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💨 What invisible force I felt:
As I was surrounded by funnel cakes, ice cream, and alcohol, I felt this invisible force. And even though I have mastered this force in my regular life, pulled out of my normal routine, I got to re-see what people experience when they are trying to make a diet change.
So I decided to open up a training in the "Success Blueprint" module of Meat Health Academy that talks about taking control of this force which, when you do, "pulls" you to success. When you take control of this force you no longer have to rely on "push" motivation (willpower), which ultimately results in failure.
NOTE: You will need to click "create a new account" (if you don't have one yet). Then in the top right, click your name, and click "My Dashboard." Then you can access all the Program Previews within Meat Health Academy. This one on the invisible force
is under the "Success Blueprint" module, 9th training in that section.
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🥇 Who won the giveaway:
As I mentioned last week, I did a podcast with Judy Cho that came out last week (now Live on YouTube) where we talk about the " Meat Health Method," the system we use in Meat Health Academy to optimize your diet, for you.
To compliment the podcast we decided to run a special giveaway which included lifetime access to Meat Health Academy as well as a copy of Judy's book, Carnivore Cure.
Congrats to Olivia and Tami who were the giveaway winners!
Thanks for following along on Instagram and participating!
Also, if you haven't had a chance to listen / watch the podcast yet, I think you'll enjoy it as we discuss:
- Tips for breaking through weight loss stalls
- Women in their 50’s+ and hormones (women vs men - diet and exercise)
- How many calories to eat (should you include carbs?)
- The fat lever. And fat-loss sprints.
- Is exercise necessary for optimal health? Muscle?
- Who is Meat Health Academy for (more about the program)
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📚 What I'm reading:
Over the last couple years I've started reading far more book summaries. I've found that many books have great ideas which can be summarized in a few paragraphs, but are expanded upon with antidotes to create a book that can be sold. While expanding on the main arguments with stories helps solidify understanding by providing various contexts, if it's not a new idea, I don't feel like I need the "fluff." However, through these synopses, I find new ideas that I want to dive deeper
into, and then I buy the book.
I've found book summaries to be a great way to reinforce ideas I'm familiar with while vetting books before committing. Here's a list of " books to read in 2021" none of which I'll likely read, but which I found the simple summaries to share some important ideas.
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🎨 How to be a part time creator:
Last week I shared a framework I like to use called IKIGAI, a Japanese concept meaning "a reason for being."
It says you should find:
- What you LOVE
- What the world NEEDS
- What you can be PAID FOR
- What you are GOOD AT
And when you find this intersection, you can really start living on purpose and finding fulfillment.
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🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:
"What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other,
citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic."
– Carl Sagan
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🧪 What experiment is running the economy:
There was a famous experiment conducted in 1972 at Stanford called the Marshmallow Experiment. In the experiment they offered kids a marshmallow that they could eat right away, or if they waited 15 minutes in the room without eating the marshmallow they could have an extra one. In follow-up studies, researchers found that the kids who were able to delay gratification tended to have better life outcomes such as higher SAT scores and educational attainment and healthier BMIs as well as
other life measures.
Our economy is setup to incentivize eating the marshmallow right away as purchasing power shrinks over time (via inflation), fueling consumption over saving. This has significant implications.
To see how this can impact an economy let's take a hypothetical example of 2 fishermen, "Now" and "Later," who start catching fish with their bare hands.
"Now" spends 8 hours a day catching fish to fill his belly. "Later" spends 6 hours catching fish, and spends 2 hours each day building a fishing rod at the expense of suffering from a bit of hunger. The following week "Now" continues to catch the same number of fish in 8 hours, just enough to fill his belly, but "Later" catches an equivalent amount in just 4 hours with his new fishing rod. "Later" then uses his newly found 4 hours (and full belly) to build a boat, which then enables
him to go out to sea and catch even more fish, bigger fish, fish never seen before. He can provide for himself, his family, his community, and with the proceeds continue to innovate and improve the quality of life for everyone around him, while "Now" is stuck struggling day after day just able to catch enough fish to fill his own belly with little to no ability to support his community.
A "Fiat Standard" incentivizes "Now" behavior via a shrinking marshmallow. While a "Bitcoin Standard" incentivizes "Later" behavior via a marshmallow that expands over time.
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4️⃣ What 4 "S"s improve testosterone:
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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!
Kevin
P.S.
Happy Father's Day to all the amazing Dads out there!
"Having children is like living in a frat house. Nobody sleeps, everything is broken, and there's a lot of throwing up" - Ray Romano
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