Quote of the day
How many millions of American males, not the men they used to be, would flock to the physicians and the druggist, a bit shame-faced and surreptitious, maybe, but hopeful, murmuring:
‘Doc, how about some of this new male hormone?’
~J. HOBERMAN, author of Testosterone Dreams
FOOD
How to make the perfect cup of coffee? [Make Perfect Coffee
], The Guardian | Tweet
Do you gulp down a mug of instant every morning, but dream of preparing the best barista-style espresso at home?
HEALTH
Why testosterone is the drug of the future [Testosterone Dreams]
, Fusion | Tweet
So he went to Cenegenics, a medical start-up that trains physicians to run their own “age management” practices. They updated his diet, put him on a new workout regimen, and started giving him testosterone. Within six months, his body fat was down to nine percent. “That’s pretty hard to maintain—I’m closer to 12 percent now,” he humblebrags. After his personal success, Cenegenics asked if he’d like to take their training course, so he did, and quickly, he found himself switching specialties and business models. He became a testosterone doctor.
Childhood exposure to good food inspires healthy eating later in life, Pacific Standard | Tweet
A study finds college kids like foods they were served as children—even if they hated them at the time.
RELATIONSHIPS
Harvard tells profs not to sleep with undergrades, Bloomberg | Tweet
Harvard University banned professors from having “sexual or romantic relationships” with undergraduates, joining a list of campuses that have taken similar steps.
PSYCHOLOGY
The psychology of why sports fans see their teams as extensions of themselves [The Secret Lives of Sports Fans
], The Washington Post | Tweet
Two weeks ago, a man who earns his living by chasing other men in pursuit of a leather prolate spheroid handed a team staffer a football that felt soft. The staffer reported this unusual occurrence to his supervisor, who reported it to his supervisor, who reported it to his supervisor, and then all hell broke loose. Ever since, the nation has been held in thrall to the spectacle of sports fans debating the ideal gas law .
CAREERS
The Uberpreneur: How an Uber driver makes $252,000 a year [Uberpreneurs], Forbes
| Tweet
Gavin’s greatest contribution, however, may be to entrepreneurs everywhere. He’s the pioneer of Uberpreneurship, a discipline with the best of all worlds: salary of a stable job, autonomy of an entrepreneur, relationships of an executive and feedback of a focus group. He’s showing the world that Uber may not just be a disruptive platform for transportation, but one for small businesses.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Happier tweets, healthier communities, Pacific Standard | Tweet
Why does one community have higher levels of heart disease than another? Some of the reasons are obvious, such as income and education levels or local eating and exercise norms. But as epidemiologists have long argued, other likely factors are more ephemeral. Among them: how angry or content the residents tend to feel, and whether the environment fosters a sense of social connectedness. Measuring such things is tough, but newly published research reports telling indicators can be found in bursts of 140 characters or less. Examining data on a county-by-county basis, it finds a strong connection between two seemingly disparate factors: deaths caused by the narrowing and hardening of coronary arteries and the language residents use on their Twitter accounts.
TIME MANAGEMENT
7 Ways to retrain your brain so you are more productive [The Organized Mind
], Fortune | Tweet
A book by neuroscientist Daniel Levitin offers clear tips on how to tame information overload so you get more done.Evolution is a slow process. In the timeline of our species, we’re not far removed from our days of living in small clan groups, hunting and gathering to survive. We would encounter no more than a thousand people in our lifetimes. Our brains were built for that world, not one where incessant interruptions at work and at home fly at us like swarms of angry mosquitos. No wonder we feel distracted and stressed — particularly professional women who are often managing lives that don’t stay neatly compartmentalized.
WRITING
How to create a strong emotional response in your readers, Live Write Thrive | Tweet
You are writing your book, and you are excited thinking of others reading it. You understand what your characters are feeling, and you understand what you want your readers to feel. You know what it is liked to feel something from a book. The books that stirred you stick in your mind—they mean the most to you, and they often changed your thinking about ourselves or the world. You want this for your readers. You want this for yourself.
The secret to having the most productive writing year ever, The Write Practice | Tweet
Why are some writers five, ten, or twenty times more productive than everyone else? Like superhumans, they somehow juggle the chainsaws of everyday life, yet still manage to consistently finish book after book while others struggle.