A Lesson for the 21st Century

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3 Ideas For Better Habits

Embracing Life's Fullness

Addiction specialist, Anna Lembke, on confronting life.

"I urge you to find a way to immerse yourself fully in the life that you’ve been given. To stop running from whatever you’re trying to escape, and instead to stop, and turn, and face whatever it is. Then I dare you to walk toward it.

In this way, the world may reveal itself to you as something magical and awe-inspiring that does not require escape. Instead, the world may become something worth paying attention to."

Source: ​Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence​​​​ Questions vs. Answers

Historian and philosopher, Yuval Noah Harari, on curiosity.

"Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question."

Source: ​​​​21 Lessons for the 21st Century​​​​ Embracing Uncertainty with Strength

Memoirist and scholar, Tara Westover, on the power of self-belief.

"To admit uncertainty is to admit to weakness, to powerlessness, and to believe in yourself despite both. It is a frailty, but in this frailty there is a strength: the conviction to live in your own mind, and not in someone else’s."

Source: ​​​​Educated​​​​

Productivity Tools and Resources

Make Beautiful Websites

​NextUI​ helps make beautiful websites regardless of your design experience. A beautiful, fast and modern React UI library.

Understand Yourself Better

​laluta - smart journaling​ is a smart and simple-to-use journaling application designed to help you understand yourself, improve your mental health, provide insights and answer questions based on your notes.

What We're Reading

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Brain Food

Today I Learned: A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes. (​Source​)

Science: Research suggests that varying what we study and spacing out our learning over time can both be helpful for memory -- it just depends on what we're trying to remember. (​Source​)

Have a productive week ahead, The Smarter Brain Team

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