What I learned today…   #WhatILearnedToday 

Learning and education is important to me. As the year goes by I am collating some of my learnings and sharing here. Updates will be on an adhoc basis maybe weekly, maybe monthly, maybe longer.

January

Scientists have discovered a revolutionary new treatment that makes you live longer. It enhances your memory and makes you more creative. It makes you look more attractive. It keeps you slim and lowers food cravings. It protects you from cancer and dementia. It wards off colds and the flu. It lowers your risk of heart attacks and strokes, not to mention diabetes. You’ll even feel happier, less depressed, and less anxious.

Why we Sleep - Matthew Walker   (Optimize)

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Caring for a person with dementia - A practical guide - Alzheimer’s Society

Ideas for activities in:

• Reading books, newspapers or magazines. Also audiobooks, podcasts.

• Visit family or friends. Going on day trips or holidays.

• Look at past photographs, souvenirs from past events/holidays. Create a memory book/photo album

• Cook together

• Do puzzles, jigsaws, crosswords, word searches, sudoku

• Music/Singing

• Community activities

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Limitless - by Jim Kwik

The 3 M’s of learning /change :

• Mindset

• Motivation

• Method

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From meditation app:

That Sonder fosters empathy. 

Sonder - the realization that each random passer by is living a life as vivid and complex as your own

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Best year of your life

Sleep :

1. Glymphatic - wash cellular debris, folded proteins - Alz

2. Critical for Memory, hippocampus (learning/memory), short term memory to long term

3. Emotional regulation - first responders

400 miles of blood vessels in brain  

Brains as 86 Billion neurons, Single neuron can connect to 10,000 others

Sean Young, Stick with It 7 SCIENCE Tools for lasting Change

• Stepladders

• Community

• Important

• Easy

• Neurohacks

• Captivating

• Engrain