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Life Hacks 208 - #459 Apr 11, 2022

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Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode.

Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.

Expect to learn Jonny's favourite new meditation app, how to stop yourself from sneezing, Yusef's new mobile game addiction, how to bypass any article paywall, how to get free book summaries, how to do Morning Pages in a frictionless way, why paying invoices early will benefit your life and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (01:18) Supplement Sweeties, Optimize.me & Add to Home Screen (13:17) Readwise, Otter & Paying Invoices Early (26:05) One is the New Zero, iPhone App Switching & Trip Fragrances (36:45) Morning Pages, Potatoes or Rice & 12ft.io (51:51) Brightmind, Learn to Roll & Explore Airports (1:04:00) The Ready State’s App, Water Sorter & Blocking a Sneeze (1:15:24) The Dropout, Succession & Bad Vegan (1:22:51) The Alpinist & Boiling Point (1:28:38) Where to Find Jonny & Yusef

Extra Stuff:

Have a gummy multivitamin as a treat

Turn any website into an app by using the Share and Add To Homescreen

https://www.optimize.me/

Readwise.io

Otter on iOS

Always pay invoices early

Have a buffer level of products you use.

Swipe across the bottom to move between apps

Buy a fragrance for a trip

Potatoes for cutting, rice for bulking

https://12ft.io/

https://www.brightmind.com/

Learn to roll

Walk around the airport while waiting for your flight

https://thereadystate.com/

Water Sort Puzzle

Push your tongue against the roof of your mouth to stop you from sneezing

Watch The Dropout

Watch Bad Vegan

Listen to Sweet Bobby

Watch The Alpinist

Watch Boiling Point

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Fighting The World Of Fake Martial Arts - Phrost - #458 Apr 09, 2022

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Phrost is Editor at Bullshido and a podcaster.

The introduction of MMA and the UFC has been the ultimate stress test for fake martial arts. No-touch knockouts and chi-push energy blasts have been arm barred and head kicked out of existence. Yet the ability to detect and defeat BS, whether physical, martial or conceptual is no less useful.

Expect to learn whether Will Smith should have swung harder, Phrost's justification for why you should always get into online arguments, the most ridiculous martial arts which were disproved, what it was like to create a real life Fight Club, how hard Steven Seagal actually was, whether everyone should learn to fight and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:29) Will Smith Oscars Slap (10:14) Real-life Fight Club (14:15) Forms of Martial Art (20:08) Importance of Learning to Fight (29:36) Engaging in Online Arguments (34:17) The Steven Seagal Story (40:08) Investigating Chiropractors (47:39) Trust in Mainstream Medicine for Recovery (59:28) Where to Find Phrost

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Hinge's Relationship Scientist Gives Dating Advice - Logan Ury - #457 Apr 07, 2022

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Logan Ury is the Director of Relationship Science at Hinge, a Harvard-trained behavioural scientist and an author.

Modern dating is difficult. Thankfully Logan has access to all the data from Hinge and can conduct as many studies as she wants on trends and preferences from thousands of people in and out of relationships.

Expect to learn why an intentional approach to dating seems like a turn-off but is a very smart strategy, why you should start looking to settle down after dating 30% of your partners, what the data tells us are the most important rules for constructing a successful dating profile, why chasing The Spark is a recipe for disaster, how to break up with someone, how to get over heartbreak and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:30) Being Hinge’s Relationship Scientist (05:48) Impact of Surveillance on Dating (12:11) Boomers, Millennials & Gen Z (18:15) Intentional Dating (28:47) Making Better Dating Decisions (37:04) Personal Dating Tendencies (43:32) How to Succeed at Online Dating (51:17) Logan’s Issue with ‘The Spark’ (1:02:07) Knowing When to Break Up with Someone (1:11:54) Where to Find Logan

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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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The Psychological Power Of Expectations - David Robson - #456 Apr 04, 2022

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David Robson is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour.

Our expectations have a profound effect on the outcomes we get in life. This isn't positive vibes from The Secret, this is one of the most replicable, robust effects that impacts pretty much everything we care about to do with our lives and health.

Expect to learn how people with no gluten intolerance can have a gluten reaction after eating a meal with no gluten in it, why the drones at Gatwick were probably imagined, why French people eat worse than Americans but live longer, how your thoughts are more important than your genes when it comes to athletic performance and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (01:26) Expectation Effect & Placebo Effect (07:33) How the Mind Imitates Illness (16:19) Applying the Placebo Effect (27:40) Expectation Effect on Sleep & Ageing (33:49) Why Do These Effects Exist? (41:26) Does Willpower Deplete? (51:38) Contagious Expectations (58:44) Applying the Expectation Effect (1:04:41) Where to Find David

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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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The Wisdom Of Intuition - Iain McGilchrist - #455 Apr 02, 2022

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Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, author and a former Oxford literary scholar.

Modern society praises rationality as the pinnacle destination we should all aim for. Tradition and intuition are seen as a silly, inaccurate, hokey approach for which we have more precise solutions now. Iain has identified that neuroscience, philosophy, theology and psychology don't always agree with this though.

Expect to learn why the modern world is so obsessed with cognition, why deliberateness makes less sense the more experienced you are, what happens if someone loses one half of their brain, what horse racing experts and Isle of Man motorcyclists can teach us about intuition and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:22) Common Threads in Iain’s Work (09:00) Society’s Lack of Intuition (13:43) Defining Wisdom (18:45) Cognition vs Intuition (31:59) Left & Right Sides of the Brain (36:52) Functionality of Brain Sections (51:50) Optimism for the Future (58:54) Our Moral Obligations (1:01:27) Where to Find Iain

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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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A Doctor's Prescription For Happiness - Dr Rangan Chatterjee - #454 Mar 31, 2022

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee is a physician, author, television presenter and a podcaster.

Working out what makes us happy in life is difficult. Distinguishing between our goals and the things that other people want us to have as goals is not easy. After seeing thousands of patients in the NHS and reflecting on his own journey into the public eye, Rangan has turned his attention on happiness and what genuinely fulfils us.

Expect to learn why your dreams won't make you happier, how the definition of happiness you use largely influences the way you pursue it, why external success can only go so far in filling internal problems, Rangan's lessons from a 96 year old holocaust survivor, my insight around why fame is a useless signal in 2022 and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:53) Happiness as a Skill (08:23) Personal Experiences (18:08) Fear of Insufficiency (28:05) The Top Five Regrets of the Dying (40:49) Do Dreams Bring Happiness? (55:25) Evidence-based Confidence (1:00:46) Wisdom from Suffering (1:11:25) Framing Determines Experience (1:17:08) Where to Find Dr Chatterjee

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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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The Most Important Principles Of Productivity - Chris Bailey - #453 Mar 28, 2022

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Chris Bailey is a productivity consultant, researcher and best selling author.

The world of productivity is messy. Overwhelming volumes of information and contradictory advice doesn't make the world any simpler. I brought Chris on to explain the most important, core principles that research-based studies and real-world practise says contributes to better productivity.

Expect to learn why time, attention and energy are your fundamental resources, how to maximise your deliberateness, why starting the day with specified intentions can change the way you work, Chris' nerdy advice for making green tea, why there's a tension between creativity and productivity and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:25) Cutting Out Caffeine (10:18) Wake-up Time (14:22) Engendering Deliberateness (21:46) Daily Habits for Productivity (34:56) Is Focusing Counter-productive? (44:26) Creating a Distraction List (50:16) Environment Design (54:16) Why We Procrastinate (1:03:16) Does Productivity Bring Happiness? (1:11:28) Where to Find Chris

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This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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The Art Of High Performance Psychology - Dr Michael Gervais - #452 Mar 26, 2022

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Michael Gervais is one of the world's leading high performance psychologists.

The Seattle Seahawks, Gold Medalist Kerry Jennings, Microsoft, AT&T, Amazon and Felix Baumgartner the guy who jumped from the edge of space all have one thing in common - they need a high performance mindset. Michael's job for over 20 years has been coaching the world's top musicians, athletes and executives to squeeze every last drop out of their potential.

Expect to learn how to cope with intense emotions during a Super Bowl Final, why your limits are so much further than you know, how Michael saved the RedBull Stratos mission from failure, how to deal with the pressure of others' opinions, the importance of having a personal philosophy and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:30) Working on Red Bull Stratos (09:52) Clashes Between Old & New (14:55) Determining Capacity (24:13) Dealing with Elite Pressure (34:14) Working with the Seattle Seahawks (43:35) Approaching Emotion with Curiosity (55:19) Future of Performance Psychology (57:43) Where to Find Michael

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This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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Conspiracy Theories In New Age Cults - Derek Beres - #451 Mar 24, 2022

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Derek Beres is an author & media expert, the Senior Editor at Eco & co-host of the Conspirituality podcast.

Far left yoga mums and far right trolls aren't the most obvious pairing that you would put together, however these unlikely ideological allies have more in common than you might think. Much of the thinking within these groups has converged in recent years and Derek is here to explain how this happens.

Expect to learn how the term conspiracy has been diluted down to mean all manner of things now, the typical characteristics of a cult leader, why conspiracy theories are so seductive to the people tempted by them, how spirituality adds a different flavour to conspiratorial tropes, whether I need to stop saying hello cult members and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:28) Origins of Conspirituality (05:35) Who is More Vulnerable to Conspiracy Theories? (09:54) How QAnon Infiltrated the Yoga Community (25:15) Omniscience & Lack of Humility (37:32) Why Conspirituality Cults are Seductive (47:27) Common Traits of Cult Leaders (1:00:22) Effectiveness of Deplatforming (1:04:43) Is an Ethical Cult Possible? (1:08:43) Far Left vs Far Right (1:13:11) Where to Find Derek

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Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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