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Hunger

July 24, 2010
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Hunger is both real and imagined. First there is the real type of hunger, physiological hunger. It can be measured by changes in hormone levels and is thus quatifiable. Then there is the imagined type of hunger, psychological hunger. It can roughly be estimated by the number of McDonald signs encountered through the day, but [...]

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The Benefits of Boring

July 3, 2010
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Routine is good for the soul Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the Black Swan, once opined that when it coms to investing, one should put 90% of assets into low-risk investments, and the remaining 10% into high-risk investments. That way, one could get the upside of risk; graced by lady luck with a windfall. At [...]

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Lose 10lbs in 12hrs

June 23, 2010
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Here is a simple 3-step protocol to lose 10lbs in 12hours, guaranteed. Step 1: Do some depletion training Head over to the gym and do 5 sets of 20 reps for each major muscle group. Shoulders, chest, back, arms, legs, abs -  feel the burn! Step 2: Go back home and instead of eating anything, [...]

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Trigger Foods

May 29, 2010
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For many people, there is this class of foods which are deemed as trigger foods. Basically, these foods somehow make you want to eat more instead of satisfying you. Ever pick up a cookie, thinking that you could just eat one, and eating 10 instead? Or tell yourself that you were just going to eat [...]

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Defaults Matter

May 17, 2010

Good design is obsessed with a single goal: To allow the user access to all possible utilities with the least amount of effort. As a result, design does incorporate visual elements, but only because we as humans are such visual creatures; oftentimes the path of least resistance is the visual path. This has led to [...]

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I Train to Look Good and so do You!

April 27, 2010
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In my last post, I asked, ‘Why are you training anyway?‘. Turns out a lot of people have a flawed answer. Just pop by a commercial gym, and you’d see many people hammering away at their activities. You’d probably come across the sight of the young adolescent male doing his 5th set of bicep curls, [...]

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Why are you training anyway?

April 24, 2010
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To gym rats, the fitness junkies, and the washed-up meatheads. A message to you guys and gals: Ideally, we would be But of course, excuses get in the way.. Yet we certainly don’t want to have it take over our life, and have to ask That Said, I’m sure you have goals, and.. With that [...]

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Talk to a 90-Year-Old

April 17, 2010
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Talk to a 90-Year-Old. Not just any 90-Year-Old, but a happy and fulfilled 90-Year-Old who still has that youthful sparkle in their eyes. Ask them about what they thought about life, and I’d guarantee that you’d learn a fair bit. Most of all, ask them what they did in the past that they are happy [...]

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The Power of Anecdote

March 9, 2010
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As much as I like to based all my decisions on rational, quantifiable parameters, life is never like that. In fact, one of the key characteristics of being a good scientist is to recognise and acknowledge the failings of your knowledge. I’m no scientist, but I can surely say that in the realm of health [...]

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Being Obsessive vs Being Thorough

February 27, 2010
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I don’t believe one can plan too much. When I say that, I’m saying that it is always possible to be more thorough in your approach. However, it is possible to be too obsessive in your approach. There is a distinct difference: Being obsessive means that doing what you’re doing degrades the long-term quality of [...]

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