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This week, we bring you tips on how to make your life effortless and how to practice trust. Moving onto health and fitness, listen to a podcast on how to reduce stress and, read a study on how to design the ultimate workout.
On the innovation side, a new computer simulation has discovered that alien civilisations could colonise an entire galaxy, and a Japanese stationary company is producing edible notepads. To distract yourself, read a blog post about how aliens could become our new gods, and check out a photo of the ISS in motion.
Finally, for entertainment, Bill Gates has a great summer reading list and listen to a podcast about Winston Churchill and his fraught family life.
Enjoy!
Bilal
4 Steps for Leading With Honesty and Openness (Addicted 2 Success, 4 min read)
If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, these words of wisdom could help you become the most open and honest leader. Work together with your team to meet the standards you set, and practice courage for tough situations.
The Practice of Trust (zenhabits, 2 min read)
It can be hard to practice trust, but we can remind ourselves that we can’t control everyone’s behaviour and we should feel comfortable with this, and trust ourselves to deal with challenges.
Podcast #716: How to Make Your Life More Effortless (The Art of Manliness, 50 min podcast)
This podcast discusses the topic of essentialism, how to get the important things done in the day, and the benefits of a slow and steady pace. Well worth a listen!
5 Out Of The Ordinary Ways Yoga Keeps You Fit (Pick the Brain, 3 min read)
Some health benefits of yoga includes relieving stress, building stamina, reducing chronic pain, and improving heart health.
How to Design the Ultimate Interval Workout (Outside Magazine, 3 min read)
A new meta-analysis of interval training studies crunches data from 29 different studies to determine the best workouts to enhance endurance.
#192 BITESIZE | Simple Daily Habits to Reduce Stress and Anxiety | Dr Mithu Storoni (Feel Better, Live More with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, 14 min podcast)
Dr. Rangan Chatterjee has an insightful chat with a neuroscientists and researcher who delves into the common causes of stress, how it affects health, and tips on how to combat stress.
Aliens Wouldn’t Need Warp Drives to Take Over an Entire Galaxy, Simulation Suggests (Gizmodo, 4 min read)
A computer simulation shows that a technologically advanced civilisation can colonise an entire galaxy, presenting the possibility for interstellar migration and the discovery of alien intelligence.
NASA’s Upcoming Megarocket Is Really Starting to Take Shape (Gizmodo, 3 min read)
Artemis I will travel280,000 miles to the Moon and back, in what will be a critically important test of NASA’s upcoming megarocket: the Space Launch System, or SLS.
Japanese Stationery Company Develops Edible Note Pads to Quiet Hunger Growls (Spoon & Tamago, 1 min read)
This Japanese stationary is made from wafer paper which you can use with edible ink, and it comes in four scents: vanilla, strawberry, orange, and curry. An invention to combat hunger pains while working.
Would UFO Aliens Be Our Gods? (Overcoming Bias, 3 min read)
This interesting blog post poses the question of whether we could view aliens similar to how Gods were worshipped in ancient times, treating them as unknown entities with high status.
Photo Taken From The ISS Visualizes How Fast The Space Station Moves (PetaPixel, 2 min read)
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has captured and shared an image that shows what it feels like to be traveling at about 17,400 miles per hour around the International Space Station.
Andy Weir on the Problem of Interstellar Travel (Literary Hub, 38 min podcast)
This podcast features Andy Weir, who has a different take on interstellar travel portrayed in his novel, Project Hail Mary. The story is about a cross-cultural and cross-species exchange and, of course science, problem-solving and heroism.
5 ideas for summer reading (Gates Notes, 4 min read)
Bill Gates’s summer reading list touches on what happens when people come into conflict with the world, well worth a look.
20 new books for your midsummer reading. (Literary Hub, 2 min read)
Check out this reading list of fiction books.
Podcast #717: The Fraught, Relatable Relationship Between Winston Churchill and His Son (The Art of Manliness, 50 min podcast)
The history of Churchill and his family life could provide entertainment for the weekend.
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