Judson Brewer: "Think of awareness and kindness like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich — one provides the protein packed punch while the other sweetens every bite."

#Mindfulness #Alertness #Metta

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Study finds peppermint sweets may boost alertness and ease symptoms during a cold

A recent study by researchers at Cardiff University suggests that sucking on peppermint sweets can help improve alertness and general wellbeing, particularly for people suffering from a common cold. The research involved 81 university students over a period of ten weeks. Among them, 17 participants ... [More info]

Ever had one of those moments? You’re cruising along, maybe a little lost in thought, and then – BAM! – a sudden loud noise, or a near-miss on the sidewalk. #alertness #bloodpressure #fightorflight #neurotransmitter #Noradrenaline #Norepinephrine #stresshormone

https://priya.health/norepinephrine/

Unlocking #Productivity: The Body’s Role in #Work #Success

Regular #movement counters the detrimental effects of prolonged sitting, enhancing #alertness and #engagement.

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/unlocking-productivity-the-bodys-role-in-work-success/

A quotation from Cicero

No person is so foolish that they don’t understand that if we remain asleep at this moment we will have to live through a rule that is not only cruel and arrogant but ignoble and disgraceful too. You know this man’s arrogance, his friends, and his whole household. To serve shameful lusts, bullies, disgusting and irreverent thieves, those drunkards — well, that is the worst suffering married to the greatest dishonor.
 
[Nemo est tam stultus qui non intellegat, si indormierimus huic tempori, non modo crudelem superbamque dominationem nobis sed ignominiosam etiam et flagitiosam ferendam. Nostis insolentiam Antoni, nostis amicos, nostis totam domum. Libidinosis, petulantibus, impuris, impudicis, aleatoribus, ebriis servire, ea summa miseria est summo dedecore coniuncta.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 3, ch. 14 / sec. 34-35 (3.14/3.34-35) (44-12-20 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2021)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #alertness #arrogance #attention #crisis #danger #despotism #dictatorship #disgrace #dishonor #misery #payattention #politics #regime #tyranny #warning #regime

The always-on digital world has blurred the line between alertness and anxiety. For cybersecurity teams, overstimulation has evolved from exception to expectation — pings, notifications, blinking dashboards, and the endless cascade of threat alerts create a climate of constant reactivity....

https://medium.com/@mrsno1special/digital-burnout-and-security-blindness-is-overstimulation-making-us-vulnerable-d9fed0039c2c

# #digital #blurred #between #alertness #cybersecurity

Digital Burnout and Security Blindness: Is Overstimulation Making Us Vulnerable?

The always-on digital world has blurred the line between alertness and anxiety. For cybersecurity teams, overstimulation has evolved from exception to expectation — pings, notifications, blinking…

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