Life Explained in 15 minutes

🎯Deep dive into the counterintuitive truths about human psychology, backed by real neuroscience and behavioral research.

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1. What actually matters in your 50s - https://youtu.be/jx0Z9nZJ73U

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3. What actually matters in your 40s - https://youtu.be/jRsZaza6AXI

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0:00 - Introduction

1:06 - Chapter 1: "The Effort Paradox"

2:17 - Chapter 2: "The Control Paradox"

3:31 - Chapter 3: "Your Brain's Secret Night Shift"

4:48 - Chapter 4: "The Happiness Trap"

6:00 - Chapter 5: "Your Biased Brain"

7:31 - Chapter 6: "The 90/10 Emotional Rule"

8:38 - Chapter 7: "Memory: Your Personal Fiction Writer”

9:55 - Chapter 8: "The 80/20 Life Principle”

11:11 - Chapter 9: "Habit Loops: Your Autopilot System"

12:21 - Chapter 10: “The Compound Effect Secret”

💡📚 Below is a curated list of books and research papers that further explore some of the concepts discussed in this video. (some links are affiliate links, which help support my channel)

BOOKS

1/ The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

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2/ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

https://amzn.to/3UtWShn

3/ Atomic Habits by James Clear

https://amzn.to/41577fP

4/ The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

https://amzn.to/3IBzJab

5/ Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

https://amzn.to/3TS1hdV

6/ The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

https://amzn.to/3UnFECo

7/ Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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8/ Deep Work by Cal Newport

https://amzn.to/4eZAUMR

9/ The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

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10/ The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson (Audio CD)

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RESEARCH PAPERS

1/ Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, and the Third Wave of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies by Steven C. Hayes

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005789404800133

Explains the theoretical foundations behind the "backwards law," showing how over-effort and attachment to control can paradoxically inhibit well-being.

2/ The Glymphatic System: A Novel Component of Fundamental Neurobiology by LM Hablitz, MA Nedergaard

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34526407/

Describes the brain's waste clearance system during sleep.

3/ Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Contextual Behavioral Science: Examining the Progress of a Distinctive Model of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy

by Steven C. Hayes

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3635495/

This article provides a detailed analysis of ACT’s development, core psychological processes, and how acceptance, letting go of control, and non-attachment to outcomes promote psychological flexibility.

4/ Creating (False) Memories With Elizabeth Loftus, PhD by Elizabeth Loftus

https://www.psichi.org/page/214EyeSum17dLoftus

Details experiments demonstrating memory’s malleability.

5/ Psychology of Habit by Wendy Wood, Dennis Rünger

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26361052/

Reviews research on habit formation through cue–routine–reward loops and the role of conscious and unconscious processes in everyday behavior.

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