S2E4: How Being Social Helps You Focus At Work

“You might think you’re pretty healthy, drinking a green smoothie on your own, but two blokes sharing a beer at the bar might actually be healthier than you in that moment”.

These are the words of Kale Brock, producer of The Longevity Film, which took him to several ‘blue zones’ around the world to discover why people in these communities were living, on average, about ten years longer than the rest of us.

It turns out that there is more to this than just anecdotal observations and theory, but it is grounded in science.

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Links to resources mentioned:

1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877159/

2) https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12518

3) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2889690/

4) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160211144057.htm

5) https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/active-social-life-longevity/#:~:text=People%20with%20strong%20social%20connections,lives%2C%20according%20to%20numerous%20studies.&text=The%20CNN%20article%20also%20mentioned,who%20have%20stronger%20social%20connections.

6) https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/multitaxo/topic/tobacco/

7) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/23/798676465/most-americans-are-lonely-and-our-workplace-culture-may-not-be-helping

--- 8) MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON THIS EPISODE TOPIC https://glaveski.medium.com/how-being-social-helps-you-focus-at-work-e686eb28f59f

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