Learned-ish

What if I told you that our memory is just as flawed? Memory is this thing we all rely upon, is used as evidence and is meant to record our existence and experience. What if it’s unreliable? What if it doesn’t remember things right? What if it deletes things? What if it edits things? Or finally, even scarier than all these previous questions: What if other people can edit and manipulate it? If you...

When I think about the human body, I marvel at its complexity. There’s so much going on within it that when functioning well, it allows us as humans to do so many things and experience this crazy life we all get. It’s a marvel of creation, and something I imagine that most of us don’t fully understand. If you’d like to read this, instead of listening to it, you can find a written version here. Get...

I have a question for you. Why are we (humans) never satisfied? Why is it that many, if not all of us, no matter how good life can be at times, carry this niggling feeling of is this it? Why is it that when we achieve our goals, we then want more, so that as we buy new things, they are never enough? Why are these feelings of contentment, pleasure or gratification so fleeting? Why do we have a thir...

A few years ago, I read this brilliant book called Rebel Idea s by Matthew Syed. This book examines the power of what Syed describes as ‘cognitive diversity’, basically a diverse range of thoughts, ideas and opinions, and it explains how in our complicated and modern world we cannot rely on individuals’ ideas, or just the thoughts of those similar to us. He argues that instead, the best organisati...

Failure is inescapable, and the way we understand it and react to it can drastically change its impact on our lives. We can dread it, fear it and avoid it. Leaving us frozen and regretful, stopping us from fully living life, becoming who we want to be and achieving our goals. Or, we can embrace it, understanding it’s part of the process, and learn from it - letting it inspire and drive us towards...

We all tell stories. They are built into human nature. But why? We’ll explore the origins of our storytelling, the power of mirror neurons in storytelling, and how stories are needed to make sense of a confusing world. If you’d like to read this, instead of listening to it, you can find a written version here. Get full access to Learned-ish at learnedish.substack.com/subscribe

Have you ever experienced that sinking feeling, a tightening in your stomach that just screams at you, saying, ‘something’s wrong here!’ Or have you ever been asked a question, or put in a situation where you have to make a decision, and instinctively you just know the answer or what you need to do? You don’t know where it’s come from, but something inside of you just gave you the answer and a goo...

Napping is a surprisingly controversial topic. If you asked a random group of people whether they nap, I imagine you’d have a range of answers, layered with a range of convictions. If you look at the science, it’s mixed too. However, there does seem to be a type of nap that proves to be the best. If you’d like to read this, instead of listening to it, you can find a written version here. Get full...

Listening is a skill. It’s something we all do, but it doesn’t mean it’s something we are all good at. When we are listened to, it creates a connection and helps us to feel seen and heard, things that as humans, we all crave. If you’d like to read this, instead of listening to it, you can find a written version here. Get full access to Learned-ish at learnedish.substack.com/subscribe

For years, we’ve been sold the idea that we can multitask, doing two or more things at once to improve our productivity or simply to enjoy more things at once. The problem is, we’ve been sold a lie. Humans can’t multitask. If you’d like to read this, instead of listening to it, you can find a written version here. Get full access to Learned-ish at learnedish.substack.com/subscribe

Forming new habits can be tricky; it takes time, effort and a bit of trial and error. Changing old habits can be frustrating, too. Here’s how to do both those things. If you’d like to read this, instead of listening to it, you can find a written version here. Get full access to Learned-ish at learnedish.substack.com/subscribe

Have you ever wondered what habits are and why people talk about them so often? Today, we’ll explore just how significant habits are in your life. If you’d like to read this, instead of listening to it, you can find a written version here. Get full access to Learned-ish at learnedish.substack.com/subscribe

Have you ever wondered why some people choose to get up so early each day? Does it actually benefit them? If you’d like to read this, instead of listening to it, you can find a written version here . Get full access to Learned-ish at learnedish.substack.com/subscribe

Have you ever wondered why humans are so good at hating each other? Today, we are going to be exploring exactly that. If you’d like to read this, instead of listening to it, you can find a written version here. Get full access to Learned-ish at learnedish.substack.com/subscribe