Thursday, October 19, 2017
Per Sgt. at Arms, Jon Kelly: Thought for the day from Benjamin Franklin: "The Doors of Wisdom never shut".
Speaker: Christopher La Riche, MD
Guests: Meg Dangler of Read With Me, guest of Skip Behrhorst; Maren Quanbeck of Aspen Music Festival, guest of Christina King; Jen Phelan, Deputy Planning Director/City of Aspen, guest of Lori Small
Dr. La Riche discussed 'Willpower-The Science of Self Control' and how to strengthen willpower. A summary of his key points upon which he has built his thesis:
Willpower is a key component of decision making.
The Law of Attraction: Thoughts become things.
'You make your habits for the first 30 years of your life, for the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you'. (Old Hindu saying)
Willpower allows you to keep the commitments you make.
Happiness comes from sacrificing the things we want to do for the things we need to do.
Willpower is the best success indicator/predictor.
There is a proven correlation between sugar/glucose in your system and the willpower you possess.
You will find material for developing willpower through WOOP, StickK, The Marshmallow Test, The Dunedin Study, the 1998 Roy Baumiester study and The Habit Loop, all of which are easily engaged through the Internet.
Editor's Note: This was a most compelling presentation and most stayed late rather than leaving at 8:30
Dan Furth won the Raffle but failed to draw the Queen of Hearts.
Justin Barrow awarded a Blue Badge to Shaun Hathaway. Congratulations Shaun!
Halloween candy was the subject of President Scott Russell's trivia for this week. M & M's are the most popular candy in the world with enough consumed per year to reach 4.25 times around the world. For Halloween, 600 tons of candy are consumed, worth $4.2 billion dollars. Candy Corn is the most popular Halloween candy, followed by Licorice and Reese's Pieces.
