Extras

You probably know the feeling: you’re swamped with work, your email inbox is overflowing, and then you get that call – the one from someone whom you feel guilty about ignoring, so you take the call with your handset wedged in between your ear and your shoulder. The problem is, the person doesn’t really get your full attention, because you are trying desperately to write that important email at the same time.

They say: "Smile and your life will get better". But will it? They say: "It's ok to cry". What if you cry even if you don’t want it? Smiles and tears, can they live together?

Even vegetarians must look out here, as many varieties of nuts and seeds have outrageous ratios. Sunflower seeds, for example, have a ratio of 472:1, and even cashew nuts are 48:1 (Cordain, 2011), so if these were to be your main source of protein, you could be undermining your health. Sometimes you can “shop smart” around this issue; caged eggs are 20:1, but free-range eggs have the right ratio (Eden, 2009).

Curiosity might have killed the cat, but it helps to keep us human beings alive, brain-wise. The basic idea of mind/brain fitness is to give your brain the best workout possible (to keep it growing and developing) by continuing to challenge it. The moment you find something is second nature, that is the moment to change it, bringing in some novelty. You can create that by being curious about your world and how it works. The brain is a physical organ, so diet and exercise come into play as well.

An everyday metro carriage. People are patiently waiting for their stop. Somebody is having a nap. Somebody is pondering on something. And it's awfully quiet. Then a man enters the carriage and in few minutes it's all changing...