Who has never waited until New Year’s Eve to adopt new lifestyle habits? These are the famous New Year’s resolutions, which can address health-related aspects, such as exercise and sleep hygiene, or professional performance.
At CasaFolha, the flow of knowledge LeafThere is no shortage of advice for those who want to grow their careers, get healthier, make smarter decisions, and invest money with the future in mind, among other topics.
In total, the platform already has 32 exclusive courses led by notable personalities from different fields. For the start of the year, the Leaf advice selected by ten experts who have become a reference in their activities and who offer courses on demand on the casafolhasp.com.br website.
Additionally, new content is included every month on CasaFolha. On January 29, for example, anthropologist Mirian Goldenberg will give a unique course on love, sex and betrayal in adulthood. Neuroscientist Álvaro Machado Dias will do a live broadcast to discuss new trends in artificial intelligence. The live meeting will take place on January 19, at 7:30 p.m.
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Prepare for old age
Old age may seem far away to many people, but one day it will come. This is why gerontologist Alexandre Kalache repeats a mantra in his course: “The sooner we start preparing for old age, the better, but it is never too late.
“Aging with disease is an imperfect reward,” he says, former director of aging and health at the WHO (World Health Organization). “It makes a huge difference if you don’t have a stroke at 70 but at 80; you don’t have hypertension at 40 but at 80. It makes a huge difference to maintain your mental health into your 90s or beyond.”
Do physical exercises
A sedentary lifestyle is associated with a series of chronic diseases, such as obesity, high blood pressure and metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. According to Bruno Gualano, professor at USP, this results from a mismatch between a low-activity lifestyle and our genome, shaped by evolution through physical activities.
The good news is that correcting the imbalance is usually easy. The professor claims that, in a short period of exercise, people who are not used to moving notice benefits: it restores muscle function, gains more strength, gains more cognitive ability and prevents a series of chronic diseases.
Take care of your sleep
There is much wisdom in the expression “sleep is sacred medicine.” Those who sleep little are more exposed to situations such as immunological deficits, metabolic problems (with weight gain), cardiovascular problems, anxiety, depression, decreased concentration, impulsivity and aggressiveness.
Sleeping well, in addition to preventing these harms, provides a benefit that is rarely mentioned. “A good night’s sleep improves sexual satisfaction and increases the frequency of sexual activity,” explains Monica Andersen, professor at Unifesp.
Make decisions that keep doors open
Neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel says it is possible to become smarter. Indeed, according to her, a short definition of intelligence is “behavioral flexibility”. In other words, “intelligence is the flexibility to act according to what we want for ourselves in the future”, according to the simulations that the brain makes of these possible futures.
Like any human skill, it is possible to develop this behavioral flexibility. And a good way to do this is to strive to expand the possibilities for maintaining this flexible behavior, prioritizing decisions that leave more doors open.
Calibrate your self-criticism
Those with little self-criticism may leave results wanting, but those with excessive self-criticism may do even worse. Aline Wolff, psychologist of gymnast Rebeca Andrade, draws attention to this calibration.
“If this harsh self-criticism is not taken into account, is not modulated to integrate in a healthy way with the internal experience of this individual, it has a good chance of annihilating performance.”
Invest in your training
The first black woman to chair a major company in Brazil, Rachel Maia has overcome a series of challenges during her career. In the professional environment, he always invested in his training to be able to face the challenges that awaited him.
She pursued MBAs, studied other languages abroad, and sought mentorship from people who could help her navigate different professional situations.
Learn to play as a team
Drawing on the experience of being an idol in several clubs and captain of the Brazilian football team, Raí talks about the importance of collective performance for individual success.
“You can put on the best performance in the world, but if the group doesn’t work, your individual abilities will be limited. So you have to think about the group, even for your own sake.”
Work with top talent
Filmmaker José Padilha says he always tries to assemble his film crews with the best talent in each field. “I would never choose a guy without talent because I can control him,” says the “Tropa de Elite” director.
In doing so, it tries to incorporate suggestions as much as possible, thereby improving the chances of getting a high-quality result. The only reservation he makes is: “As long as (the people) are compatible in terms of personality.”
Seek more diversity
Cida Bento believes that diversity brings countless benefits to any institution. “It’s not just a human rights issue,” he says.
“Institutions need (diversity) to dialogue with the profile of the population in which they operate. We cannot produce in China a product that has the same characteristics as a product in Russia, the United States and the periphery of Brazil. The product and services must take into account the different segments that occupy this society.”
Start investing money
Whatever your age: just like with health, it’s never too late to start, but the sooner the better.
It also doesn’t matter how much money you have. “That’s the beauty of the world of investments. It’s accessible to everyone. And I’ll say more: it’s more important for the small investor than for the big one,” says economist George Wachsmann.
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