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🦷 What talk had mixed reviews -Â
- A couple weeks ago, Dr. Shawn Baker had me on the MeatRx podcast to talk about the carnivore diet. As a dentist I guess it made sense that I got a lot of questions about fluoride, root canals, and teeth whitening.
- This morning I was reading through the comments and saw a lot of dissenting opinions. And I get it. Health conscious people, like myself, often want things to be black or white, good or bad, ok or off limits. However, there is often nuance. It's important to consider if there might occasionally be some "shades of grey."Â
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📑 What behaviors I'm working on -Â
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 📙 What strange book I'm recommending -Â
- Many people have extra time on their hands right now. It's a good time to read a book. And I've been recommending a strange one that was originally published in 1940. Last year I picked up this esoteric book called "How to Read a Book." I mean, I thought I already knew, but this book informed me that was only half true. Here's a good
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🚀 What is max social distancing -
- Scott Kelly spent a year in space. Social distancing to the max. And he shared some great tips on isolation. But really, I think this advice applies most of the time.
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🧠What quote I've been thinking about -
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"At the higher levels of competitive swimming, something like an inversion of attitude takes place. The very features of the sport that the "C" swimmer finds unpleasant, the top level swimmer enjoys. What others see as boring—swimming back and forth over a black line for two hours—they find peaceful, even meditative, often challenging, or
therapeutic. They enjoy hard practices, look forward to difficult competitions, try to set difficult goals. Coming into the 5:30 A.M. practices at Mission Viejo, many of the swimmers were lively, laughing, talking, enjoying themselves, perhaps appreciating the fact that most people would positively hate doing it. It is incorrect to believe that top athletes suffer great sacrifices to achieve their goals. Often, they don't see what they do as sacrificial at all. They like it."
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– Daniel Chambliss
American sociologist, on how top performers feel about hard work
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💲 What I sent to my Dad -Â
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 😂 What is never allowed -
- Last week I mentioned how I'm using my time away from the gym to work on mobility/flexibility. I didn't know it'd make me such a Happy Baby. But everyone knows, it's common etiquette not to film the Happy Baby.
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As always, it's an absolute pleasure and an honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!
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Kevin
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A Saturday morning roundup on health and wealth, art and science, creativity and innovation, laughs and life by Kevin Stock.
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