How to Actually Make Yourself Smarter & How Too Much Efficiency Makes You Less Efficient

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Education, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Science, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Everyone has heard about antioxidants. In fact, a lot of people take antioxidant supplements. But is more better? We begin this episode with a look at antioxidants, what they do and when too much of them could be a bad thing. https://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2013/03/09/do-you-really-need-antioxidants Just how smart are you? Well, actually it depends. It is clear that your brain works better when you do certain lifestyle things and avoid other things. For example, how much you sleep you get and much alcohol you drink can have a real impact on how you think. David Bardsley, author of the book Smarter Next Year: The Revolutionary Science for a Smarter, Happier You (https://amzn.to/2tUXcK8) joins me to reveal simple lifestyle changes that can make you smarter and improve the way your brain functions at any age. What makes a woman beautiful? That may seem like a complicated question but in one significant way, the answer is quite simple. Listen as I explain. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3477150/Bland-really-beautifulResearchers-simple-faces-likely-seen-attractive-easier-brain-process.html Efficiency is good but too much efficiency may not be. In fact, trying to be too efficient can actually make you less efficient. That’s according to Edward Tenner, a distinguished scholar at the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and author of the book The Efficiency Paradox (https://amzn.to/2CaWgpk). Listen as he discusses how doing things efficiently isn’t necessarily always better - and how we have to balance efficiency with quality and intuition. This Week’s Sponsors -LinkedIn Jobs. For $50 off your first job posting, go to www.Linkedin.com/podcast -Calming Comfort Blanket. For $15 off the posted price, go to www.CalmingComfortBlanket.com and use the promo code: something. -Care/OF Vitamins. For 50% off your first month of Care/Of Vitamins go to www.TakeCareOf.com and us the promo code: something50 -Geico. To save money on car home or renters’ insurance go to www.Geico.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, if antioxidants are good, are more antioxidants better?
0:08.0	No.
0:09.0	Then, very practical ways to noticeably improve how well you think, starting with more sleep.
0:16.0	Adults need 7-9 hours sleep a night.
0:20.0	And I know all kinds of people, I'm sure you do as well, that say they get by just fine when 5-6 hours sleep.
0:25.0	That's what they're doing. They're getting by.
0:28.0	They are not performing at their cognitive best.
0:30.0	Plus, the surprising answer to the question, what makes a woman beautiful?
0:35.0	And are we too obsessed with efficiency today? Probably so.
0:40.0	The shortest way to say it is trying to be too efficient and the short run will make us less efficient in the long run.
0:48.0	Sometimes the pursuit of efficiency ignores some elements of quality that are hard to measure.
0:55.0	All this today on something you should know.
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1:49.0	And practical advice you can use in your life today. Something you should know. With my Carothers.
1:58.0	Hi, welcome. You know, almost every day I get an email from at least one person asking for information about something they heard in the podcast.
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