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A drier mouth has to impact the biome in your mouth I would presume, for better or worse.
Mouth breathing could have a lot of other disadvantages, such as sleep apnea, as mentioned in the article.
Mouth breathing obviously doesn’t cause teeth crowding but I’m wondering how significant factor it is in overall dental health.
The companies are discussing a deal that would value Zoox at less than the $3.2 billion it achieved in a funding round in 2018, according to people familiar with the matter.
I can’t imagine how tough it is to farm for your livelihood. The pressure on farmers must be brutal - from John Deere making it impossible to fix/own your own tractor[0] to climate change, and now your landlord might not renew your lease.
At that point, why put so much effort into something with so little upside and so much downside for the farmer.
[0] https://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/
Showing the prospect how easy it is in some situations against reality is a good way to highlight a real pain point.
Prospects tend to fall into three categories: [1] they'll buy no matter what you do, [2] they won't buy no matter what you do or [3] they'll buy depending on how you sell to them.
Many prospects feel they're in group 2 but if you can outline how your solution solves a problem or provides an opportunity, many of those group 2's will change their tune. The hard part is keeping their attention so you've got to get to value quickly, making it personal is just as important IMO.
Call 5 of them and order a meal, when you pick it up ask to talk to the manager for a minute.
Elevator pitch: you’ve got 5-10 seconds to get them to ask for more time.
“When I was ordering food I noticed that I couldn’t prepay online, I almost thought of going somewhere else, how come you don’t have a way to pay before coming in?”
“Don’t know how to do that”
“I built a plugin that takes 5-10 mins to set up and people can pay while they order so I don’t have to come inside, can we do a Skype call when you’re not busy to walk through this?”
Once you’ve gotten a handful of trials like this you can start calling but your options with restaurants(especially mom and pop) are to walk in the door or get to them directly on the phone.
I noticed that my natural speaking pace increased so much that it was confusing people who are used to slower cadences and listening to others who speak at a natural pace was grating to me.
Switching to 1x speed has helped me slow down a bit and digest as I go instead of racing through everything.
I'm in my 30's and have always struggled with how flexible I am. Since lockdown I've spent just about every evening mobilizing anything that feels tight or uncomfortable has been a game changer.
I'm finding that I feel physically pretty great, less tight, aches/pains have faded away though there are still a few old injuries I'm working through.
Lockdown has been hugely helpful in maintaining the habit: kids go down in the evening, take the dog for a walk and stretch until you go to sleep has been a great way to unwind.
If you're looking to get started, I initially followed this guy's[0] youtube channel for a month, then started doing what felt right for me.
[0] - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0DZhN-8KFLYO6beSaYljg
It's like Risk without luck, but instead of taking an hour it'll take seven, and instead of being mad at your opponent at the end for a few days you'll hate them for the rest of your life
The way it's played is that there are seven players who are effectively equal in power. There is a timed period where you can discuss your intent freely with others(as open or closed as you'd like).
During this time you strategize, plot against, make deals and offer support.
At the end of the timed period you write down your moves, they're put into an envelope and opened all at once.
No single nation is more powerful than another, you almost always need another's support to make any progress. That said, you don't have to stick to your word, and neither does your opponent.
Did you promise Germany you'd help them into Warsaw, but also promise Russia you wouldn't? It doesn't matter both were plotting against you the whole time because they overheard you talking with England about how you were going to stab both of them in the back.
It's a really fantastic game that has unlimited re-playability.
There's also an urban legend that it was JFK and Kissinger's favorite game[0][1]
[0]: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1529003/kissingers-favorite... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/6je8nu/til_henr...
The levers to pull on are 1) how many people are impacted by the problem, 2) how expensive it is to solve the problem and 3) people's propensity to pay for a solution.
Hailing a cab in SF on a major holiday sucks; enter Uber/Lyft.
Staying in hotels with your family sucked, people wanted to stay in a home; enter AirBnB.
As a sales rep, tracking deals always sucked; enter Salesforce.
Going to the grocery store sucks(a lot of times); enter Instacart
There are no shortage of things that suck, just people willing/able to solve a given problem.
I was hitting snags trying to do analysis with excel and couldn’t vlookup or pivot on a table with a million rows. A friend mentioned in passing that python would make this pretty simple.
I started there and tried to solve problems I was facing with code instead of excel.
Fast forward a year or two having built a few projects on the side, quit my job and started selling software I built from scratch.
I found having a project to work on that solved problems I faced made the learning effort so much easier. I struggled early on trying to solve fizz buzz-type problems because I couldn’t see them solving problems I faced day to day.
I don’t code much anymore but having that arrow in my quiver changed my career trajectory significantly. I recommend learning as soon as possible!