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Zen And The Art Of Meaningful Productivity. Yale Team Formula: How To Get Into The Flow State Of Mind

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Zen And The Art Of Meaningful Productivity. Yale Team Formula: How To Get Into The Flow State Of Mind
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How To Get Into The Flow State Of Mind, According To Yale:
We all want to do things that are fun on occasion.

We may even want to do something as crazy as live a meaningful life, or do a job that we love that pays us as we both live and create that meaningful life.

One of the big components of course is that job, and the type we all admire most is when people seem to be at their apex.

Whatever they do, if they are almost like the Olympic athletes of that job and completely at-one with it,

That sets off a chain-reaction in our minds we immediately see as meaningful.

And Yale researchers think they’ve just cracked the code…

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Work Vs. Dementia: Don’t Do Physical Work If You Want To Stay Sharp. Science Freakonomics Strikes Again!

Filed Under: Aging, Highlights

Work Vs. Dementia: Don’t Do Physical Work If You Want To Stay Sharp. Science Freakonomics Strikes Again!
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The Freakonomics Of Work. Office Vs. Physical Jobs Brain Health Outcomes:
One of the things we all need to maintain our health over time is Exercise.

It seems pretty straightforward at first.

So much so that in many posts here, we often cite the recent mantra, “What’s good for the heart is good for the brain.”

Even some recent work suggests there is no limit to the benefit of exercise.

But of course since things in application are always weirder than they are in theory,

We get a new piece of work suggesting that as far as you job goes, your brain health might not be as easy to look out for as your heart health…

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Finding Meaning In Life: The Discovery That Could Help You Be Happier, Healthier, & Live Longer

Filed Under: Highlights, Mind/Brain

Finding Meaning In Life: The Discovery That Could Help You Be Happier, Healthier, & Live Longer
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Finding Meaning In Life: A Discovery That Might Help You Live Better:
A lot of the time when we think about health, it can seem fairly nuts & bolts.

But ancient-science has always said there was more to it.

And the more crazy health & wellness sites you read, the more you hear from that point of view.

But since it’s so far-off from the daily, pedestrian, trudge,

Most people might think it’s both a silly and elusive idea that there might be more to it.

So one more out-there study this time by UCSD, adds another link in the chain connecting lowly body to lofty mind, and it’s appropriate for just this time of year…

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Productivity & Classical Music: Put On Your Headphones And Get Bach To Work, Or We’ll All Go Baroque!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Productivity & Classical Music: Put On Your Headphones And Get Bach To Work, Or We’ll All Go Baroque!
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Classical Music & Productivity. The Mozart Effect Might Work; er, At-Work:
Many of us listen to music on more-or-less a constant basis.

It’s often the soundtrack to our lives and can either reinforce, or substitute an emotional component to the day.

And while many of us would think it’s fairly-innocuous because we are usually the ones choosing what to listen to,

A small informal study suggests that depending on the context, what you listen to may be very important to how well you perform at all kinds of work…

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Office Fatigue: 27 Reasons Why Just Sitting At Your Desk All Day Wipes You Out. -And 18 Solutions To Fix It.

Filed Under: Exercise, Highlights

Office Fatigue: 27 Reasons Why Just Sitting At Your Desk All Day Wipes You Out. -And 18 Solutions To Fix It.
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Office Fatigue. Like “Dune”, Except Now You’re Stressing Without Moving:
From time to time everyone gets fatigued at work, no matter what they do.

You don’t have to be out toiling in the fields or welding skyscrapers together.

And especially for people who sit at desks, the reasons can seem a little mysterious at times.

Well, HealthTrekker is here to the rescue! Here is a short list of many things that could be affecting you with mystery-fatigue, followed by a few solutions.

-Even if your job involves few things more physical than just sitting at a desk…

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Getting Sick At Work. “The Office Microbiome” Is A New Take On Sick Building Syndrome

Filed Under: Disease, Highlights

Getting Sick At Work. “The Office Microbiome” Is A New Take On Sick Building Syndrome
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Sick Building Syndrome: Perhaps The Skyscraper Was Not Modern Enough:
So before he got sick at the office, Edna Mode’s favorite architect Mies Van Der Rohe got beaten to the punch by era-defining skyscraper, “Lever House” in 1952.

The minimalist giant-steel-ice-cube International style went gangbusters and was copied just about everywhere.

Then a few decades later, we all inherited an accidental invention from these sealed curiosities: Sick Building Syndrome.

But today with the advent of the Human Microbiome, safety experts are finding something even more sinister: The Office Micro-Biome…

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Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Mind/Brain

Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy
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One Quest Meets Another:
Over time, mankind has set itself many challenges to find purpose & meaning in life.

And one of those big goals is counterintuitive. One that doesn’t necessarily involve outward achievements.

-But Inward ones. All of which lead to it: Happiness.

And once you’re actually surviving, perhaps it’s The Only Goal.

Strangely enough, researchers are finding out some of our dearest desires have significant, yet unexpected side-benefits.

Including, among other things, actually keeping you alive longer…

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Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” Meditation Is Short But Fantastic, Foul-Mouthed Stress-Relief For Your Real Life. [Video]

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” Meditation Is Short But Fantastic, Foul-Mouthed Stress-Relief For Your Real Life. [Video]


The 3rd School Of Meditation We All Needed:
So over the years, we’ve learned a lot about Meditation.

From ancient shamans and their wild claims, all the way to present-day experts like Eckhart Tolle.

And all the while, the discipline has preached a serene, near-wordless detachment in its suggested-state.

It hasn’t been until now that a more purpose-built school for the trials of modern life has taken Meditation into the realm of something practical & liberating.

Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” school of thought…

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