idea, product, or service. You'll learn how to structure your pitch as a story, tailor it to your audience's motivations, and address potential weaknesses.
Have a great idea but not sure how to sell it? Investor and teacher Mar Hershenson has you covered. Whether it's sharing a new product with a client or vying for a promotion, these three steps will help you tell an irresistible story and get the "yes" you're looking for.
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