Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

Here's another little gem from Dan Pink’s To Sell Is Human. (The man is a brilliant writer and a treasure-trove of goodness.)   He tells us that, according to research from McKinsey: “the typical American hears or reads more than one hundred thousand words every day.”   Think about that for a moment.   100,000 words. EVERY DAY.   When I think about that, I immediately think of a few things: A Lion, a King, and a Monk.    Specifically, I think about Alberto Villoldo’s wisdom that we are now exposed to more stimuli in ONE WEEK than our ancient ancestors were exposed to in their ENTIRE LIFETIMES.    As he says, we evolved to deal with one lion roaring at us at a time. Now, with 24/7/365-global news, it’s as if the entire jungle is roaring at us all day every day. (Which, btw, is one of the reasons why obsessive news and talk show consumption is correlated with anxiety, depression, etc.)   (Another btw: Here’s a crazy stat from Nasha Winters in The Metabolic Approach to Cancer. She tells us: