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OBESITY ... it's NOT what YOU THINK it is!

To lose weight and maximize your health, stay well clear of diets and food restrictions.

I always thought I could tell if someone was obese just by looking at them. YOU CAN’T!

Your “Certainty” is the Greatest Obstacle to Making “Good” Decisions

Illusions occur because we unconsciously believe our assumptions, biases and intuitions are accurate. When this belief is left unchecked (and usually is), it leads to endless errors in thinking, reasoning, and judgment.

Beyond the Burn: Unraveling the Exercise Paradox — Why Physical Activity Fails in Weight Loss

Science Claims: Your workouts burn fewer calories than you think! That I could buy. But when science said walking 5 miles burned the same energy as walking 3 miles, I had a problem.

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How I Ended Periodic Back Pain for Good!

I accepted lower back pain as a natural consequence of aging. I was wrong! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3hBBoaa1Ak The first “wrong” assumption I made was that since I do 30 plough-pose stretches nearly every day, I was sure I was doing everything possible to

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Never Make a Critical Decision “Based” on Intuition

Intuition can be a valuable tool …  but only if used in the right order. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmLzdGwTMOA During my presentation on Decision Making, I often ask: “Who here would consider yourself to be a natural, intuitive decision-maker and problem-solver?” Anybody? Invariably, not

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How to Stop Toxic People from Infecting Your Life

You Can’t Escape Them, But You CAN Disarm Their Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlSrmzJaQ4Y From bosses and fellow employees to random people crossing our path, we’ll never escape incivility — but we can choose how we’ll react, and that will make all the difference in the world.

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Multitasking: Are You Under the Influence?

We fool ourselves into thinking that we’re magically doing more than one thing at a time. The grand delusion that is known as multitasking can be defined as this: The attempt to “consciously” perform two or more tasks simultaneously.   Notice

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