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Don’t Wait To Take Action, How To Achieve Your Potential, Gain Back Your Freedom
Mario Peshev
January 17, 2023
Welcome to The Smarter Brain, a curation of thought-provoking ideas and actionable reads to help you build better habits and become more productive.
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The Smarter Brain Team
Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins
3 Ideas For Better Habits
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Create Your Own Successes
American Actor, Milton Berle, on not waiting for opportunities to come around.
“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.”
Source: Milton Berle 2
Where Adversities Begin, Your Best Self Follows
Computer Science professor Cal Newport considers Deep Work as the powerhouse of productivity.
"Human beings, it seems, are at their best when immersed deeply in something challenging."
Measure the Intensity of Your Focus
Speaker, editor, and best-selling author Robert Greene on building your focus, so you can fulfil your greatest goals.
“The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.”
Productivity Tools and Resources
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Collaborate in an Interactive Virtual Workspace
Miro is an online whiteboard platform that allows you to collaborate with your team anytime and anywhere.
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Keep Distractions out of Your Life
What We're Reading
Brain Food
Today I Learned: That The Flynn Effect refers to the consistent upward drift in IQ test scores across generations which has been documented to be approximately 3 points per decade. (Source)
Science: Researchers show how major sociopolitical events can have global impacts on sleep that are associated with significant fluctuations in the public's collective mood, well-being, and alcohol consumption.(Source)
Have a productive rest of your week,
The Smarter Brain Team
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