After the age of 35, most people make one huge mistake.
It's a mistake that ages you faster, hurts performance, and causes mental and physical decline.
Luckily, it's a mistake that's easy to avoid.
Want to know what it is? 👇
It's a mistake that ages you faster, hurts performance, and causes mental and physical decline.
Luckily, it's a mistake that's easy to avoid.
Want to know what it is? 👇
It's the mistake of setting aside "childish" things.
It's the mistake of throwing away hobbies, activities, and passions that fueled you in your youth...
...And replacing them with late nights, early mornings, and taxes.
But science tells us that this is misguided:
It's the mistake of throwing away hobbies, activities, and passions that fueled you in your youth...
...And replacing them with late nights, early mornings, and taxes.
But science tells us that this is misguided:
Because the "childish" things we enjoyed in our youth tend to be our "primary flow activities" as adults.
For me, this is skiing.
For you, it could be reading, coding, hiking, gardening, surfing, or basketball.
These activities provide a host of benefits that most overlook:
For me, this is skiing.
For you, it could be reading, coding, hiking, gardening, surfing, or basketball.
These activities provide a host of benefits that most overlook:
First: flow fights anxiety.
As we enter "the zone," stress hormones are flushed from our system and replaced by performance-enhancing neurochemicals.
When it comes to the topic of peak performance aging––and general well-being––the importance of this effect can't be overstated:
As we enter "the zone," stress hormones are flushed from our system and replaced by performance-enhancing neurochemicals.
When it comes to the topic of peak performance aging––and general well-being––the importance of this effect can't be overstated:
Anxiety produces inflammation, which accelerates aging.
Meanwhile, positive emotions stimulate the immune system and slow aging.
This means that sustaining peak performance into old age literally requires flow (which often requires "childish activities").
The second benefit?
Meanwhile, positive emotions stimulate the immune system and slow aging.
This means that sustaining peak performance into old age literally requires flow (which often requires "childish activities").
The second benefit?
Regular access to flow serves a similar function as therapy—it calms you down, keeps you out of your head, and widens your perspective.
The result? You're better, more productive, creative, calm, and effective.
The bottom line?
The result? You're better, more productive, creative, calm, and effective.
The bottom line?
If you want to kick ass until you kick the bucket, you need flow.
And the best way to get it is through the primary flow activities you've done most in your life.
So pick up the paintbrush, dust off the skis, heck, even load up your old copy of Mario Kart, and remember:
And the best way to get it is through the primary flow activities you've done most in your life.
So pick up the paintbrush, dust off the skis, heck, even load up your old copy of Mario Kart, and remember:
The next time that voice in your head tells you, "You're too old for this shit."
Tell it: "I'm too NOT to do this shit"
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Tell it: "I'm too NOT to do this shit"
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We have an enormous untapped resource of people who are checking out prematurely.
It's time to change the way the world thinks about the second half of their lives.
Don't be dead before you're dead.
Do you know anyone who's growing old? Give them this thread:
It's time to change the way the world thinks about the second half of their lives.
Don't be dead before you're dead.
Do you know anyone who's growing old? Give them this thread:
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