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5 Timeless Productivity Lessons from Artists and Entrepreneurs
Sleep
Sleep is not just about rest. It’s the period where the mind is shut off and reset.
When we sacrifice sleep, we also sacrifice creativity, self-control, and attention span. When sleep is lacking, so is self-control.
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Taking small steps
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. It’s about the small steps you can take each day to make a tiny bit of improvement.
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Defining "wellness"
It's a lifestyle or state of being that goes beyond merely the absence of disease and into the idea of maximizing human potential.
Once someone’s basic needs are met (e.g., food and shelter), wellness emerges from nourishing six dimensions of your health: physical, emotional, cognitive, social, spiritual, and environmental.
How "wellness" is marketed
Wellness is simple: it’s about committing to basic practices as individuals and communities. And unfortunately, these basics tend to get overlooked in favor of easy-to-market nonsense.
Nourishing the 5 interrelated dimensions of health (physical, emotional, cognitive, social, spiritual, and environmental) does not require that you buy any lotions, potions, or pills.
Move Your Body
30 minutes of moderate to intense daily physical activity lowers your risk for heart disease, Alzheimer’s, mental illness, and many types of cancer.
Any kind of activity that makes your breathing labored for a sustained period does the trick.
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What It Means to Be Tough
Toughness is experiencing something that is subjectively distressing, and then leaning in, paying attention, and creating space to take a thoughtful action that aligns with your core values.
Know Your Core Values
Think of 3-5 things that matter most to you. They may be guiding principles of your life or aspects of the person you want to become.
Then write a sentence or two on each, describing what they mean to you. These are the values you’ll want to act in service of when the going gets tough.
Embrace Pain, but Don’t React to It
When you react to it, that's when it transforms into suffering.
You can learn to experience pain neutrally is through meditation: it teaches you to accept pain, sit with it and then move on, instead of reacting to it with stress.