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What about the iPhone 6+? Yes, its a huge improvement over the
iPhone 5. BUT, it has the same processor as the Samsung SIII. The
same processor as a phone that came out two years ago.
An amazing thing happened after the Gutenberginvented press started mass-producing books:
Everyone realized they were far-sighted.
Back to chemistry:
DuPonts year over year earnings growth: 51%.
But there is an exercise that solves the issue: Every hour, stand up with
feet at hip distance apart, inhale, put your hands on your lower back and
look up, then exhale and bend the torso backwards slowly... Then stay
there for one or two breaths (I usually max out at one and a half breaths),
then INHALE to come back up. If you exhale when coming back up
youll get dizzy.
What you do every day (active motion) is more important than what
you do once in a while (hard-core workouts).
I do this exercise because it completely has eliminated back pain for me.
Here are the 10 ideas I wrote down for myself to make sure I remain
physically active, healthy, and energetic...
#1 The body is totally stiff in the morning and it can use a good
stretch. Claudia insists that I do one sitting forward bend every day
and I hate it, but I do it anyway because I feel the tension of the
hamstrings release as I breathe into it. There is an easier version,
which is to stand up, bend over and grab your elbows, relax the back
and breathe there, hanging from the waist down. When you come up
you feel like the world is all shiny and new...
Balancing also lights the brain on fire, activates the neurons, and
increases creativity.
#7 Distribute carrying weight efficiently. I see people in Grand Central
Station walking with their right shoulder one foot lower than their left
shoulder... Thats because they are carrying a heaving bag on the right
shoulder and theyve been doing it for years... Amazing how much you
can tell by posture. Dont do that to yourself. Distribute carrying weight
so that both arms have about the same amount of weight. Your body will
thank you.
Bet you that just reading that made you do it. It is amazing how often
we tense our face and shoulders during the day. That costs you
energy you dont need to spend.
The trick here is: make sure the dishes are spotless. Theres something
very beautiful about the focus required to wash dishes correctly. Its
good exercise for the brain.
#10 This may sound like a funny one, but if you have lots of back pain,
it may be because your financial issues are stressing you too much.
There is a guy called Sarno who wrote a book that even Howard Stern
recommended. Sarno says that too much financial stress on our system
blocks blood flow into the tissues that support the structure of the back.
It appears that our back has been hurt, but in reality, we cant handle the
stress.
If this is happening to you, make a plan for dealing with the stress going
forward. Dont try to bury it... Your back will pay.
fall of prices, and takes advantage of the only true scarcity: human
attention.
Kevin came up with the concept that all you need to make a living
(and buy back your freedom) is 1000 true fans. Ill write more on
this later, but you can read about it on his excellent blog, kk.org.
Suffice it to say, anything Kevin says is valuable. And I encourage
everyone to read him.
A few years ago he wrote his 10 Rules for the New Economy. The
list can also be found on his blog, but I wanted to reprint it here.
That means just 15 years ago, there was a person alive who actually
met Vincent Van Gogh.
The thing about living long is that it has nothing to do with medicine.
This is basically the entire flaw of medicine. Most drugs cover
symptoms, or even get rid of symptoms, but they dont cure the
underlying causes.
I hate to say it, but keep a low carb diet. I love pasta. I can eat
it breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But every research shows its
probably not good for you. Which kills me. But Id rather it kill
me metaphorically than in real life.
When people asked Jeanne Clement how she lived so long, she
never once gave modern medicine as the answer.
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lways be active. Retirement is a myth of the Factory Age
where you get a gold watch after 50 years of service and then
die a year later. Keep active doing things you enjoy and being
around people you love.
For one thing, we know that having good genes is good for longevity.
But genes can be overcome in a variety of ways. Ive spent the past
ten years studying the lives of people who live past 100.
Doctors should be forced to do this study.
L earn how to forgive. The weight of anger will bring you down
to the earth and below.
When were young, we often prepare for a good life. Were ambitious
and hungry and we want to succeed.
What did Jeanne Clement have to say about Vincent Van Gogh,
who would buy canvas at her fathers general store? He was Dirty.
Disagreeable. And badly depressed. Not a good combination if you
want to make friends.
But at a certain point, you want to start preparing for a good death.
This doesnt mean death TOMORROW, it means that your life should
be pleasant enough that death is far, far away. That, to me, is a good
death.
Clement rode her bicycle until she was 100, despite not being very
athletic. She lived on her own until she was 110, when she finally
moved into a nursing home.
How come?
Because companies dont like people.
SEVEN.
Its scary.
-James Altucher