Solutions Manual
A working manual for the whole of a life: body, mind, work and the relationships that carry it. Co-written by a surgeon and a performance specialist. For people who would rather run their lives by design.
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Episode 48 – The Sound of Music with Rob Stephenson (opens the original)
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Rob Stephenson is a wellbeing practitioner, keynote speaker and… a working DJ. He works with founders, leaders and organisations on sustainable performance, bringing together science, storytelling and music.In this very special episode, we talk about how music and sound can be used intentionally to change our mood, improve our productivity and decision-making, and enjoyment of the present. Rob guides us through a bespoke piece to show how we can help our brain go from overstimulated and busy to
Walk Without Input (opens the original)
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I counted 98 out of 100 people this week walking with something. (I stopped at 100 for the purpose of this article.) Headphones, or head down on their phone, or having a full conversation on speaker phone. Some of those conversations probably should be behind closed doors. Or in the bank. One girl was also reading, somehow.When did you last walk without input?Your attention is a resource. It takes effort and inhibition to stay on a task and suppress everything else and depletes with use. You c
Never disclose your health status to your employer (opens the original)
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I am not in my daughter’s class WhatsApp groups. I have never been. I despise the daily noise about who left what in which classroom, where is the link to the homework assignment, and what Johnny said to Nina. My wife boldly handles this stuff, and I am grateful for that. There is one group for the class, one for the whole year, one about a sports day, one “legacy group” that nobody can recall why it was created, one about items that were lost and want to to found, one about the most recent clas
Episode 47 – Managing the Spend (opens the original)
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In this episode we talk about the importance of our personal energy flow and why we should care (a lot) about our own individual energy drains and ways of recharging all of our energy tanks. We know how much money we have. One hour for us is the same as one hour for you. Energy is one of our personal resources that we can truly manage – if we build the self-awareness and intentionality around it. Instead of trying to “manage” your time, take an audit of your energy. What drains you? What fills y
No resolution or change in 6 weeks? Time to leave your therapist (opens the original)
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Last time we looked at personal trainers. If you ever worked with them, you know how few can effectively make you stronger and fitter. This article is about “the other gym”. The one for your brain.Same rules apply, with one important difference… Bad personal trainer usually makes you lose some time and money (with rare exceptions when you lose your knee). Bad therapist can rewrite your memories, destroy your career and your family, mess up your sense of who you are, kill your ability to get ment
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