Five rituals to access InnSæi (Icelandic word for intuition, “the sea within”) and thrive in the fast-changing attention economy

The world we live in is com­plex, volatile, fast-chang­ing and non-lin­ear. Every­thing is inter­con­nect­ed in a sys­tem where a small change in one place can cause an unfore­see­able impact in anoth­er. Metaphor­i­cal­ly speak­ing, the world we live in is very much like the ocean. It is in con­stant motion, and the ever-chang­ing, unpre­dictable direc­tions of…

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New book encourages readers to embrace uncertainty in order to improve decision-making, mental health, and more

Life is uncer­tain. We nev­er know what will hap­pen, and many things are unknow­able. This can make us feel stressed or wor­ried, since the unknown is asso­ci­at­ed with dan­ger. But as jour­nal­ist Mag­gie Jack­son argues in her new book, Uncer­tain: The Wis­dom and Won­der of Being Unsure, there are many ben­e­fits to allow­ing our­selves to…

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Best books offering brain teasers and puzzles according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT

Hav­ing recent­ly queried Chat­G­PT and ChatSpot about sug­ges­tions for books on brain health, cog­ni­tive fit­ness, cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty and skills, we decid­ed to ask about best books offer­ing brain teasers and puz­zles so that inter­est­ed read­ers can expand their cog­ni­tive exer­cise resources. (Links open cor­re­spond­ing Ama­zon book pages) Best books with brain teasers and puz­zles, per ChatSpot:…

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Best books on cognitive ability and skills according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT

As a fol­low-up to the arti­cle Best books on brain health and cog­ni­tive fit­ness accord­ing to ChatSpot and Chat­G­PT we decid­ed to find out what these pop­u­lar AI chat­bots say about books to under­stand and improve cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty and skills. Here you are: (Links open cor­re­spond­ing Ama­zon book pages) Best books on cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty and skills, per…

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Best books on brain health and cognitive fitness according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT

Out of curios­i­ty we queried a cou­ple pop­u­lar AI chat­bots, ChatSpot and Chat­G­PT free ver­sions, about the best books in a cou­ple of key top­ics we dis­cuss a lot in this blog. Here are the fas­ci­nat­ing results, and some brief com­men­tary at the end. (Links open cor­re­spond­ing Ama­zon book pages.) Best books on brain health, per…

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Six favorite books of 2023 to help harness the stress response and boost curiosity, wonder, and brain health at work,

It’s hard to address impor­tant issues in our lives or in soci­ety if we are stressed, deplet­ed, and iso­lat­ed. Per­haps that’s why many of 2023’s favorite books offer approach­es for real self-care. They focus on how to man­age stress, find more hap­pi­ness in life, seek won­der and inspi­ra­tion, appre­ci­ate art, under­stand our per­son­al strengths, or…

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