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We accepted the idea that what was good for financial markets was good for everyone and structured our economy to drive stock prices ever higher, convincing ourselves that “the market” of stocks, bonds, and derivatives was the same as Adam Smith’s market of real goods and services exchanged by ordinary people.
Science has provided guidance: Ask others about their beliefs and values. Ask them about experiences and those moments that caused them to change. Ask how they feel, rather than about facts. Reframe your questions so they are deeper. Ask follow-ups. And as people expose their vulnerabilities, reveal something about yourself. It will be less uncomfortable than you imagine. It will be more fascinating than you think. And it might lead to a moment of true connection.
Supercommunicators
Charles Duhigg
A Switch-Informed Dietary Plan to Lose Weight
**To Stimulate Fat Burning Diet**
•Low-carb or keto diet preferred, especially for the first month.
•Switch Diet or Mediterranean diet (with more stringent restriction of high-glycemic carbs, salty foods, and umami) may be used as an alternative.
•Drink at least eight glasses of water a day.
•Reduce salt intake to 5–6 grams daily (though you may want to ingest more if you sweat a lot during exercise, and you can be more liberal with salt if you are on a low-carb diet).
•Intermittently fast one or two days a week as tolerated, using a 16:8-hour schedule (optional).
•Minimize or avoid alcohol.
Supplements
•Daily vitamin C supplement of 500 mg or less.
**To Rebuild Your Energy Factories**
Exercise
•One hour, three to four times a week, in Zone 2.
Diet and supplements (optional)
•Dark chocolate or epicatechin.
•Green tea.
Nature Wants Us to Be Fat
Richard Johnson and David Perlmutter
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