Advancing Your Mind

Check out this book http://free-audio-books.info/the-new-book-of-this-channel/2789/ The Art of Money Getting - audiobook P. T. BARNUM (1810 - 1891) Although Barnum considered himself primarily a showman and his main goal was to put money in his own pocket, this little book, subtitled Golden Rules for Making Money does have a good deal of common sense about how to make money, and perhaps more importantly, how to keep it once you've made it. Of course, having been written nearly a century and a half ago, some of the advice may be a little dated, but it remains a very readable self-help book. (Summary by Ruth Golding) Genre(s): Self-Help Language: English (FULL Audiobook)

Neuroscience behind why meditation helps you control your mind. ▲Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WILearned ▲Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeverettlearned Someone wiser than me said that "taking on the practice of meditation is not so much adding something to your life, but rather removing things, obstacles to you awareness." This is definitely in line with the point of the video. Myself included, (it seems) most of us are constantly trying to find ways to keep ourselves operating at a faster, more productive, more focused pace. Like turning up the volume on the stereo when we want to hear more clearly, we try and will ourselves to focus "harder" as well as amp our brains' ability to focus by taking stimulants like coffee. The kind of improvement that meditation provides isn't so much like this- instead, it's like hearing more clearly by walking into a quieter room. For me, meditation has turned down the loud mind chatter offering up all kinds of activities that are different from what I'm trying to do in the moment, improving focus in a subtle but effective way. There are several other health benefits, which are outside the scope of this video, but I don't much like that meditation is presented as a panacea nowadays. It has vast benefits, and I'm sure anyone would benefit from it, but I like Dan Harris's non-overpromising remark that it makes him "10% Happier" Books Mentioned: "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - http://amzn.to/2ziiOE3 "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of The Bicameral Mind" by Julian Jaynes - http://amzn.to/2zgSOsC "10% Happier" by Dan Harris - http://amzn.to/2hAqCHC "Homo Deus" by Yuval Noah Harari - http://amzn.to/2irbv2F "Waking Up" by Sam Harris - http://amzn.to/2AgKHui For business inquiries: joseph.everett.wil@gmail.com

Get 10% off any purchase here: http://squarespace.com/WIL ▲Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WILearned ▲Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeverettlearned This is the follow up video to my other video called "How the Internet Redesigns your mind." This is more about the specific brain mechanisms that make the internet (and substances) addicting. I'm not recommending to entirely give up the internet, but it's very important to understand how it's affecting your brain so you don't start to get controlled by it. If you're interested in this topic, I recommend checking out Nicholas Carr's book "The Shallows" (http://amzn.to/2na38dq) Jerry Mander's 1978 book "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television" (http://amzn.to/2nGkZg6) is another very interesting book that discusses the danger of haphazardly introducing pervasive technologies into our lives. Special thanks to Dr. Kent Berridge of the University of Michigan. He was very generous in clarifying to me some points about dopamine receptor downregulation's role in addiction. He has a very interesting talk on the neural bases of wanting and liking on UCTV ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f_PdZxaHpU ) John Green's "Crash Course" has a nice bit on Phineas Gage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHrmiy4W9C0