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How to Make Holiday Indulgences Healthier, Take a Break to Fix Your Focus, & A Holiday Reminder About Taking Action
Mario Peshev
December 24, 2022
Welcome to The Smarter Brain, a curation of thought-provoking ideas and actionable reads to help you build better habits and become more productive.
Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday season!
Happy reading - See you on Wednesday!
Cheers,
The Smarter Brain Team
Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins
3 Ideas For Better Habits
1
The Power of Decision in Seizing Opportunities
Classic children’s book author, Chris Van Allsburg, on taking advantage of opportunities when they come your way.
"The thing about trains... it doesn't matter where they're going.
What matters is deciding to get on."
Source: The Polar Express 2
Design Winning Environments to Create More Wins
Optimist & speaker, Simon Sinek, on the influence of a true leader.
“The role of a leader is not to come up with all the great ideas. The role of a leader is to create an environment in which great ideas can happen.”
3
How to Find Focus in the Age of Distraction
Computer science professor & best-selling author, Cal Newport, on the heavily weighted importance of removing distractions to increase focus.
“Efforts to deepen your focus will struggle if you don’t simultaneously wean your mind from a dependence on distraction.”
Productivity Tools and Resources
4
Organize all Your Online Reading With one Tool
Readwise Reader is a reading tool that you can use to read newsletters, blogs, online articles you’ve saved, PDFs or anything else. It's currently free while in public beta!
5
Grow your personal brand on LinkedIn with AI
Taplio helps you create better LinkedIn content, schedule your posts at the right time, build new relationships and monitor all your results.
What We're Reading
Ariyh is a newsletter that includes marketing recommendations based on the latest scientific research from top business schools.
Brain Food
Today I Learned: “Jingle Bells” was the first song ever broadcast from space (as a Christmas prank). (Source)
Science: Exercise counters the harmful physiological effects of excess short-term (holiday) overeating and inactivity. (Source)
Have a productive week and restful holiday season,
The Smarter Brain Team
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