Given that this is a publication that promises weekly resources for “health, wealth, and personal growth,” it’s helpful to define what we mean when we say wealth.
Money immediately comes to mind, but true wealth is much more than that. We all need money, but how you make that money, and even how you think about it are critical components of a prosperous life.
For example, if you spend your life in the pursuit of ever greater financial gain, you’re lacking in your most precious resource — time. In other words, you lack the freedom to pursue things other than money. That doesn’t seem like a truly wealthy life to me.
And what about your health? A pile of cash won’t mean nearly as much when you suffer from a chronic illness, debilitating injury, or even general unwellness. As Emerson said, “The first wealth is health.”
Throughout human history, social capital has also been a crucial component of wealth. Social status has often (but not always) been a by-product of substantial financial resources. These days thanks to our hyper-connected social networks, a wealth of social connections can make things happen that money simply couldn’t efficiently facilitate. In many ways, your network can be more valuable than money.
Finally, beyond how you think about money and the concept of wealth, there’s your general mindset, psychological well-being, and evolution into an ever-wiser person. As Epictetus put it, “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
Pursue your wealth wisely. And here’s to greater prosperity — on your terms.
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Eat It
Bold headline below, and the content lives up to it. Lots of myths and misconceptions about healthy eating taken on through the humorous question/answer format, plus a lot of advice about healthy eating that you might not have seen before.
The Last Conversation You’ll Ever Need to Have About Eating Right
Let’s Get Physical
Scientists have discovered that sit ups, once a staple of basic workout routines, don’t reduce waistline circumference or trim belly fat. Sit-ups are also not the best way to strengthen your core or to keep it flexible and strong for the long run.
Fitness Experts Agree that Sit-Ups are Worthless — Here are 9 Moves They Recommend Instead
Close (to the Edit)
For the first time, scientists have found a way to efficiently and precisely remove genes from white blood cells of the immune system and to insert beneficial replacements, all in far less time than it normally takes to edit genes.
Swift Gene-Editing Method May Revolutionize Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Diseases
Opportunities
Massive article about the ways in which we think about money, and why investing is not the study of finance. It’s rather the study of how people in general behave with money. Highly recommended.
Take the Money and Run
If you want to make money over the long haul, picking investments isn’t the real problem. When studies compare how well investments perform to how well investors perform there’s always a gap. Investors almost invariably do worse than the investments do.
How To Be Smarter With Money: 8 Simple Secrets
Ch-Ch-Changes
Almost every habit that you have — good or bad — is the result of many small decisions over time. And yet, how easily we forget this when we want to make a change.
Process Improvement: This Coach Improved Every Tiny Thing by 1 Percent
Something in the Water
Spending time near the water, “promotes physical activity and general fitness,” reducing the incidence of diabetes and other diseases associated with obesity. But it also slows down our heart rate and reduces stress hormones, which boosts our mental health.
Being Near a Body of Water Makes Us Calmer and Healthier, Science Shows
Careless Memories
In one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists have made a fascinating discovery. Nearly 40 percent of people have a first memory that is entirely fictional.
Your Earliest Memories Might Never Have Actually Happened
99 Problems
Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard people work to fix them? It turns out that a quirk in the way human brains process information means that when something becomes rare, we sometimes see it in more places than ever.
A Harvard Psychologist Explains Why Your Brain Never Runs Out of Problems to Find
Making It
Most of us who work very hard, or drive ourselves to do things — even if it is not our primary motivation — have this idea that when we get it, everything will be different. And when we get it? That’s where the awkward truth comes in: You really don’t feel anything different.
Want To Become The Best At What You Do? Then Learn This One Lesson
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