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Layer 1: An ancient part of the brain, at its base, found in species from humans to geckos. This layer mediates automatic, regulatory functions. If body temperature drops, this brain region senses it and commands muscles to shiver. If blood glucose levels plummet, that’s sensed here, generating hunger. If an injury occurs, a different loop initiates a stress response.
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky
How to Improve Confidence
Summary:
Start with collecting some personal data, and then you go and you say, ok, try to find some patterns. when your stress levels are up, and what you do about it when it's down. I love this because you can learn about yourself. And then as you go on line and you start goggling things, grab a book, listen to a podcast we you how to improve confidence and list and find these experts out there.
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Notice when your stress levels are up, and what you do about it when it's down. Start with collecting some personal data, and then you go and you say, ok, try to find some patterns. Oh, in the morning, i have tons of energy. I'm really good. Oh, one six o'clock hids, i notice i'm a lot more irritable. I'm i'm a lot more impulsive. And then what you do, as you go on line and you start goggling things, grab a book, listen to a podcast we you how to improve confidence and list and find these experts out there. I love this because you can learn about yourself.
#137 Justin Su'a — Peak Mental Performance
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Finding the right balance between cooperation and competition has been the goal and bane of Western politics for centuries
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Matt Ridley
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