Hey there … what’s happening with you? Here’s what’s happening with this week’s Further:
- The multitude of benefits from walking more
- A smarter sleep strategy
- How to deal with annoying people
- A system for getting motivated when you’re not feeling it
- Ways to get “into the zone” more often
That plus our “headline” content for mastering ourselves to achieve true power. One comes from the Harvard Business Journal and deals with controlling our emotions during difficult conversations and confrontations.
A great companion piece discusses using mindfulness principles to create distance between our random, emotion-laden thoughts, and who we really are — so we can do what we truly want.
Enjoy!
Keep going-
Brian Clark
Further
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Walk This Way
This is a massive resource that goes way beyond the question posed by the headline. Covered are the benefits of walking, losing weight with simple daily walks, and how walking can become a life-changing habit that leads to much more. Good stuff.
How Many Calories Do You Burn While Walking?
Snooze Control
Instead of the same ol’ tired advice about getting more sleep and why that’s important, this piece covers the idea of “sleep opportunity.” That’s the number of hours in which you give yourself the best chance of sleep, meaning that you’re in bed, and your eyes are closed. Most of us are not even close to realizing the opportunity for sufficient sleep.
How to Get a Tiny Bit More Sleep
Coffee Therapy
There has been a ton of recent research that shows drinking coffee is good for you. New research finds that moderate coffee consumption is linked to reduced depression risk and lower levels of Parkinson’s and dementia as well.
Coffee Has Surprising Effect On Mental Health
Hobbit Holiday
Yes, The Lord of the Rings films delivered an enormous surge of travelers to New Zealand in the early 2000s. But tourism to the country has been booming since the 1980s and continues to this day — for a very good reason.
Beyond Middle-earth: What is New Zealand’s secret power?
Emotional Rescue
It’s hard not to get worked up emotionally when you’re in a tense conversation. This is a natural response, but the problem is that our bodies and minds aren’t particularly good at discerning between the threats presented by not getting your way on the project plan and, say, being chased down by a bear.
How to Control Your Emotions During a Difficult Conversation
Hoi Annoy
If there’s an annoying person in your life, here are some mindset shifts that can help get you through it. Because as long as life goes on, so will the existence of people who bother you — guaranteed.
4 Reasons to Be Grateful for Annoying People
Mind Reading
Americans are not good readers. Many blame the ubiquity of digital media. But Americans’ trouble with reading predates digital technologies, with the problem stemming from bad education habits engendered by a misunderstanding of how the mind reads.
Apathy Antidote
It’s hard to be motivated all the time (understatement of the week). In this article, James Clear talks about a system he uses and how it can help you perform well even when you’re not feeling motivated.
How to Get Motivated When You Don’t Feel Like It
Progressive Flow
According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book Flow, the title relates to “the optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best.” Here’s how you can train yourself to shut out distractions and enter flow states regularly.
How to Completely Ignore Distractions and Consistently Enter Flow States
Watch Those Thoughts
Psychologists took the principles of mindfulness and created Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Read how ACT can help you deal with your negative thoughts so you can make smarter decisions based on what’s really important to you.
This Is How To Use Mindfulness To Make Better Decisions
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