"Our primordial instinct pushes us to eat food at sight, particularly fat in case of hunting failure or famine."
My quotes from the entire Peak Productivity book series.
Explore insightful quotes curated from the entire Peak Productivity book series. Delve into a collection of wisdom and practical advice distilled from these works, offering guidance on maximizing efficiency, optimizing workflows, and achieving peak performance.
"Many artists discover their aha moment in the process of doing the work, not before doing it. They do not think out or settle the result in advance. They don’t know where they are going until they arrive there."
"Being in a state of calorie deficit makes you lose weight since your body cannot create energy out of nothing."
"As people are made to feel accountable for being unhappy, their sense of helplessness increases. They feel bad and guilty about themselves when they are unhappy. Because of this insecurity and its potential threat to self-esteem, people put on a façade of happiness while concealing how they really feel."
"The maximum amount of pieces of information that you can hold in your memory is five to nine items. In particular, no one can memorize large amounts of numbers with just their short-term memory."
"Continuous exposure to noise causes long-term reduction in neurogenesis."
"The correlation between one’s social support level and their happiness level is higher than the correlation between tobacco and cancer."