A 1-minute, Monday-Friday email, to help busy professionals move more, eat better, and think clearer.
⏱️ Mano Minute (11/3): Mano Monday!
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⏱️ Mano Minute (11/3): Mano Monday! Mano Minute Schedule 💬 Quote of the Week 🤔 Reflection It means you’re open. Curious. Willing to learn instead of trying to prove. I’ve learned that not being the smartest person in the room is actually the best spot to be in The start of a new month is the same way. A chance to learn something new, try something different, or get better at something you’ve been avoiding. Begin again. That’s where the growth happens. Let’s have a week! |
Mano Minute
A 1-minute, Monday-Friday email, to help busy professionals move more, eat better, and think clearer.
Mano Minute (3/20): The 12 years no one talks about ⏳ The average lifespan in the United States is 76.1 years. The average healthspan is 63.7 years. That is a 12 year gap. Healthspan is the number of years you live in good health, free from chronic disease, disability, and significant decline. Lifespan is just how long you are alive. Most conversations about longevity focus on living longer. But the more important question is how you are living during those years. That 12 year difference...
Mano Minute (3/19): Your brain can only handle four habits at a time 🔄 We try to change too many things at once. New diet, new workout plan, better sleep schedule, daily journaling, less screen time. All at the same time. And by week three, most of it falls apart. Here is why. The human brain cannot sustainably stick to more than about five new habits at a time. And even five is pushing it. The more decisions you have to make each day about new behaviors, the faster your willpower runs out....
Mano Minute (3/18): What happens while you sleep 🧠 For a long time, I thought sleep was just one thing. You close your eyes, you rest, you wake up. Turns out, there is a lot more going on. Your brain cycles through distinct stages throughout the night. The two main categories are NREM and REM. NREM stands for Non Rapid Eye Movement sleep. This is where your body does its physical repair work. Tissue rebuilding, immune system strengthening, and growth hormone release all happen here. NREM...