Five Lever Friday | Vol. 27

Bringing you inspiration, ideas, and tools to help you achieve Authentic Wealth

Authentic Wealth is bigger than just financial accumulation – it recognizes the interconnectedness of all aspects of life. It is created when your resources (the 5 levers – Finances, Mindset, Relationships, Health and Time) are aligned with your values, your vision and are ultimately used to achieve the impact you want to have on yourself, your family, your community and the world.

FINANCES

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MINDSET

Does creativity come from an external genius rather than solely within?

Listen to Elizabeth Gilbert, talk about how she navigated the fear that her greatest work was behind her after the unexpected success of “Eat, Pray, Love”.

Watch here (20 minutes): link here

RELATIONSHIPS

How would you rate your relationship skills? How would your partner rate them? Here’s a blog with the “21 Essential Relationship Skills”…

Link here

HEALTH

Jeanne Calment set the record for the longest human lifespan at 122 years, while Pat the mouse holds the record for the oldest mouse at just over nine and a half years. This vast difference in lifespans among mammals, from the short-lived shrew to the long-lived bowhead whale, has intrigued scientists. Dr. Steve Horvath and his team at UCLA have found that epigenetics—chemical tags on our DNA—play a significant role in determining lifespan. Their research shows that these epigenetic markers, which change with age and life events, can accurately predict key life stages and maximum lifespan across different species.

For more info: link here

TIME

Whether you’re an early riser or a night owl, your sleep habits align with a specific chronotype, a classification based on your internal clock. These chronotypes—bear, wolf, lion, and dolphin—help you understand the best times for sleeping, eating, working, and socializing. Knowing your chronotype can boost your productivity by aligning your activities with your natural rhythms. For instance, bears follow the sun’s cycle, wolves peak in the evening, lions thrive in the early morning, and dolphins have erratic sleep patterns but peak productivity mid-morning.

Read more here (and take one of the assessments to see what you are): link here

 

Just a quick note about resources – I am passing along interesting things that I have found or tried myself. Please take what works for you, leave what does not, and do your own due diligence on the sources/resources.  

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