Learn how an overly carbohydrate rich diet can cause us to get fat and sick Caloric or energy balance is an oversimplification The oversimplification that we get fat simply by consuming more calories than we need doesn’t do the complex processes of our body justice. It fails to address why some impoverished and underfed people get … Read more
Get some good advice about a better diet How food influences the mind and immune system Food producers know how to take advantage of our hardwired tastes. We evolved a taste for sweets which provide us with immediate energy, fatty foods which give us a lot of calories long-term energy, and salt, wich keeps us hydrated. Fast … Read more
Learn where to obtain a healthier, more ethical and sustainable food supply In the hunter-gatherer era, the nutrition of our ancestors was pretty much defined by their environment. But in our modern interconnected the world, where a product is shipped across the world, there are a plethora of choices available. This is known as the omnivore’s … Read more
Learn how a change in your diet can prevent and sometimes even reverse diseases. The health of many westerners has steadily worsened despite big advancements in medicine and healthcare. The rate of diabetes among 30–39 year-olds rose by 70% between 1990 and 1998 and since 1970 cancer rates have risen. Even modern medicine with all its … Read more
Learn how to read and understand different genres of books from this classic work Background knowledge Each book genre differs that’s why you should not apply blindly any technique. Instead, take a common sense approach. Perhaps for some advanced or complicated books, you will need some background knowledge. That knowledge could come from your experience or … Read more
Learn the two sides of our thinking. Automatic, fast, intuitive, and emotional vs slower, more deliberative, and more logical reasoning. Our mind is divided into two systems. System 1 the automatic and system 2 the deliberate one. System 1, the automatic system, is the one which makes you react when you hear a loud noise … Read more
Explore the incredible hidden side effects of interactions with complex systems Incentives affect peoples behavior Incentives are a way of influencing the behavior of people. Lawmakers, for example, can create incentives which bring people to smoke less by simply raising the taxes on cigarettes. There are a lot of people using incentives to affect your behavior, the … Read more
Learn how to automate your income and live a Rich Lifestyle In this book, you will learn how to automate your income and optimize your workflow so that you can cut back your working time and eventually break free entirely from your day job. When you free yourself from the burden of work you can … Read more
Learn from the Bible of business and personal productivity The GTD system focuses on a simple yet effective philosophy by asking the question: “What’s the next concrete action which brings me closer to my goal?” By keeping every task small enough so that it can be done in a short amount of time, you can just … Read more
This book will teach you the basics of personal finance Why are so many people stuck in the “rat race.” Are we working for ourselves or others? Most of our society are trapped in a race against themselves. A race where they constantly have to work hard to catch up with the bills and taxes. Once they get … Read more
This is one of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” ~ Albert Einstein Change comes from the inside out You can’t take shortcuts for real personal growth. You could master some outside skills like communication … Read more
Explore this principle of nature to improve your life You have probably observed that often the majority of output stem from the minority of input. It could happen in your business when the majority of sales come from a little subset of your products. Often this ratio is around, but not limited to 20% and 80%. That’s … Read more