I recently came across the latest “Did You Know” video, version 4.0. It’s a really fascinating video which I think everybody who is interested in technology, media, and trends should see. The only problem is that the statistics go by so fast making them hard to really absorb. However, I managed to find the stats transcribed on Michael Hyatt’s blog (Thanks Mike!) which I will list below the video.
Here are the facts:
In today’s world most people want to live to a ripe old age and will do almost anything to slow down the aging process. One of the biggest factors that determines how well you age is not your genes but how well you actually live and take care of yourself from day to day. A recent study of 20,000 British folks was published in the British Medical Journal and it showed that you can cut your risk of having a stroke in half by doing the following four things: being active for 30 minutes a day, eating five daily servings of fruit and vegetables, and avoiding tobacco and excess alcohol.
Although those are some of the obvious steps you can take to age well, researchers have discovered that centenarians tend to share certain traits in how they eat, move about, and deal with stress, which are the sort of things we can emulate to improve our own aging process. Bear in mind that getting to age 100 is enormously more likely if your parents did. Still, researchers believe that assuming you’ve sidestepped genes for truly fatal diseases like Huntington’s, there’s nothing stopping you from living independently well into your 90s. so go ahead and shoot for those triple digits. Follow these 10 habits, and give yourself a shot at shooting for those triple digits.
Books on tapes, audio books, and other audio learning devices are fast gaining popularity in the education field. According to a US Marketdata Enterprises market report, more than $2 billion in audio books were sold during the course of 2005 in the USA alone. One should make a habit of listening to educational audio programs every day. You can even listen to audio programs while you are shopping, exercising, preparing meals, or just walking around. Load up your iPod/MP3 player to capacity, so you’ll always have them on hand.
One of the best ways to listen to audio programs is in your car while you drive from place to place. The average person sits in his/her car 500-1000 hours per year. This is the equivalent of 12-24 forty hour weeks, or as much as 3-6 months of working time that you spend in your car. This is also the equivalent of 1-2 full time semesters at the university. Turn your car into a learning machine; turn it into a university on wheels. Never let your car motor be running without an educational audio program playing. Many people have become millionaires through the miracle of audio learning. This is why audio learning is often called the greatest breakthrough in education since the invention of the printing press.
You don’t even have to pay for audio learning programs. There are tons of free educational podcasts online. Your local public library should also carry a selection of audio programs that you can check out for free.
