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The role of biases in decision-making
The impact of social norms on decision-making
How to live longer, healthier, and happier?
- Okinawa, Japan is home to some of the longest-living people in the world. Their secret is ikigai. Finding your ikigai can be as simple as asking four basic questions:
- What are your strengths? Think of what you do better than everyone else.
- What does the world need? Imagine something you see that the world lacks.
- What are your passions? Picture the things that you could do all day without stopping.
- What can you earn a living doing? You have to make money from your craft, so how can you do that?
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A key component of staying healthy
Residents of Okinawa suggest that you don’t always need to play a sport or go running to be healthy. Longevity and health are more about...
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How you can live a longer and happier life by having a purpose, eating healthy, and not retiring
Do you want to live a long life? How about a happy one? What if you could have both? The secret to a long life actually comes from finding joy and purpose every day. Most of us think of these ideals as mere dreams that only a select few achieve.
The people of Japan,...
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· “The mind is a universe and can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” ― John Milton
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