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If you’re anything like me, and you find yourself questioning the idea that starvation and loneliness are equally life-threatening, let me share the study that really brought all of this together for me. In a meta-analysis of studies on loneliness, researchers Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Timothy B. Smith, and J. Bradley Layton found the following: Living with air pollution increases your odds of dying early by 5 percent. Living with obesity, 20 percent. Excessive drinking, 30 percent. And living with loneliness? It increases our odds of dying early by 45 percent.
Atlas of the Heart : Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brown, Bren
Upsell As Many Times As It Makes Sense To. The rental car agency had lots of upsells. The burger place had lots of upsells. My gyms had lots of upsells. Gym Launch had lots of upsells. Offer as many solutions as there are problems you can solve. Don’t be shy. If you can solve it, offer to. The second worst thing that happens is they say no. The worst thing is if they would’ve said yes but you never asked.
$100M Money Models: How to Make Money
Alex Hormozi
Jobs helped improve some of the games by pushing the chips to produce fun designs, and Bushnell’s inspiring willingness to play by his own rules rubbed off on him. In addition, he intuitively appreciated the simplicity of Atari’s games. They came with no manual and needed to be uncomplicated enough that a stoned freshman could figure them out. The only instructions for Atari’s Star Trek game were “1. Insert quarter. 2. Avoid Klingons.”
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
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