Speaker 1: Two percent. That is the number of people who choose
Speaker 1: to take the stairs when there's also an escalator available,
Speaker 1: only two percent. Now, I would argue that one hundred
Speaker 1: percent of people know that taking the stairs would be
Speaker 1: better for them, yet ninety eight percent of people choose
Speaker 1: to do the easier, more effortless thing that could actually
Speaker 1: harm them in the long run. Now, the thing is
Speaker 1: that statistic. It's not really about taking the stairs. It
Speaker 1: is a mindset for living. Every single day, we face
Speaker 1: simple decisions, perhaps when you're commuting to work, we're shopping
Speaker 1: for groceries, where we have to decide whether we'll do
Speaker 1: the slightly harder thing that helps us in the long
Speaker 1: run or the easy thing that gives us nothing but
Speaker 1: short term comfort. And it turns out those simple decisions
Speaker 1: are the best long term predictor of your physical health,
Speaker 1: your mental health, and how resilient you'll be in the
Speaker 1: face of life's challenges. I'm Michael Easter. I'm a best
Speaker 1: selling author of the books The Comfort Crisis and Scarcy
Speaker 1: Do Brain, and on my podcast two Percent, I break
Speaker 1: down the science behind mental toughness, fitness, ancient wisdom, and
Speaker 1: modern stress. On this show, each week, I'll be speaking
Speaker 1: with experts and some of the great friends I've made
Speaker 1: during my travels out to the edge, elite athletes, adventurers,
Speaker 1: wilderness experts, nutritionists, scientists, and writers to look past the
Speaker 1: snake oil pseudoscience and uncover advice that actually works for
Speaker 1: real people in the real world with busy lives.
Speaker 2: The nutrition sphere is just so toxic, but exercise catching up,
Speaker 2: we're getting just as toxic. There is an entire segment
Speaker 2: of our economy devoted to creating the tendency for addiction.
Speaker 2: Many of the problems that we are freaked out about
Speaker 2: in the world are the result of stress in the
Speaker 2: human heart, and all of that stress is driving a
Speaker 2: lot of behavior that's harmful.
Speaker 3: Do you want to experience fantastic things shifts? Put yourself
Speaker 3: in fantastic places, put yourself through some hardships, and you
Speaker 3: will come out on the other side a happier, more fulfilled,
Speaker 3: healthier person.
Speaker 1: On two percent, you'll get practical information that will help
Speaker 1: you live a bolder, better and more meaningful life, one
Speaker 1: uncomfortable idea at a time. Listen to two percent starting
Speaker 1: April seventh on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever
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