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Published Date: Sunday, December 23, 2018 Hi All! Here are this week's chosen learning points: According to a 2015 census with 2600 participants, American teens spend an average of 6 hours 40 minutes a day on screen media (TV, computer, phone, etc.). 31% spend 4-8 hours/day and 26% spend 4-8 hours. (Source) Research shows adults need on average 7 hours of sleep a night. Sleep-deprived people think they're fine, but they actually perform worse on cognitive tasks. To sleep earlier, try setting an alarm for getting ready to sleep. (Source) USA consumers expect to spend $794 on average on Christmas gifts in 2018. This is slightly above the average of $774 from 2013-17. (Source) If you think someone else would find this newsletter useful, please forward it to them. Thanks, and happy holidays!

Published Date: Sunday, December 16, 2018 Hi All! Here are this week's chosen learning points: Happiness: 50% of happiness is genetic disposition, 10-20% is based on life circumstances, and 30-40% is based on the way we think and act. (Source) Maintaining relationships with unhappy family members: This will be easier if you do two things. First, don't try to cheer them up; their happiness is not your responsibility. Second, acknowledge their perspective so they don't keep feeling the need to repeating it. (Source) Trivia: In China, students give teachers apple on Christmas as a symbol of wishing their teachers a healthy year ahead. (Source: My students gave me apples) If you think someone else would find this newsletter useful, please forward it to them. Thanks, and have a wonderful week ahead!

Published Date: Sunday, December 9, 2018 Hi All, Here are this week's chosen learning points: Phone Productivity: I learned about 45 productivity tricks for iPhones from this article. I personally implemented tips 1, 4, 11, 15, 17, 28, 34, 39, and 41. Examples include turning off badge alerts, disabling app review requests, and re-organizing my apps Productivity Quote: "What you do is more important than how you do everything else, and doing something well does not make it important." -Tim Ferriss Lion's Mane Mushrooms for Brain Health: Studies show that these mushrooms have neuro-regenerative and anti-depressant properties. Most studies were conducted on mice, with a few small ones on humans. (Source) If you think someone else would find this newsletter useful, please share. Thanks, and have a wise week ahead!

Published Date: Sunday, December 2, 2018 Hi All, Here are this week's chosen learning points: More time does not equal more experience. As Alan Zimmerman puts it, “Do you have 20 years of experience, or do you have one year of experience repeated 20 times?” We don’t know what the future will look like, but people will need to reinvent themselves with every major revolution, with the next one being the AI revolution. Thus, emotional intelligence and mental stability are two of the most important abilities to better adapt to the changing job landscape. -Paraphrased from Yuval Noah Harari (Source) Ambition and achievement are double-edged swords. In the words of Seneca, “It is inevitable that life will be not just very short but very miserable for those who acquire by great toil what they must keep by greater toil.” If you think someone else would find this newsletter useful, please share. Thanks, and have a wise week ahead!

Published Date: Sunday, November 25, 2018 Hi All, Here are this week's chosen learning points: When it comes to impact on health, sleep is more important that diet and exercise combined. (Source) Multivitamins (a $30B industry) are useless for most people because few people actually have deficiencies, and even for those with deficiencies, multivitamins may not give the right nutrient or enough of the right nutrient. (Source) If you have trouble falling asleep, try drinking a cup of water with a spoon of apple cider vinegar and a spoon of honey. (Source) If you think someone else would find this newsletter useful, please share. Thanks, and have a wise week ahead!

Published Date: Sunday, November 18, 2018 Hi All! Here are this week's chosen learning points: I don't stretch before working out, and I wondered if I should. Turns out, static stretching improves flexibility, but it does not reduce injury risk, and it can even lower performance for heavy weight lifting. (Source) Humans can use echolocation like bats and dolphins! The most famous example is Daniel Kish, a blind man who mountain bikes and travels the world by himself. (Source) To increase productivity, you can experiment with the Pomodoro Technique (Source): a. Set a timer for 25 minutes and work that whole time b. After time is up*, do active rest (get up) for 5 mins c. Repeat. After 4 cycles, take a longer break of 20 minutes.* *If I'm already in the flow at 25 mins, I'll keep going until that flow session ends. Thanks, and have a wonderful week ahead!

Date Published: Sunday, November 11, 2018 Hi All! Welcome to the first Weekly Wisdom Newsletter, where I aim to share useful and interesting knowledge I discover weekly. Here are this week's chosen learning points: People think clear thinking comes first, then those clear thoughts are written down on paper. In actuality, unclear thinking comes first, is put on paper, then edited to give oneself clear thoughts. (Source) People who try to help others need to know the difference between empathy and compassion. Empathy requires you to try to experience their (often negative) emotional state, whereas compassion just requires you have a desire to help without the need to mirror their emotions. To help others, we should give compassion, not empathy, so that we do not experience emotional burnout. (Source)* If you want to improve your relationship with a family member or anyone else you take for granted, treat them like you would a customer. (Source: Dr. Alan Zimmerman Tuesday Tip Issue #960) *Note from September 2020 me: I think we actually need both empathy and compassion, but we need to strengthen our own emotional self-management skills such that when we experience their negative emotions, we can handle it with a clear mind.

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