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Why You Can't Pay Attention, The Science Behind Better Sleep, Kick-Start Your Weight Loss

Why You Can't Pay Attention, The Science Behind Better Sleep, Kick-Start Your Weight Loss

Mario Peshev
July 16, 2022

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3 Ideas For Better Habits

Your Attention Didn't Collapse. It Was Stolen

Author Johann Hari on the truth behind focus and attention:

"Prof Barbara Demeneix, a leading French scientist who has studied some key factors that can disrupt attention – she is an expert on the effects of chemical pollution – told me bluntly: “There is no way we can have a normal brain today.” We can see the effects all around us.

A small study of college students found they now only focus on any one task for 65 seconds. A different study of office workers found they only focus on average for three minutes. This isn’t happening because we all individually became weak-willed. Your focus didn’t collapse. It was stolen."

Source: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

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Expose Yourself to Morning Sunlight for Better Sleep

Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford Medicine Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D., on the power of sunlight:

"25+ quality papers & reviews converge on the fact that increasing natural light exposure (especially in first 1-3 hrs of the day) + limiting bright artificial light 10pm-4am can improve mood, offset myopia, improve glucose tolerance, testosterone, estrogen and melatonin profiles."

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Be Grateful For What You Avoid

Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde on being grateful for what you avoid:

“If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want.”

Source: Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats

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Today I Learned: Recent studies suggest that children of immigrants are nearly twice as likely to become rich as the children of people born in the United States. (Source)

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The Smarter Brain Team