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- A Smart Diet...
From The New Evolution Diet:A smart diet reduces the amount of energy (meaning food) you feel like consuming at the same time that it increases the amount of energy you feel like spending. And this occurs spontaneously, without any thoughts of cutting...
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
From Meditations: Your three components: body, breath, mind. Two are yours in trust; to the third alone you have clear title. If you can cut yourself—your mind—free of what other people do and say, of what you’ve said or done, of the things...
- Howard Marks: Investing Entails A Lot That Isn't Within One's Control...
From The Most Important Thing:The choice between offense and defense investing should be based on how much the investor believes is within his or her control. In my view, investing entails a lot that isn't. Professional tennis players can be...
- Arthur Schopenhauer Reading And Learning Quotes
Found via Farnam Street: “Ignorance is degrading only when it is found in company with riches. Want and penury restrain the poor man; his employment takes the place of knowledge and occupies his thoughts: while rich men who are ignorant live for their...
- Markets Are Made Up Of People
If you've followed up on Charlie Munger's book recommendations, then you'll know Robert Cialdini. Cialdini is most famous for "Influence", and he joins a cavalcade of authors at the big book signing every year in Omaha at the annual Berkshire...
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Body and Brain - by Scott Adams
Link to blog post: Body and Brain
The common view of human behavior is that thinking causes doing.
In recent years science has discovered this situation to be more of a bi-directional thing. For example, studies show that forcing a smile can lead to greater happiness. Most of you already knew that factoid. And obviously you understand that events in your environment and various sensations in your body can influence your mood and your thinking.
But I'll bet most of you hold the view that for the most part your thoughts lead to actions and that's 95% of the story of you. Lately I've come to the opposing view. I think our actions are the things that matter and our so-called minds are nothing but some executive control and a chemistry experiment.
I've been experimenting in the past year with the idea that I can control my thoughts by what I do with my body. Obviously my mind has to get the ball rolling to make me act in the first place. But instead of acting based on how I feel, I act based on how I WANT to feel. In other words, I use my body to control my future thoughts.
Yeah, yeah, you all do the same thing. I know. But it's a matter of degree. And it's a matter of how you THINK about your choices. A subtle shift in thinking can be a big deal.
For example, when feeling down, many people will curl up with some junk food and watch bad television shows until the feeling passes or some other duty calls. That's an example of letting your mind control your actions.
What I do in that situation is ask myself what is likely to cause a chemical improvement in my brain. Then I do that thing.
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Related book: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life (or, the audio book on an MP3 CD, which is currently just $8.14, HERE)
- A Smart Diet...
From The New Evolution Diet:A smart diet reduces the amount of energy (meaning food) you feel like consuming at the same time that it increases the amount of energy you feel like spending. And this occurs spontaneously, without any thoughts of cutting...
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
From Meditations: Your three components: body, breath, mind. Two are yours in trust; to the third alone you have clear title. If you can cut yourself—your mind—free of what other people do and say, of what you’ve said or done, of the things...
- Howard Marks: Investing Entails A Lot That Isn't Within One's Control...
From The Most Important Thing:The choice between offense and defense investing should be based on how much the investor believes is within his or her control. In my view, investing entails a lot that isn't. Professional tennis players can be...
- Arthur Schopenhauer Reading And Learning Quotes
Found via Farnam Street: “Ignorance is degrading only when it is found in company with riches. Want and penury restrain the poor man; his employment takes the place of knowledge and occupies his thoughts: while rich men who are ignorant live for their...
- Markets Are Made Up Of People
If you've followed up on Charlie Munger's book recommendations, then you'll know Robert Cialdini. Cialdini is most famous for "Influence", and he joins a cavalcade of authors at the big book signing every year in Omaha at the annual Berkshire...