Inspired by Thomas Edison, and Salvador Dalí who both allegedly claim that one will wake up at the most opportune moment for creativity if they nap while holding something, a team of French researchers showed over 100 participants math problems.Those who couldn't solve the problem were asked to take a 20-minute break in a dark room with their eyes closed, holding a water bottle that's supposed to fall to the floor as soon as they doze off consequently waking them up. All the while, the participant's brain activity was recorded.

Sleep Stage Linked to Creativity and Eureka Moments Pinpointed

The researchers found that after people spent at least 15 sec in sleep onset, their chances of figuring out the hidden trick to solving the math problem tripled. Sleep onset / stage 1 sleep is a stage when you're drifting into slumber, when we're not quite asleep but also not quite awake.This was not seen in subjects who didn't wake up and continued on to deeper sleep stages.This led the researchers to suspect that the brain activity during stage 1 sleep likely ignites creative sparks"; that achieving it requires a balance in falling asleep easily against falling asleep too deeply," - authors

Brain activity during sleep onset likely ignites creative spark

Knowing how sleep primes us for creativity in particular, might be able to use this trick to solve difficult problems and situations.

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Sleep onset is a creative sweet spot

Our days can feel like a crazy sea of distraction, stress, busyness and overwhelm.We can get lost in that sea, and it’s hard to figure out how to find mindfulness and focus in the middle of it all.The answer, I’ve repeatedly found, is in the pure elegance of simplicity.Simplify to find focus. Simplify to find peace. Simplify to find a way through the sea of chaos.Let’s look at some things you can do today to create the elegance of simplicity and focus in your life.

A Crazy Sea Of Distractio

The distraction of multitasking and technology can be hard to overcome. But it drains away our mindfulness, effectiveness, and life energy. So let’s do something about it.Let’s start with the phone. Put all apps into one folder. I call mine “uncertainty” to remind me that everything lives in uncertainty.Keep the homescreen clear. No tempting apps to click on. I use the search function to open an app, requiring myself to type in the name, which makes me think about what I’m doing.Shut off almost all notifications.Choose a simple and beautiful background to remind me to be mindful.

Simplify to Clear Distractions

Let’s move on to the computer, which has some similar steps (these instructions are for a Mac but Windows/Linux users could use similar ideas):Clear your desktop (put all files into one folder, or several). Put a nice wallpaper in the background.Clear the dock. Instead, use a search app to open apps, such as Alfred, Spotlight or Launchbar.Turn off most notifications.Single-task. Close all apps but the one(s) you’re using.

Simplify Your Computer

Single tab. Close everything else. If it’s important, throw it into a read-later service, bookmark it, or put it into your todo manager.Close your email program. When you open it, open with intention, and clear out the inbox as much as you can. Then close it.Use the Momentum add-on to keep yourself focused and mindful.I like single-tasking apps, at full screen, like Ommwriter, when I’m writing or doing other work outside of the browser.Simplifying your physical and digital workspaces will help you be less distracted, and more able to focus on a single task.

Simplify Your Browser

As much as possible, it’s best to focus on a single task at a time. With intention.That means, instead of constantly switching around, it’s best to pick one thing and set aside some time (10 minutes, half an hour, etc.) to focus on just that thing. If it’s important enough to take up your attention and time, it’s important enough to give it the space for complete focus.When you clear everything aside, before you dive fullbore into the task, ask yourself, “What is my intention here?”

Simplify Your Focus

Perhaps the intention is just to learn to focus better. Maybe it’s to push into discomfort and uncertainty. Maybe it’s to be mindful and joyful as you work. Whatever your intention, set it consciously. Then get started, with focus. Don’t let yourself do anything else, even if you feel the urge to switch. At least for 10 minutes. Simplify by setting intention and keeping your focus on one thing at a time, as much as you’re able. This is a practice, which means you won’t be perfect at it, but daily practice helps you get better.

Simplify Your Intention

As you narrow your focus on fewer things, simplify your workspace so that there are fewer distractions, and practice single-minded focus with intention … things start to change.It’s like the reverse of how the distraction of technology and social media changes our brains. Our brains seem to become calmer, more at peace, when we find joy in the elegance of simplicity.It’s the pure elegance of simplicity, and it is found in the paring down.

The Elegance of Simplicity

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Creating the Elegance of Simplicity & Focus in Your Work Day - zen habits

Eliminating sugary drinks, this includes sugar-sweetened beverages, sugary sodas, fruit juices, and various high sugar sports drinks.Keep in mind that none of this applies to whole fruit, which are extremely healthy and have plenty of fiber that mitigates the negative effects of fructose.(Sugar is half glucose and half fructose. When you eat a lot of added sugar, the liver gets overloaded with fructose and is forced to turn it into fat.)


1. Minimizing the amount of sugar in your diet 

Eating plenty of protein can boost your metabolism and reduce hunger levels, making it a very effective way to lose weight. Several studies suggest that protein is particularly effective against abdominal fat. They also provide for good calories.

2. Increase Protein intake

Just avoiding the refined carbs — like sugar, candy, and white bread — should be sufficient, especially if you keep your protein intake high. Low carb diets have many other <a href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-benefits-of-low-carb-ketogenic-diets">health benefits </a>besides just weight loss. For example, they can significantly improve health in people with type 2 diabetics.

3. Cut down on carbs

They dramatically slow the movement of food through your digestive system. They can also slow down the digestion and absorption of nutrients. The end result is a prolonged feeling of fullness and reduced appetite. The best way to get more fiber is to eat a lot of plant foods, including vegetables and fruit. Legumes are also a good source, as well as some cereals, such as whole oats.

4. Increased intake of soluble fibres

Weight training and cardiovascular exercise will reduce fat across the body.Aerobic exercise — like walking, running, and swimming — can allow major reductions in abdominal fat (<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3568069/">32</a>Exercise also leads to reduced inflammation, lower blood sugar levels, and improvements in other metabolic problems associated with excess abdominal fat<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3568069/"> </a>

5. Exercise

Tracking food intake doesn’t mean you need to weigh and measure everything you eat. Tracking intake every now and then for a few days in a row can help you realize the most important areas for change.Planning ahead can help you achieve specific goals, such as boosting your protein intake to 25–30% of calories or cutting down on unhealthy carbs.

6. Tracking your diet

Here are some tips to reduce abdominal fat, the accumulation of which is linked to life threatening cardiac diseases. Not only that, eating healthy always manifests itself with an overall improved mood.

Belly fat is the most harmful fat in your body, linked to many diseases. Here are 6 simple ways to lose belly fat that are supported by science.

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6 Simple Ways to Lose Belly Fat, Based on Science

<ol><li>Be consistent </li><li>Make it a part of your identity</li><li>Identify the cues which trigger your habit</li><li>Make it easy, make it attractive</li><li>Reward yourself </li></ol>A cue could be a specific time at which you start your habit or a particular location at which you perform your habit, etc.Make it so easy, you can't say noIf you miss, get back on track quicklyDon't forget to track your habits, for further improvements!!

Make a Habit in 5 Simple Steps

It's so simple, only if you are willing to do it

How do habits work? How do you change your habits? How do you hold yourself accountable? This complete habits guide contains everything you need to know.

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The Habits Guide: How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

People pay a lot of attention to physical cuts and injuries. But what about emotional ones? Though they don’t often get the care they deserve, they can be just as detrimental to you. motional harm, pain, and injury can lead to various mental health problems.It’s not always easy to reduce or prevent emotional harm, but it can be done. You can do this by articulating worries, filling time well, practicing mindfulness, listening to feedback, being socially connected, and fueling your body. These habits, while simple on the surface, will work wonders for your emotional wellbeing!

Emotional Wellbeing Comes First.

It is always wise to solve emotional crisis, rather than overlook it.

These six smart emotional and mental habits can helpyou prevent or reduce the likelihood of experiencing emotional harm.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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6 Habits That Help Prevent or Reduce Emotional Harm

2021 is almost over, as we head towards 2022. I want you all to focus on these key areas in 2022 that are (Yourself, Passive Income, Mental Health, and Health) lists are short in this article. And, I truly believe that this shortlist will be a guiding light towards a new you.

When you invest in yourself, it gives you the best return. Because no one can take away what you have learned. And more and more you invest in yourself. Whether, learning through courses or books, or mentorship, It not only compounds together, and brings the best return in the future. You can use it anytime, you want as it stays always at your disposal to be used anywhere you need.

Invest in yourself -

Until and unless if you don't have passive income. You will have to work till your last breath. When you earn money while you sleep is the beauty of passive income. You can make passive income, by investing in Stocks, doing Affiliate Marketing, selling courses, or selling eBooks. Or it could be Real estate. And the list goes on.

Learned, how passive income works

There is one beautiful line from a dying Entrepreneur " I have money, cars, and private planes and I can do and go anywhere I want. But, my health is not with me anymore " We neglect our health, and Then, one day it asked for a return through illness. So, invest in your health learn about nutrition, go to the gym, exercise regularly. So, that is after 20 years or 30 years from today. When your health asked for a return it should be good health.

Invest in your health and Mental Health 

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BEST Investment  in 2022

<ul><li>Don’t let metrics you don’t control define you.</li><li>Ask yourself if you want the reward you’re seeking, in order to know when to quit something hard.</li><li>Be completely honest with yourself about the reasons behind the decisions you’re making. </li><li>Identify the stuff that you really enjoy.</li><li>Treat your audience as friends.</li></ul>

Key Insights

It made me focus on impact rather than vanity metrics 

Hey friends, in this weeks episode I chat to YouTuber and Ironman athlete @Natacha Océane. Natacha quit her PhD in Biophysics to start a YouTube channel that tests fitness theories and translates the science behind health and fitness to address information gaps. In our conversation we chat about her feelings around quitting academia, fears of putting herself on the internet and how she built mental resilience and self awareness through athletic performance. Season 1 Episode 10 First 200 get 20% off the annual premium subscription for Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/deepdive 00:00 Intro 1:30 Ironman Triathlon 12:42 Goals & Control 18:33 Unlocking performance & Resilience 23:40 Quitting 34:18 Starting YouTube & Misinformation 44:40 Content Creation 56:55 Self-awareness 1:10:27 Rapid Fire Questions 🔗 CONNECT WITH NATACHA 📹 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/NatachaOc%C3%A9anefit 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/natacha.oceane/?hl=en 🏋🏻‍♀️ Website - https://natachaoceane.com/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 💻 Website - https://aliabdaal.com 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins - https://geni.us/fI9IM The One Thing by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan - https://geni.us/kAMgB Mastery by Robert Green - https://geni.us/MV8a Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain - https://geni.us/XuvdkP6 📄SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT Visit the website for the transcript and highlights from the conversation - https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/ 🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover their journey's towards finding joy and fulfilment at work and in life. In each episode our host Ali Abdaal talks to his guests about their philosophies, strategies and tools that have helped them along their personal path to living a life of happiness and meaning. There's no manual for living a happy life, but we hope that from these shared experiences you'll leave each episode with practical advice you can use to help you along the way. 🎧 LISTEN FOR FREE Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7gZkflC... RSS - https://feeds.transistor.fm/deep-dive 🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show :) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... 🧠 SPONSORED BY BRILLIANT This episode is kindly supported by Brilliant, the best way to learn maths, science and computer science online. Brilliant focuses on helping you learn through interactive courses that work to develop your intuition and first principles knowledge, rather than just memorising methods and facts. Sign up at https://brilliant.org/deepdive - the first 200 people will receive 20% off the annual premium subscription. 👋🏼 GET IN TOUCH You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, ideas or thoughts about the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏 PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜

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Hey friends, in this weeks episode I chat to YouTuber and Ironman athlete @natachaoceane. Natacha quit her PhD in Biophysics to start a YouTube channel that tests fitness theories and translates the science behind health and fitness to address information gaps. In our conversation we chat about her feelings around quitting academia, fears of putting herself on the internet and how she built mental resilience and self awareness through athletic performance. 

Season 1 Episode 10

First 200 get 20% off the annual premium subscription for Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/deepdive

00:00 Intro 
1:30 Ironman Triathlon
12:42 Goals & Control 
18:33 Unlocking performance & Resilience 
23:40 Quitting 
34:18 Starting YouTube & Misinformation
44:40 Content Creation
56:55 Self-awareness
1:10:27 Rapid Fire Questions

🔗 CONNECT WITH NATACHA 

📹 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/NatachaOc%C3%A9anefit
📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/natacha.oceane/?hl=en
🏋🏻‍♀️ Website - https://natachaoceane.com/

🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 

🎥 YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/aliabdaal
🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal
📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal
💻 Website - https://aliabdaal.com
👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/

📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED

Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins - https://geni.us/fI9IM
The One Thing by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan - https://geni.us/kAMgB
Mastery by Robert Green - https://geni.us/MV8a
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain - https://geni.us/XuvdkP6

📄SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT

Visit the website for the transcript and highlights from the conversation - https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/

🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover their journey's towards finding joy and fulfilment at work and in life. In each episode our host Ali Abdaal talks to his guests about their philosophies, strategies and tools that have helped them along their personal path to living a life of happiness and meaning. There's no manual for living a happy life, but we hope that from these shared experiences you'll leave each episode with practical advice you can use to help you along the way. 

🎧 LISTEN FOR FREE 
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7gZkflC...
RSS - https://feeds.transistor.fm/deep-dive

🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW 

If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show :) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...

🧠 SPONSORED BY BRILLIANT

This episode is kindly supported by Brilliant, the best way to learn maths, science and computer science online. Brilliant focuses on helping you learn through interactive courses that work to develop your intuition and first principles knowledge, rather than just memorising methods and facts. Sign up at https://brilliant.org/deepdive - the first 200 people will receive 20% off the annual premium subscription.

👋🏼 GET IN TOUCH 

You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, ideas or thoughts about the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏

PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜

The podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. In each episode, YouTuber, Podcaster and soon to be author Ali has conversations with guests from wide-ranging areas around the five pillars of a good life: health, wealth, love, happiness and impact - to empower you to live your best life. 

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Building a 2.3 Million Follower Brand While Studying - Natacha Océane

How I Built a 2.3 Million Follower Brand WHILST Studying - Natacha Océane

Mental strength is the ability to control your mind instead of being controlled by it. Becoming mentally strong doesn’t mean you are able to completely control everything that goes on in your head.Mental strength means understanding which parts of your mind you can control and being able to do it well when it matters. You may not be able to control whether a random worry pops into your mind. But you can control whether you keep worrying about it.There are usually 3 factors that sabotage our emotional strenth: 1. Emotional dishonesty2. Destructive mental time travel3. Unhealthy impulses

Like any kind of training, building mental strength requires a commitment to good habits and practices over time. However, some of these practices can be daunting especially if you have to think of how big of a change in character and lifestyle you have to make in order to be mentally strong. You would have already given up before you've even started. Just like your with your least favorite vegetable or a bitter medicine, how about about taking them in small doses at a time?Here are 3 small changes you can make that can make a difference

How to deal with the 3 Factors that Sabotage our Mental Strength

This habit is so simple that it’s incredibly easy to miss.There'a a chance that you're not quite as honest about your emotions—especially the really difficult ones—as you’d like to believe.ou had a big argument with your spouse last night. This morning, your coworker asks you how you’re doing. You instantly do the textbook 'Im good' of emotional dishonesty because it’s not appropriate to talk about personal issues at work. While its inappropriate to go into detail, that doesn’t mean you can't be honest with how you feel at all. A simple, "I’m doing okay but I had kind of a stressful night."

1.Emotional Dishonesty: Not Being honest about how you feelings

First of all, Do you really know how you feel? Sure you know that you feel upset. But what emotions specifically are you feeling?<ul><li>Are you feeling angry? If so, what type of anger—frustrated, mad, irritated?</li><li>Or maybe you’re feeling hurt… But what type of hurt? Do you feel sad or disappointed? Regretful or ashamed?</li><li>Or maybe—and much more likely—you’re feeling some combination of emotions… Mostly disappointed, but also a bit mad and anxious as well.</li></ul>

Know how you really feel

Even though you may intellectually know you're not ok,if you're in the habit of avoiding talking about how you feel, you’re training your brain to think that painful feelings are things to be avoided and feared and that is a set-up for emotional fragility and pain.By taking even 3 seconds to acknowledge your emotions honestly to yourself and to others, rather than avoiding them, you're teaching your brain that, however painful, difficult emotions aren’t dangerous.

And teach your brain that difficult emotions aren't dangerous

The majority of emotional suffering is a direct result of too much mental time travel.Mental time travel is the amazing ability we have to think about the future with our imagination or relive events from the past out of memory. While this can serve as a warning and help us plan and prepare for the future, this can also hurt us if used inappropriately.

2. Destructive Mental Time Travel: Resisting the unnecessary

Anxiety. The vast majority of anxiety comes from unhelpful thinking about the future. Know when to use your mental time travel ability.Shame. Many instances of depression and low self-esteem are driven by powerful mental habits of self-criticism and self-judgment. Though these painful mental habits can help you become a better person and improve your relationship with others, they can be horribly destructive if allowed to run wild.Aggression and resentment. Ruminating on other people’s mistakes and shortcomings can quickly lead to excessive levels of anger, resentment, aggression, and conflict

Hurt us how?

Cultivate the ability to hold your attention in the present moment. Use your ability to mentally time travel mindfully, not mindlesslyWhen faced with a challenging situation, keep your attention on that current situation, don't replay any upsetting past event to add to what you're already dealing with. Focus on what you currently have to do, or better, focus on the upside.When going for a run, instead of replaying a fight you had w/ your spouse last night or worrying about your exam tomorrow, focus on how it feels to run and be outdoors,how the wind feels on your face or the music on your ipod

The Antidote to destructive mental time travel:

All too often, our best intentions get sabotaged by our own minds: impulsive reactions, cravings, fears, and the like.Resist these unhealthy impulses and cravings by shifting your focus onto your values: why you want to resist that impulse in the first place?If you’re feeling the impulse to eat a second serving of dessert, don't just repeat 'don’t eat the dessert', over and over. Instead think about why you want to resist that craving in the first place. Maybe you value loosing weight and improving your health, or looking good at the beach this summer

3. Unhealthy impulses:  Outcompete them with your values

Then, once you’ve figured out at least one good value behind your desire to resist your craving, clarify and justify it: what are its benefits and advantages? What are the benefits of losing weight and getting healthy? What will you be able to do when you're healthier? How will it make you feel: will it give you more confidence, will it make your home life happier?

Clarify and Justify your Values

Mental illness can creep up when you least expect it. It pays to be mentally strong & prepared at all times

The best way to achieve mental strength and emotional resilience is to focus on building habits that will lead to them over time.

How to Bolster Your Mental Health

For many, body satisfaction and self-esteem can feel almost elusive. In a world so full of comparisons and virtually unattainable standards, It’s hard to feel truly happy with yourself when you see a lot of idealized standards that you know are difficult or impossible to achieve.That’s why it’s such good news to find out that self-esteem can improve naturally as you grow older! This means that things get better, and you have a good chance of increasing your happiness simply through perseverance. Keep in mind that you need to want these changes and work towards them for the best results!

Age Helps Improving Perception Of Self.

For many, body satisfaction and self-esteem can feel almost elusive. In a world so full of comparisons and virtually unattainable standards, you may start to despair. It’s hard to feel truly happy with yourself when you see a lot of idealized standards that you know are difficult or impossible to achieve.That’s why it’s such good news to find out that self-esteem can improve naturally as you grow older! This means that things get better, and you have a good chance of increasing your happiness simply through perseverance. Keep in mind that you need to want these changes and work towards them for the best results!

Being enlightened is a matter of right understanding and knowledge about reality.

Body satisfaction and self-esteem increases as we age, says one study. Learn why you grow in confidence with the wisdom or age.

Body Satisfaction and Self-Esteem Improve With Age, According to Study

What you do really matters when it comes to your health. Morning stretches are important for your body to help kick-start your <a href="https://megabloginfo.com/pre-workout-smoothies/">energy levels </a>and to help circulation. Your level of physical activity, along with your <a href="https://megabloginfo.com/what-to-eat-before-the-morning-workout/">dietary choices, affects your daily perform</a>ance<a href="https://megabloginfo.com/what-to-eat-before-the-morning-workout/"> </a>and your risk of a number of diseases, including <a href="https://megabloginfo.com/unhealthy-eating-habits-diseases/">heart disease and some types of cancer</a>. 5-10 minutes Stretching early in the morning in bed can be a safe and beneficial activity for healthy adults and seniors that will help you improve.

Morning Stretches

Lie on your back, bend your knees and place your feet on the floor. With your hands, pull both knees towards your chest at the same time until you feel a stretch in the lower back. Hold both knees for 2-3 seconds and take 6-8 breaths. Repeat 3-5 times daily in the morning.steps:<ol><li>Lie on your back with feet on the floor</li><li>Pull both knees with your hands towards your chest</li><li>Hold for 4-5 seconds until You should feel a mild lower back by this stretch</li><li>Repeat 3-5 times every day</li></ol>

Double Knee-to-chest stretches

Morning stretches are important for your body to help kick-start your energy levels. Can help Reducing pain, chronic and mental conditions

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