A&B #46

Hey friends,

Last week's most clicked-on link was about

. Over 50% of people clicked on it so I'm including it again in case you missed it.

Speaking of popular links, here's a link to

my most popular podcast

. It's with Morgan Housel, the author of

The Psychology of Money

.

Lastly, I wrote a thread with 10 tips for content creators,

Alright, let's dive into this week's newsletter.

📚 Book Lessons:

This week's book is The Sh*t They Never Taught You by Adam Ashton and Adam Jones.The book contains 100+ summaries of popular non-fiction books. The book is great for reviewing important lessons from books you've already read or learning more about books that you've had on your TBR list for quite some time.One book summary that caught my eye was from the book Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink. Here are 3 lessons from it: 1) Eat SlowerStudies have found that it takes about 20 minutes for your body to realize it's full. If you're a fast eater, you may be consuming unnecessary extra empty calories.Eat slower and you'll give your body the chance to catch up and get cues that you're full earlier rather than later. 2) Use Smaller PlatesOne study found that people in movie theaters tended to stop eating their popcorn when they started getting close to the bottom of the popcorn bucket, regardless of the bucket size.That means people who had a large-sized box ate 53% more popcorn than those with a medium-sized box. What can we learn from this? It's not about how much you eat, per se, it's how much you think you've eaten.So, use this knowledge to your advantage and eat on smaller plates. Smaller plates mean you can't fit as much food as a big plate, and you'll eat less while still feeling as though you've eaten a full plate of food. 3) Reduce Barriers To Eating Healthy Foods You want to make eating healthy as easy as possible and eating unhealthy as hard as possible. So for foods you want to eat more of (like fruits and veggies) place them on your kitchen counter or in the front of your fridge so it's easy to grab.And for the foods you don't want to eat (like cookies or cake) place them on the top shelves or in the back of the fridge so it's much harder to access.  

✅ Actionable Advice:

1) Take your time while eating.

• Studies show it takes 20 minutes for your stomach to send a signal to your brain that you're full.

2) Use smaller plates.

• By using smaller plates, you'll eat less because you fit less food on a smaller plate.

• And you'll eat less because your body will see you already finished a full plate of food.

3) Make it easier to eat healthy foods and harder to eat unhealthy foods.

• Put the fruits and veggies in the front of your fridge so it's easier to grab.

• Put junk food in the back of the fridge or on the top of your shelves so it's harder to get to.

🎧 Podcast Update:

New podcast coming out later this week...In the meantime, check out these clips from my last podcast:

• THIS Is Normal When You First Try To Speed Read

• Speed Reading Tips From The World's Fastest Reader

📖 Reading Lesson:The ultimate reading hack:

• Put your phone on silent and place it in another room.

⭐️ Weekly Quote:"Read to collect the dots, write to connect them." –David Perell

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Thank you for your support everyone, I'll see you next Sunday!Read on,Alex W.