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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
Reading (learning) is the ultimate meta-skill and can be traded for anything else.
Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss
If you are closing 70 percent of your leads, your pricing is too low. You are stretching too much to win work. Losing jobs is a blessing. Keep your head up and move along. Go find that customer who is willing to pay for what you have to offer and treat you with respect along the way.
The Sweaty Startup
Nick Huber
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