Thought of Today: May 11, 2017 at 07:43PM

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the maximum exposure time at

85 dBA: 8 hours.
110 dBA: one minute and 29 seconds

If you must be exposed to noise, it is recommended that you limit the exposure time and/or wear hearing protection. A three dBA increase doubles the amount of noise, and halves the recommended amount of exposure time.

Noise levels above 140dBA can cause damage to hearing after just one exposure.

0 The softest sound a person can hear with normal hearing
10 normal breathing
20 whispering at 5 feet
30 soft whisper
50 rainfall
60 normal conversation
110 shouting in ear
115 motorcycle
120 thunder
130 car revving

noise is physical assault.

Car revving is first degree attempted murder.

Thought of Today: April 11, 2017 at 03:31PM

During 2011-2012 School Year, there were 130,000 expulsions, 7 millions suspensions among the 49 million students in America. That is 1 for every 7 kids.

Controlling behavior by punishment and reward has been proven to be ineffective.

Autonomy and intrinsic rewards are the motivation for self control and self discipline.

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Thought of Today: March 27, 2017 at 05:16PM

“The true scarce commodity of the future will be human attention” Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft.

80: number of times you unlock your phone a day on average.

4.7 hours: average number of hours you engage your phone.

30% of daily media consumption is surfing the internet.

We are living in a world of digital noise.

Constant fragmentation of attention can result in PERMANENT loss of capacity for concentration.

FOMO: fear of missing out

A glance at twitter = 15-20 minutes of attention loss.

Solution:

1. Work deep: work accomplished = time x intensity – Pomodoro
2. Protect your time: tally your hours + deep scheduling.
3. Meditate to refocus your brain
4. Detox digital dependency and social media. People who matter don’t care how many IG followers you have.
5. Cut the shallow work

Source: Cal Newport and other articles