Stephen Collar

It could be a predator. It could also be an opportunity. Maybe this is something I can eat or have sex with, or it's something I got to run away from. So every time you're watching TV and you see that quick cut,

It could be a predator. It could also be an opportunity. Maybe this is something I can eat or have sex with, or it's something I got to run away from. So every time you're watching TV and you see that quick cut,

you're just chilling your brain freaks out you don't notice it but your brain goes is that a threat what just happened and it's blocking recovery so and i'm not saying tv bad i'm saying tv before bed TV before bed, bad.

you're just chilling your brain freaks out you don't notice it but your brain goes is that a threat what just happened and it's blocking recovery so and i'm not saying tv bad i'm saying tv before bed TV before bed, bad.

Social media, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Social media, yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know what is great? Books. Books. So, nobody wants to tell you this. I always tell people, they're like, well, there are so many choices, de-stressing-wise. Like, what do I do? And I'm like, it's simple, depending on how much time you have. If you've got five minutes, if you have five minutes of time, and you want to... reset your nervous system, there's certain things you want to do.

You know what is great? Books. Books. So, nobody wants to tell you this. I always tell people, they're like, well, there are so many choices, de-stressing-wise. Like, what do I do? And I'm like, it's simple, depending on how much time you have. If you've got five minutes, if you have five minutes of time, and you want to... reset your nervous system, there's certain things you want to do.

If you have six minutes, read a book. No, seven to 11 minutes. If you want to reset your nervous system really, really quickly, breathwork can't really do it until you get to about seven to 11. Seven, 11 breathwork. Yeah. So if you've got like literally six minutes of reading fiction, Six minutes of fiction. Fiction will calm your nervous system down. What's the best fiction? It doesn't matter.

If you have six minutes, read a book. No, seven to 11 minutes. If you want to reset your nervous system really, really quickly, breathwork can't really do it until you get to about seven to 11. Seven, 11 breathwork. Yeah. So if you've got like literally six minutes of reading fiction, Six minutes of fiction. Fiction will calm your nervous system down. What's the best fiction? It doesn't matter.

The thing you want to avoid here is like super fast-paced thriller fiction where it's making you a little more agitated. Like almost anything else will work. This is only reading or audible? I haven't seen data on audible and the nervous system. And what I really think is learning styles is kind of crap.

The thing you want to avoid here is like super fast-paced thriller fiction where it's making you a little more agitated. Like almost anything else will work. This is only reading or audible? I haven't seen data on audible and the nervous system. And what I really think is learning styles is kind of crap.

Like there was this idea that some people are visual learners and somebody who's auditory on somebody who's kinesthetic and we're all sort of blended, but there are handfuls of people who are just, they're audible learners, right? They need to learn that way. But as a general rule, if you can avoid audio books, if you've got a job where you're stopping traffic a lot or something like that,

Like there was this idea that some people are visual learners and somebody who's auditory on somebody who's kinesthetic and we're all sort of blended, but there are handfuls of people who are just, they're audible learners, right? They need to learn that way. But as a general rule, if you can avoid audio books, if you've got a job where you're stopping traffic a lot or something like that,

Yeah, listen to podcasts, read audiobooks for sure. But if you can avoid them, and the reason is we know when you listen or read electronic books instead of actual physical books,

Yeah, listen to podcasts, read audiobooks for sure. But if you can avoid them, and the reason is we know when you listen or read electronic books instead of actual physical books,

retain less and it's because the part of our brain that developed for memory is the hippocampus it originated from map making your brain is that you were hunter-gatherer where is the cave with the saber-tooth tiger so i could avoid it where's the ripe fruit tree come springtime where's the good watering hole right this is what the brain was designed to evolve so we use the thickness of a book

retain less and it's because the part of our brain that developed for memory is the hippocampus it originated from map making your brain is that you were hunter-gatherer where is the cave with the saber-tooth tiger so i could avoid it where's the ripe fruit tree come springtime where's the good watering hole right this is what the brain was designed to evolve so we use the thickness of a book

the geography of a book literally to help us with memory so your brain won't just remember the fact it remembers where like this if you tell me about your favorite books and you tell me about your favorite quotes i'll bet i can say where in the book is that quote you can sort of give me a general geographical reason and you a lot of people can tell you where on the page it is and that's why

the geography of a book literally to help us with memory so your brain won't just remember the fact it remembers where like this if you tell me about your favorite books and you tell me about your favorite quotes i'll bet i can say where in the book is that quote you can sort of give me a general geographical reason and you a lot of people can tell you where on the page it is and that's why