
You Won’t Start Living Until You Accept This...
Rangan Chatterjee
6 ago 2025
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Upgrade AG1 with enhanced magnesium and microbiome support
The daily health drink AG1 has been updated to include more magnesium for muscle function and five strains of bacteria to reflect the latest microbiome science.
Get your daily dose of vitamin S through brief interactions
Brief, positive interactions with strangers provide a critically important social nutrient called "Vitamin S" that fulfills our basic need to feel connected and appreciated.
Establish daily 5-minute workout habit for consistent results
A daily 5-minute workout habit-stacked onto an existing routine is more effective than sporadic long workouts because it doesn't rely on motivation.
Eliminate unnecessary choices to preserve cognitive capacity
Making over 35,000 choices a day creates "micro-stress doses," so eliminating unimportant decisions preserves cognitive capacity for what matters.
View nature to reduce stress and lower cortisol levels
Simply looking at geometric shapes in nature called fractals, or even a picture of nature, has been shown to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
Define deathbed wishes and create weekly happiness habits
Imagine what you'd want to have done on your deathbed, and then create three weekly "happiness habits" to ensure you achieve it.
Prioritize sleep to combat entertainment overload
The CEO of Netflix stated their biggest competitor is sleep, highlighting how modern entertainment is designed to hijack our essential recovery time.
Reframe social friction into a hero story to reduce stress
Instead of reacting negatively to social friction, you can reframe the situation by creating a "hero story" for the other person, which prevents emotional stress.
Embrace mortality to liberate your life
Consciously thinking about the finite nature of life can liberate you and give you the license to truly live.
Prioritize screen-free downtime to boost creativity and problem-solving
Constant screen use prevents your brain's "default mode network" from activating, which is essential for creativity and problem-solving.
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