How can we live our best lives? Suck the marrow out of life.
Why We Sleep is a ridiculously valuable book for anyone who doesn't sleep much on a consistent basis. Whether that's due to insomnia or to being a total badass who thinks that sleep is for the weak and lazy. Matthew is someone we should listen to. He's professor of of neuroscience and psychology at UCLA and before that he was a professor of …
[Read more...] about Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker – key takeaways
For lots of people, eating is something to get done. For these people, food is fuel. But what if we ask the question: “What is the best that eating can do for us?” the idea that ‘food is fuel’ becomes a deprived way of looking at eating. (Pint of Huel anyone??) At its very best, food nourishes the body and nourishes the …
Angelique told me about something that happened at her work. She was in a meeting where a new senior hire from the Product Team came to introduce himself to her team. Everyone in her team introduced in turn introduced themselves back to the new hire. When it got to Angelique, she said that she was a bit nervous, and stumbled a bit, and when she …
I love airport bookshops. It's like the best of books distilled into a few shelves. I can never resist even though it will double my carry on luggage. The domestic terminal at Melbourne Tullamarine had some enticing books: 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson (which I've read but only on Kindle, so I bought a paperback there and then), First …
I had this thought in Melbourne. I think from visiting the marvellous State Library of Victoria and the National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne is regularly voted one of the most liveable cities in the world, and I thought what if we could take the elements that make Melbourne (and other great cities) and apply that at the micro-level, the …
[Read more...] about Can we apply what makes a great city/country to the individual level?
