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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 7, 20231 min read
RHYTHM AND BLUES (the blues one)
All people have rhythms which the body evolved to follow and tries very hard to continue to do so despite the many disruptions of modern...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 5, 20231 min read
RHYTHM AND BLUES (the infradian ones)
All people have rhythms which the body evolved to follow and tries very hard to continue to do so despite the many disruptions of modern...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 3, 20231 min read
RHYTHM AND BLUES (the circadian one)
All people have rhythms which the body evolved to follow and tries very hard to continue to do so despite the many disruptions of modern...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Feb 1, 20232 min read
RHYTHM AND BLUES (the ultradian one)
All people have rhythms which the body evolved to follow and tries very hard to continue to do so despite the many disruptions of modern...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Jan 25, 20231 min read
HIGH PERFORMANCE
As a student pilot in the military each training trip was graded on a scale from poor-average-above average-high average-superior. This...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Jan 22, 20231 min read
MEDITATION
I prefer to call it mental relaxation and rehearsal (MR&R) it does contain some aspects of meditation, but the main aim is to, from a...
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Dudley Tal Stokes
Jan 19, 20231 min read
ADMISSION i do not like exercise
Hate to exercise, especially if it involves running, but I love how exercise makes me feel and look. Moving, sometimes with resistance...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Jan 16, 20231 min read
YOU ARE AN ATHLETE
Start thinking of yourself as a athlete, it does not matter what you do. Be a construction athlete, an industrial athlete, a dentist...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Jan 13, 20231 min read
SHREWD
As a young businessman I was complaining to a mentor about a competitor who was using his ability to buy fuel meant for aircraft to fuel...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Jan 8, 20231 min read
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time. Ian Fleming's James Bond, in 'You only live twice'. The emphasis today is on longevity, lifespan, living longer....
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Jan 6, 20231 min read
OCKHAM'S RAZOR (OR KISS)
In the 14th century an English clergyman became known for his aggressive application of a principle he did not invent, but perfected....
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Dudley Tal Stokes
Jan 3, 20232 min read
IT IS BETTER TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS THAN PERMISSION.
Postscript: Lots of feedback on this, some confusion. Here is a recent example. Southwest Airlines cancelled Seventeen Thousand flights...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Jan 2, 20231 min read
THE PLACEBO EFFECT IS THE MOST RELIABLE IN PHARMACOLOGY.
Not my words but those of Matthew Walker PhD, in his book 'Why we Sleep'. For centuries it has been observed and used in treatment. With...
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Dudley 'Tal' Stokes
Jan 1, 20231 min read
WHY NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS DON'T WORK
This is the time when we resolve to do better in the future, diet, exercise, learn Spanish. Most are abandoned before Good Friday. This...
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Dudley Tal Stokes
Oct 23, 20225 min read
BURNOUT
(quiet quitting) Burnout is the term used to describe a lethargy felt by someone towards their mode of earning a living and is thought to...
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Dudley Tal Stokes
Sep 15, 20226 min read
AGE WELL WITH S.E.X.
My mother recently turned 82. Biologically she is much younger–maybe by up to twenty years. It has been difficult for her to watch her...
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Dudley Tal Stokes
Aug 3, 20225 min read
BUCKLE UP
“There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation...
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Dudley Tal Stokes
Jul 4, 20224 min read
ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE
Recently, I was aboard the Queen Elizabeth of the Cunard Line, which I would describe as the most friendly cruise ship I have ever been...
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Dudley Tal Stokes
Jun 6, 20226 min read
WELLNESS, MINDFULNESS (the MONKEYPOX) AND YOU
In the age of Google Search, advertisements, and keywords, complex matters have been reduced to single, well-sounding, but essentially...
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Dudley Tal Stokes
May 15, 20225 min read
PERCEPTION, EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY
In the last ten years there has not been two years in a row without a crisis Turkish Businessman Change is crisis and we are in a period...
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