The World's Happiest Cities
Article Round-Up: 5.18.24
Enjoy this week’s curated round-up of articles, videos, and more from the web to help you live a healthier, happier life.
Featured Thoughts:
Why Did We Start A Men’s Fitness Challenge?
Takeaway: Our mission is to create a series of events that act as the catalyst to deeper conversations and connections about what it means to be a man.
A voice to combat the misogynistic and harmful rhetoric often portrayed by online personalities targeting young men.
This week, we celebrated our third monthly event. In our new “Team Series,” we grouped men into small teams—tasked with completing a series of physical and mental challenges together, racing both the clock and the other teams.
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Takeaway: Your superpower is the unique combination of skills, intuitions, and experiences that allow you to solve specific problems in a different way than everyone else.
Some questions to begin uncovering your superpower:
What types of problems to others keep asking you to solve?
When have you created outcomes that felt game-changing for others, but easy for you?
What were the moments when someone said to you, “wow, how did you do that?”
I Lost Nearly 100lbs—Here’s How I Stay In Shape Without Thinking About It
Takeaway: Staying in shape doesn’t have to feel like a grind forever.
After losing nearly 100 pounds, I built simple, repeatable systems—like automating meals, enjoying daily movement, and managing my environment—that make fitness easy to maintain. If it feels hard right now, it’s just because you haven’t built your system yet.
You Can’t Have Change Without Making A Change
Takeaway: Most people say they want to change, but they resist making the actual changes required. They chase the results of a healthier lifestyle without adjusting the daily choices that would create them.
If you stop treating structure like restriction and start seeing it as a trade-off for the life you really want, everything gets easier.
Just For Fun:
Discover: Rankings For The Happiest Cities In The World
Takeaway: Only two U.S. cities make the Top 30, coming in at #17 and #30. (And they aren’t likely what you expect.)
Meanwhile, Denmark made the Top 30 with four different cities, including two in the Top 10 (and the coveted #1 spot).
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