2/3 of the Oxygen

[Beautiful Future - XIII]

Jim Kwik has some brilliant insights. Listen to (most of) what he has to say.

For example, here’s an important reminder about clarity of mind, laziness, and fatigue: 2/3 of the oxygen we absorb is through the lower 1/3 of our lungs. When we slouch—basically the way most of us sit in chairs, recliners, and couches—the lower third of our lungs collapse, effectively inhibiting a large portion of our oxygen intake. The result: lower levels of oxygen reach critical parts of our body, namely our brain.

Fatigue is not something that happens to us; it something we’re doing to ourselves physiologically. Sit up and watch the energy return. (Look up alveoli and how they work, if you want to be astounded.)

All our goals and dreams, callings and visions, inspirations and hopes require our full engagement, full devotion, and full capacity. The beautiful future will not materialize while we slouch on the sideline. It will not come to fruition if we are partially engaged and melancholic.

On a small scale, no longer can semi-conscious, partially engaged, fatigue be the reason we don’t do our work of building that one thing that is truly beautiful.

It’s time we sit up. Be alert. Truly listen. And engage.

Friends, we’ve been doing fatigue to ourselves. Now’s the time to change that!