Dr. Peter Diamandis
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So these are the routines that you do that feel natural. And if you don't have the routines, you find yourself in a position of renegotiating things with yourself. And a routine becomes a habit, which is the mechanism by which you don't negotiate with yourself. It's what I do. It's who I am. It becomes identity. It becomes identity.
So these are the routines that you do that feel natural. And if you don't have the routines, you find yourself in a position of renegotiating things with yourself. And a routine becomes a habit, which is the mechanism by which you don't negotiate with yourself. It's what I do. It's who I am. It becomes identity. It becomes identity.
A routine that I want to have?
A routine that I want to have?
And by the way, if you're dictatorial on it and you don't give yourself the ability to forgive yourself for eating something that just couldn't help, That's not healthy either, right? To rigidity is not good. I mean, it's like, give yourself credit for what you're able to do. And one of the other things, by the way, I'll come back to your question in a moment, is be careful at night.
And by the way, if you're dictatorial on it and you don't give yourself the ability to forgive yourself for eating something that just couldn't help, That's not healthy either, right? To rigidity is not good. I mean, it's like, give yourself credit for what you're able to do. And one of the other things, by the way, I'll come back to your question in a moment, is be careful at night.
I mean, night is when things break down, right? You have a certain amount of willpower. Yeah. And you know this, right? Of course. You have your greatest willpower in the morning. And as you've had an exhausting day, I battled, oh my God, I deserve that piece of cake. Damn it, I worked hard today. You know, I think I...
I mean, night is when things break down, right? You have a certain amount of willpower. Yeah. And you know this, right? Of course. You have your greatest willpower in the morning. And as you've had an exhausting day, I battled, oh my God, I deserve that piece of cake. Damn it, I worked hard today. You know, I think I...
want more meditative time in my life, and I need more stretching time in my life. So those two things are probably, if I had to move the needle, I have to let go of something else. There is one thing that all humans have in common, all humans, everywhere, from Elon Musk to the poorest child, it's 24 hours a day, seven days in a week, 365 in a year. It's how we use our time that is everything.
want more meditative time in my life, and I need more stretching time in my life. So those two things are probably, if I had to move the needle, I have to let go of something else. There is one thing that all humans have in common, all humans, everywhere, from Elon Musk to the poorest child, it's 24 hours a day, seven days in a week, 365 in a year. It's how we use our time that is everything.
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It is. Not being interrupted throughout the night. Yeah. So I use an Oura Ring to gamify my sleep. I have an eight-sleep mattress. How helpful is that? It is because I think one of the things that lets me sleep through the night is having a mattress that cools me down. And I can shape the temperature curve to the night and it warms up in the morning. To wake you up. To wake me up.
It is. Not being interrupted throughout the night. Yeah. So I use an Oura Ring to gamify my sleep. I have an eight-sleep mattress. How helpful is that? It is because I think one of the things that lets me sleep through the night is having a mattress that cools me down. And I can shape the temperature curve to the night and it warms up in the morning. To wake you up. To wake me up.
I've just added a set of full spectrum lights that as the sun sets, the lights become, you see the sun setting and getting red. And then in the morning, the lights come on in a blue, you know, and so this is about controlling your cortisol levels and just getting you started for the day. And so these are things that you can do.
I've just added a set of full spectrum lights that as the sun sets, the lights become, you see the sun setting and getting red. And then in the morning, the lights come on in a blue, you know, and so this is about controlling your cortisol levels and just getting you started for the day. And so these are things that you can do.
I mean, you have to remember, all of this got programmed 200,000 years ago. You know, we lived outside. We were in nature. We were in nature. You know, we're grounded, feet on the ground. We woke up when the sun came up, went to sleep when the sun went down.
I mean, you have to remember, all of this got programmed 200,000 years ago. You know, we lived outside. We were in nature. We were in nature. You know, we're grounded, feet on the ground. We woke up when the sun came up, went to sleep when the sun went down.
But it was predation, and it was infection, and it was a whole slew of other things.
But it was predation, and it was infection, and it was a whole slew of other things.