16. Discussing How Stress Affects Cognitive Function. Also mentioning Ryan Holiday, Martin Seligman

This chat was inspired by the "Thinking about poverty and thinking" by Ollie Lovell. http://www.ollielovell.com/pedagogy/thinking-poverty-thinking/ One of the main research pieces the blog mentions is "Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function" https://clime.newark.rutgers.edu/sites/CLiME/files/mani_science_976.full_.pdf We also touch on: - The Obstacle Is The Way: Ryan Holiday - Martin Seligman: Post Traumatic Growth - Viktor Frankl: Man’s search for meaning. - Nietzsche: "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." - Stephen Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Scarcity vs Abundance mindset: Scarcity, Mullainathan & Eldar (2013) - Arianna Huffington: "For machines downtime is a bug, for human's it's a feature." - Dr. Hans Selye - The biology of stress Contact us at [email protected]