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Better Look Back Vol. 9

Author
March Rogers, Darren Austin, Ian Mikutel
Published
Tue 18 Feb 2020
Episode Link
https://www.bettershow.io/

Show Notes

  • 3:59 — March shares the results from his experiment with reducing his alcohol to improve the quality of his sleep.
  • 6:57 — How his heart rate variability has changed based on measurements from his Oura ring.
  • 7:50 — Matthew Walker’s interview with Kevin Rose on the effects of alcohol on sleep quality.
  • 9:52 — Darren’s results on increasing his exercise to help combat the winter blues.
  • 10:45 — The record-breaking winter weather that Seattle has experienced this year.
  • 11:23 — How combining his goal of working from home has helped Darren carve out time for exercise and made it easier to cook at home more.
  • 12:30 — Ian shares what he’s done to improve the effectiveness of meetings that he organizes at work using tips from episode 102: Better Meetings.
  • 13:50 — What happens when none of the meeting participants read the meeting agenda ahead of time.
  • 15:37 — The results of March’s experiment with recording all his meetings and sharing the recording with others.
  • 16:35 —March shares a pro tip of playing meeting recordings back at 2X speed.
  • 17:30 — The etiquette of giving attendees a heads up that the meeting is being recorded.
  • 18:40 — Meetings that March specifically does not record.
  • 19:55 — Darren’s experiment with hot-cold therapy using the sauna at the gym followed by a cold shower.
  • 22:28 — March introduces Ian and Darren to the sauna sleeping bag and the sweat box.
  • 23:40 — We discuss the ridiculousness of the home sweat box available from Alibaba and Darren remarks at the similarity between the sweat box image and Violet Beauregarde blowing up into a blueberry from the Willy Wonka movie. 😂
  • 26:01 — Ian shares his experience with adopting the Peloton as his regular exercise routine.
  • 28:35 — The impact of adopting some of the tactics offered by B.J. Fogg in establishing strong habits.
  • 31:04 — March reflects on hosting more dinner parties to increase the quality time with his friends and the knock-on effects in his community.
  • 32:40 — Tips for Ian as he’s house hunting to ensure that
  • 33:15 — Darren reflects on tactics he adopted from Episode 104: Friendships to stay better connected to close friends across the country.

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