Managing Energy Instead of Time, Psychopath Music Playlists, and “Traditional” 1950s Marriage Myths (w/ Dr. Eli Finkel)
Aug 10, 2018
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Dr. Eli Finkel discusses managing energy for productivity, psychopath music preferences, debunking traditional 1950s marriage myths. Includes practical tips for enhancing productivity, exploring traits linked to music playlists, and reevaluating historical marriage norms.
Manage energy types for productivity: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual.
Music preferences may reveal psychopathic traits: rap over classical, Financial Times reading.
Deep dives
Productivity Hack: Managing Energy Instead of Time
Focus on managing your energy in four types - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual - for improved productivity. Tips include ensuring proper nutrition, exercise, and sleep for physical energy, avoiding multitasking for mental energy, stabilizing emotions with stress-relieving activities, and aligning daily work with long-term goals for spiritual energy.
Music Playlist and Psychopathy
Preliminary research suggests that music preferences may reflect psychopathic traits, with psychopaths gravitating towards specific songs like Black Street's No Diggity and Eminem's Incomparable Lose Yourself. Psychopathy indicators in musical taste include a liking for rap over classical and jazz music, as well as a tendency to read newspapers like the Financial Times.
Challenging Traditional Marriage Notions
The podcast challenges the idea of the 1950s traditional marriage as an accurate historical representation. It discusses that the 1950s model was unique and atypical in history, influenced by industrialization, and contrasts it with the misconception of a universally traditional marriage. Historical context and societal changes have transformed relationship dynamics over time.
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