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3 Ideas For Better Habits
The Power of Adaptation
Renowned COO of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, reveals the secret to success: shaping opportunities to align with your aspirations, rather than holding on too strongly to predetermined ideas of "perfection".
"There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around."
The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have."
Source: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Navigate Life's Challenges with Perspective
Leading psychologist Ethan Kross on the benefits of creative visualization to gain perspective.
"Engage in mental time travel. Another way to gain distance and broaden your perspective is to think about how you’ll feel a month, a year, or even longer from now.
Remind yourself that you’ll look back on whatever is upsetting you in the future and it’ll seem much less upsetting."
Source: Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
Break Free From the Material Chains
Acclaimed novelist and social commentator, Chuck Palahniuk on our societal obsessions that plague us.
"We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like."
Source: Fight Club: A Novel
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Brain Food
Today I Learned: That despite spanning five geographical time zones, China only has one set time, which is observed throughout the country. (Source)
Science: When individuals were compared based on their initial levels of optimism, the researchers found that the most optimistic men and women demonstrated, on average, an 11 to 15 percent longer lifespan, and had 50-70 percent greater odds of reaching 85 years old compared to the least optimistic groups. (Source)
Have a productive week ahead,
The Smarter Brain Team

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