
ℹ️ Here is the article generated by <a href="https://chat.openai.com/" target="_blank">chatGPT</a>.

> I was getting to write an article about cold shower and its benefits but as always procrastination was winning.
> Then I met <a href="https://chat.openai.com/" target="_blank">chatGPT</a> and I saw people asking it to write poems and essays.
> And enlightment struck ⚡️. What if chatGPT will write an article instead of me?

Let's see what it generated 👇

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Cold showers may not be the most appealing idea, especially on a chilly morning. However, these showers have numerous health benefits and can improve both physical and mental well-being.

One of the most well-known benefits of cold showers is their ability to boost the immune system. Cold water stimulates the body’s white blood cells, which are responsible for fighting off infection and disease. This can help prevent illness and keep the body strong.

In addition to boosting the immune system, cold showers can also improve circulation and increase blood flow. This can help reduce inflammation and soreness in the muscles, making them more flexible and resilient. Cold showers can also improve skin health by closing the pores and reducing the appearance of cellulite.

Mentally, cold showers can provide a much-needed jolt of energy and alertness. They can also help improve mood and alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety. This is because cold water stimulates the production of endorphins, which are known as the “feel-good” hormones.

Furthermore, cold showers can help improve sleep quality. The sudden drop in body temperature after a cold shower can signal to the body that it is time to relax and prepare for sleep. This can help promote a deeper and more restful sleep.

While cold showers may not be for everyone, their numerous health benefits make them worth trying. Start with a short duration and gradually increase the time as your body becomes more accustomed to the cold water. The benefits will be worth it!


Here is the article generated by chatGPT. I always wanted to share how great cold showers are, but instead the chatGPT will do it for me.

🥶 About Cold Shower


Recently Deloitte made the Global Survey<sup>[1](#additional-reading)</sup> which explores the views of more than 27,500 Millennials and Gen Zs about their stress level, attitude towards remote work, individual responsibility, pandemic, and other topics.

In the article, I'd like to share some most important insights into the survey and my opinion about them because understanding the views of our generation regarding different topics might help to understand the direction we are going to go.

## Table of contents

- Part 1. [Remote 2.0 (The changing nature of work)](#remote-20-the-changing-nature-of-work)
- Part 2. [Decentralization](#decentralization)
- Part 3. [Stress and Personal Anxieties](#stress-and-personal-anxieties)
- Part 4. [Individual Responsibility](#individual-responsibility)
- [Additional Reading](#additional-reading)

## Remote 2.0 (The changing nature of work)

The survey among 27,500 respondents shows that 2/3 of millennials and Gen Zs would like to have an option to work remotely. I must admit that I personally also notice the tendency across a lot of IT specialists on social networks, conferences and discussions started to speak about challenges and opportunities that remote work brought to us. As you can see from the charts below respondents say that remote work relieves their stress and enables a better work/life balance.

![Survey on remote working](/images/blog/remote-chart.png)

Although remote work has some challenges (going to write about it in near future, so [subscribe](https://t.me/oganisyancom) to blog to stay tuned ^\_^), I think the post-pandemic world is going to be remote-friendly and need to start to bring some best-practices how to resolve issues like asynchronous chatting, online meetings, human communication, etc.

At the same time, companies like Twitter announced that they are going to have remote-first (keeping office spaces too) approach even after pandemic so in near future we might have examples of remote-friendly environments even among companies with more than 4 thousand employees.

This is the challenge for a lot of businesses because now they should change their management practices. And if in "previous" world it was easier to have things done just because humans are able to self-organize, in remote-first environment companies will face issues connected to their processes and management.

## Decentralization

Past decades have created centralized environments near big cities like New York, Moscow, Shanghai, and regions like Silicon Valley. It makes impossible for us to live outside of the big cities and work with the best companies, universities and on the projects. Hence people started to leave small countries and towns and the difference between the strongest of the world and others. Employers also face issues connected to abnormal salaries and competition among specialists in those big cities and regions. Companies are also unable to reach the best professionals because of the territorial location (and vice verse).

For now, the survey shows that more than half of respondents would prefer to live outside of a major city in case of opportunity to work remotely. And if businesses start to give such an opportunities I guess in the near future we are going to see the decentralization of the world and tons of specialists, companies, and universities all over the world will be able to cooperate.

## Stress and Personal Anxieties

Another important topic is stress and anxieties. Survey shows that almost 50% of all millennials and Gen Zs facing daily stress and the main reasons for anxieties are family welfare, financial future and job/career prospects, social networks (FOMO), and many others. In my opinion, one of the main tasks of Gen Z is to improve the ways we handle our stress in the world where one needs to consume more information that he can ever handle.

![Stress and Personal Anxieties](/images/blog/stress.png)

For now, I'd recommend to read more about [concentration and flow mode](top-apps-for-concentration/) and try to apply them into daily life.

## Individual Responsibility

Events across the whole world: debates regarding constitutional changes in Russia, #blacklivesmatter movement in the USA, and many others showing us that people in the post-pandemic world are started to realize the importance of individual responsibility. People started to sympathize with the needs of others and most importantly the needs of themselves.

The chart below shows that a lot of people were inspired to make positive changes in their life after the pandemic.

![Personal Responsibility](/images/blog/responsibility.png)

Sadly, we still need tragic events like COVID-19 to start thinking on topics like individual responsibility, sympathy and wishes to change the environment that we live in. Anyway, I hope that at least these events will make us be more responsible for our lives.

### Additional Reading

Below you can find a link to the actual survey. I'd recommend to give some time and explore it.

Source:
[Deloitte Millennial and Gen Z survey](https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/millennialsurvey.html)


In the article, I'd like to share some most important insights of the Deloitte's survey which explores the views of more than 27,500 millennials and Gen Zs and my opinion about them.

The changing nature of future


_Inspired by the Coursera course "Learning How to Learn" by Dr. Terrence Sejnowski and Dr. Barbara Oakley. Note, I’m not a scientist and all information below based on the researches mentioned in the [course](https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn)._

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## Table of contents

- Part 1. [How to cope with procrastination](#part-1-how-to-cope-with-procrastination)
- Part 2. [Chunking](#part-2-chunking)
  - 2.1. [Illusion of competence](#21-illusion-of-competence)
  - 2.2 [Seeing the bigger picture](#22-seeing-the-bigger-picture)
- Part 3. [Explore memory: long and short term](#part-3-explore-memory-long-and-short-term)
- Part 4. [The importance of rest and mindfulness](#part-4-the-importance-of-rest-and-mindfulness)

## Part 1. How to cope with procrastination

Procrastination is the process when your brain tries to change the focus from the tasks that increase your anxiety. You should know that a lot of tasks at first make you feel bad and that’s okay, you should be okay with that and keep in mind that this sneaky feeling will go away as soon as you will make your first steps. To fight those feelings try to use tips below:

- Divide and Conquer

  - Divide big tasks into small chunks (in the best case a lot of 30 minutes achievable tasks

- Pomodoro technique

  - The technique is based on dividing your work into 25-30 minutes intervals when you’re concentrating on one thing

  - That’s why in the previous section I recommend dividing big tasks into small chunks. In the best-case scenario, you can use each timer for a sub-task that you’ve created in the previous step.

- Reward

  - Use rewards after each complete Pomodoro. It’ll make you more comfortable with achieving tasks.

  - Keep a planner journal
    The journal will help you to track your progress. Note that writing down your work completion time is very important. It’ll help you to avoid overworking and burnout

  - Try not to fill your journal with a lot of tasks (4-7 is best) cause it may increase your anxiety level

  - Try to start each day with a hard task. Even if you procrastinate the remained task, at the end of the day it’ll make you feel better that at least you’ve done something

## Part 2. Chunking

Chunking is the process of uniting bits of information through meaning. You can’t remember tons of information without understanding and creating a big picture that’s why you need to understand how to form chunks. Use tips below to improve your ability to create and maintain chunks.

- Importance of context
  - You should understand the context in which the content you’re trying to “chunk” is going to be used. Use the top-down process (mentioned below) to make sure you buy into context.
- Spaced repetition
  - You need to repeat the information that you need to “chunk” regularly to keep neural connections tight (see Chapter 3 for more information)
- The bottom-up process
  - Is the process when repetition and practice can help you build strong chunks
- The top-down process
  - Is the process of seeing the bigger picture to better understand the context in which the “chunk” is going to be used. For example, you can look through the whole book, explore chapters and images to better understand.

### 2.1. Illusion of competence

Sometimes when you’ve just read the material or watch the lesson and the material is in your working memory (see Chapter 3), you might be in a state called “illusion of competence”. It’s the state of mind when one might think that he mastered the topic. At the same time, you should understand that knowing and doing are different things. To avoid such a bias, use tips below:

- Try to use the knowledge you’ve just learned by doing
- Recall
  - The process when you’re trying to regenerate the material that you’ve consumed right before. (For example, try to close the book and recall everything you’ve just learned)
  - Retelling information and content to yourself or someone else might help you to be fluent in the topic and understand what parts you miss.
  - Mini-tests might help you to understand (Coursera’s tests after chapters do help to understand the material better and get back if you missed something)
  - Avoid highlighting a lot of content
    - Highlighting might give you the wrong assumption that you’ve worked with the material and mastered it. Try not to take a fancy to highlight (one for a chapter is enough), instead use recall techniques

### 2.2 Seeing the bigger picture

As I’ve mentioned in the ‘Top-down’ process, seeing a bigger picture of the material might help you to form a better understanding and create strong “chunks”. At the same time, you should be aware that there’s some biases that might disturb you.

The first bias that might disturb your learning process is the Einstellung effect. It describes the bias when the first idea on “how to solve a problem” might block other ones (even if they’re better than the first one).

Another bias is Overlearning. It refers to a state when some is practicing newly acquired skills more than it needs. It might lead to a state when you are focusing just on one point of view related to the topic.

If you want to really master the topic and avoid biases mentioned above, Interleaving technique might help you. It’s the process of jumping back and forth between different problems and situations. It gives your brain time to analyze the issue and come up with a better solution. A good sleep or walk might also help you to overcome overlearning and Einstellung effects.

## Part 3. Explore memory: long and short term

Let’s review long and short term memories and understand the differences between them. First, we need to understand that memory is the faculty of the brain responsible for storing and retrieving information. They’re highlighting two kinds of memory: long and short term memories. The difference between them is in the capacity and duration. Some studies show that in the short term memory we might store from 4 to 7 chunks of information and they have time limits and if we aren’t careful of repeating and practicing them, they are going away. Meanwhile, the long term memory capacity theoretically is infinite.

If you’re interested in improving your memory and ability to memorize information, consider using following tips:

- Spaced Repetitions
  - Is the technique of repeating information or practicing the skill regularly with some skipped intervals
- Memory palace technique
  - The technique is based on the knowledge that (evolutionarily) we’re remembering places extremely good. So we can use this knowledge and connect the information we want to memorize in the context of places we know

## Part 4. The importance of rest and mindfulness

Sometimes the only thing we’re concerned about is productivity and self-improvement. And if one continues thinking only about work or learning, it might lead to the point when some will have no fuel left to continue being productive or even worse it might lead to burnout. If you want to prevent yourself from being in a state when you can no longer work without the help of other people, you might consider the following tips.

- Work-life balance
  - One should know that setting boundaries between work/study and life can really help you to achieve harmony and have a healthy state of mind. Try to set borders between working and resting hours. Elsewhere you might be in a situation when you have troubles in both areas.
- Leisure time
  - Try to set a time when you’re done with the work and dedicate remaining hours on leisure. Sometimes you can even have a list of things you want to do (e.g. watching tv shows, reading fiction, etc.)
- Physical activity
  - Studies show that some intervals of physical activity might improve your learning skills and help you to better solve problems.
  - At the same time, such physical activities as running, walking, and even lifting heavy weights will improve your health and give you more energy to face daily routines and problems
- Mindfulness practices
  - Studies show that mindfulness practices are tightly coupled with switching on your brain’s default mode network which helps your brain to better process information that you consumed during the day.
  - Consider meditation, repeating mantras or even physical activities mentioned above as a way to practice mindfulness
- Sleep
  - I guess I shouldn’t write that sleep is the most important part of rest and processing information, so I’m not going to tell you tales about profits of getting good sleep, I just want to ask you to get enough.

Thanks for your time and attention.


A little list of tips which may help you to increase your productivity and start learn better. Based on the work of Dr. Terrence Sejnowski and Dr. Barbara Oakley.

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