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3 Ideas For Better Habits

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Creative People Work With Doors Open

Turing award winner, Computer Scientist and Mathematician Richard Hamming on the secret to long term success:

"I noticed the following facts about people who work with the door open or the door closed. I notice that if you have the door to your office closed, you get more work done today and tomorrow, and you are more productive than most.

But 10 years later somehow you don't know quite know what problems are worth working on; all the hard work you do is sort of tangential in importance. He who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but he also occasionally gets clues as to what the world is and what might be important.

Now I cannot prove the cause and effect sequence because you might say, "The closed door is symbolic of a closed mind.'' I don't know. But I can say there is a pretty good correlation between those who work with the doors open and those who ultimately do important things, although people who work with doors closed often work harder. Somehow they seem to work on slightly the wrong thing."

Source: ​You and Your Research (1986)​

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The Secret to Good Health Is Friendships, Not Diet

Longevity expert Dan Buettner on how friendships can help you live longer:

“Friends can exert a measurable and ongoing influence on your health behaviors in a way that a diet never can.”

"[T]he most powerful thing you can do to add healthy years is to curate your immediate social network. In general, you want friends with whom you can have a meaningful conversation. You can call them on a bad day and they will care. Your group of friends are better than any drug or anti-aging supplement, and will do more for you than just about anything.”

Source: ​The Power of Positive People​

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Maturity Matters More Than Hard Work

Investor and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, on hardwork.

"I learned that if you work hard and creatively, you can have just about anything you want, but not everything you want. Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.” Source: Principles: Life and Work

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Pretend You're Busy During Zoom Calls

​​The busy simulator​ helps you pretend you're busy by playing a bunch of app notification sounds. Sounds include a google calendar, slack, apple mail, a vibrating phone, and more.

Brain Food

Today I Learned: Cats are just as loyal to their owners as dogs are. A new study has found that the idea that cats are uncaring of their owners is a myth. (​Source​)

Science: Researchers have discovered that remote work has a negative impact on productivity: communication becomes more difficult, unscheduled meetings and total hours worked also increase. (​Source​)

Have a productive week,

The Smarter Brain Team