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The Power Of Movement Over Exercise

Insight Axis • 1402 implied HN points • 04 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Fitness Movement Mindset Physical health Well-being
  1. Think of movement as more inclusive and sustainable than just exercise - align with your biology rather than work against it.
  2. Make movement a meaningful ritual instead of just a habit - care for your body intentionally.
  3. Remember that movement is constant in life - from everyday tasks to intentional workouts, aim for a sustainable approach for long-term health.
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Polymaths Unite

Polymathic Being • 61 implied HN points • 03 Mar 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Mindset Community Learning Interaction
  1. Being a Polymath is achievable for anyone, not just mythical geniuses. It's about having curiosity, humility, and broad thinking.
  2. Interacting with Polymaths can be an adventurous and non-linear experience, with discussions weaving diverse topics effortlessly.
  3. Embrace the Polymathic mindset by uniting, conversing, challenging, and continuously learning. Join the community of counterintuitive thinkers.

Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset

Elevate • 218 implied HN points • 21 Nov 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset Learning Development Relationships Health
  1. Our mindset plays a big role in shaping our lives, influencing how we tackle challenges, learn, and grow.
  2. A fixed mindset hinders growth by viewing abilities as static traits, leading to fear of failure, avoidance of challenges, and jealousy of others' success.
  3. Conversely, a growth mindset empowers individuals, as they believe in their ability to develop skills over time through effort, learning, and perseverance.

How to Ditch Bad Habits for Good

Are You Okay? • 459 implied HN points • 28 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Wellness Medical Advice Mindset Recovery
  1. Approximately 80 million Americans do not have a primary care doctor, leading many to seek health advice online.
  2. Modern medicine often prioritizes testing and medications over patient-centered care, contributing to the rise of the wellness industry.
  3. Michael Easter promotes choosing short-term discomfort for long-term benefits, aiming to inspire people to be '2 percenters' who make healthier choices.

Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #68

Creative Destruction • 28 implied HN points • 21 Feb 24
🎭️ Culture Media Sustainability Information Mindset Art
  1. In today's age of information overload, our curiosity now distracts us, leading to intellectual obesity in the form of a flood of low-quality 'junk info'. This 'junk info' is like fast food for thought - cheap to produce, satisfying to consume, but low in nutrition.
  2. The sustainability movement needs to focus on internal sustainability, not just external factors like ecosystems and technology. Our mind plays a crucial role in the climate crisis as it determines our relationships with ourselves, others, and nature.
  3. Immediacy, or the collapse of mediation, is a powerful and destructive driver in the modern world. It eliminates the middle ground of reflection and personal connection, affecting how we perceive and engage with information and culture.

How to drive me crazy 🤯

Venture Prose • 379 implied HN points • 28 May 23
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Leadership Failure Progress Mindset
  1. Ownership is key: Acknowledge mistakes, apologize, reflect, and avoid blaming others. It's important to take full responsibility.
  2. Increase awareness: Connect and interact with others, understand their needs, and reflect on yourself. Being self-aware is crucial for healthy relationships.
  3. Embrace progress over success: Failure is part of the journey, and the ability to grow and evolve is vital. Avoid getting stuck in a fixed mindset and strive for continuous improvement.

The Bannister Effect

The Voyage • 39 implied HN points • 22 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset Achievement
  1. Before 1954, running a sub-4-minute mile was seen as impossible.
  2. Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute barrier, inspiring others to do the same.
  3. The Bannister Effect shows how seeing others achieve goals can shift our mindset from 'impossible' to 'possible'.

For The Person Who Has Everything

What's Important? • 22 implied HN points • 10 Feb 24
📖 Philosophy Wisdom Purpose Mindset Balance Self-Improvement
  1. The most influential changes in worldview often happen when successful individuals face a shift in circumstances that require a different mindset.
  2. Developing a 'steering wheel mindset' with broad attention and intuitive insights can lead to fresh perspectives and a more accurate worldview, benefiting the individual and the tribe.
  3. Reconnecting with wisdom and cultivating 'metis', the essential quality of responsiveness to the world, can lead to balance, meaningful interactions, and overall flourishing.

Three Steps to Prevent Caregiver Burnout

Are You Okay? • 339 implied HN points • 07 Feb 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Caregiving Burnout Self-compassion Mindset Tips
  1. Validating and practicing self-compassion are crucial to prevent caregiver burnout. It's normal to feel frustrated, guilty, and compassionate yet suffer from emotional and physical exhaustion.
  2. Shifting your mindset from feeling helpless to taking control of your life can restore your sense of agency. Accept areas you can't control and focus on what you can.
  3. Using tools like sleep, communication, proper nutrition, and movement can help manage caregiver stress. Self-care is essential, and setting boundaries and asking for help is vital.

17. Be Antifragile by Expanding Awareness

Insight Axis • 158 implied HN points • 18 Jul 23
📖 Philosophy Mindset Critical Thinking Personal Development
  1. Antifragility is about gaining from stress rather than simply not breaking under it.
  2. Antifragility is a concept by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, explored in his various books like 'Antifragile' and 'The Black Swan.'
  3. Being antifragile involves thriving in a world full of unpredictable stressors by not predicting when events occur, but figuring out how to survive and benefit from them.

My First Ironman 70.3

Venture Prose • 219 implied HN points • 21 May 23
🎾 Sports Athletics Training Mindset Endurance
  1. The struggle in a challenge helps you grow and reach new levels of achievement.
  2. Facing constraints can actually push you to achieve more than you thought possible.
  3. It's important for entrepreneurs to spend wisely and maintain a high rhythm, even when they have a large budget.

The Price of Success

YouTopian Journey • 87 implied HN points • 23 Jul 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Success Self-Improvement Mindset Motivation Personal Growth
  1. Success comes with a price that must be paid: time, commitment, sacrifice, setbacks, and isolation.
  2. To achieve success, one must be willing to go all the way, facing challenges, failures, and isolation with determination.
  3. The path to success involves pushing past doubts, prioritizing goals, embracing failures, and persevering through obstacles.

The Upper Limit Problem

Intentional Wisdom • 39 implied HN points • 15 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset Self-Improvement Personal Growth Well-being Positivity
  1. The Upper Limit Problem involves setting false limits on our potential, which can hold us back from achieving true greatness.
  2. Self-awareness and recognizing behaviors like self-criticism, worrying, and deflecting praise are key steps to overcoming The Upper Limit Problem.
  3. Getting comfortable with success, embracing our strengths, and operating in our Zone of Genius can help unlock our true potential.

Why enchantment?

The Art of Enchantment, with Dr Sharon Blackie • 279 implied HN points • 23 May 22
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Mindset Connection Belonging Nature
  1. Enchantment is an attitude of mind that can be cultivated by anyone, allowing them to approach the world with wonder and creativity.
  2. Living an enchanted life involves embracing belongingness to a rich world, participating whole-heartedly in life's adventure, and respecting nature and community.
  3. Choosing to live an enchanted life means falling in love with the world again, nourishing one's psyche, and recognizing the extraordinary within the ordinary.

The hungry ghost of arrival bias

Mindset Mastery • 58 implied HN points • 10 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset Psychology Happiness Mindfulness
  1. Feelings of being behind or not reaching a destination are common but often based on a misleading concept of arrival bias.
  2. Arrival bias leads us to believe that reaching certain milestones will bring fulfillment, but in reality, there is no ultimate destination that guarantees happiness.
  3. Happiness and satisfaction come from appreciating the small moments along the journey rather than fixating on reaching a specific 'there.'