I can tell you that hiring a culture misfit will poison an entire teamās moral and lead to a downward spiral of decreasing productivity and profitability, no matter how technically qualified the misfit is.
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I get that, but when itās leadership covering their own biases under the guise of promoting corporate culture that it becomes problamatic, and can hurt the business.
For instance, I had a hell of a time getting the owner of a restaurant to actually hire very talented spanish-speaking employees because the owner didnāt speak spanish and wanted to be able to speak to everyone one-on-one.
I understand both sides. A brilliant employee who could do an amazing job and a team with strong communication and ease of facilitating teamwork.
Which one provided the greatest net benefit?
If the scenario was that the owner didnāt want to hire a Hispanic who spoke English, because he was Hispanic, then I would agree.
Iāve been looking for a reason to hate working with Hispanics for 25 years and keep coming up blank. Same with people from India and Nigerian Christians. I really want to hate on these people but they keep being awesome to work with.
I would have killed for some good Mexican job applicants the last time I had direct reports, but there arenāt many up north. These white kids in Maine donāt know how to bust ass the same way, and if they do, they probably have a drug problem.
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When you eliminate the cartel smuggling to pay for coyote services aspect, Hispanic illegals are maybe the most traditional contingency in the US from a family values and work ethic point of view. And they take care of their lawns. They vote Democrat to avoid deportation but are basically Azul Perro democrats.
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I think there are better ways to spend your time. Maybe yell at some clouds.
Itās Perros Azules. In Spanish, the adjective typically follows the noun it modifies and both the noun and adjective need to agree with the number and gender of what they describe.
Sorry.
Guess Iām also not that gay.
Fortunately Iām American, and Iāll say things however the fuck I want and people can adapt to me.
Yeah, in English. See? Thatās called irony. And no one is adapting to you. You arenāt that important.
Ironically, in the real world where it actually matters, people adapt to me daily. So I guess thereās that.
But Iād rather keeping snarking in this pocket of the internet right now.
And yeah, in English. I do see, because I typed it.
A pilot study conducted by Stanford Medicine found that 79% of participants showed clinically meaningful psychiatric improvement after four months of keto dieting. These folks were suffering primarily from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Improvements were observed in mood, cognition, and overall mental stability.
The researchers theorize that keto shifts the brainās primary fuel source from glucose to ketones, which may stabilize neuronal activity and improve brain metabolism. This metabolic shift is linked to reduced inflammation, better energy regulation in the brain, and potential neuroprotective effects. Several of the participants described keto as ālife-changingā and said theyād never felt better.
As a bonus, every participant with metabolic syndrome was in remission by the end of the study.
Working on a full article for this. Pretty interesting from a mental health point of view (fat loss and ketoās effect on muscle aside).
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Not psychology but Will Ferrell is NOT funny.
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Is it because of the dosage of glucose is too high in their dietsā¦not the actual glucose
Iām bipolar and have always felt great while in ketosis. Been doing it off and on since reading Body Opus back in the day.
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A great book!
Duchaine was a genius. Met him in Carlsbad a long time ago. Friendly.
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These studies should always include a control group that just eats a balanced diet of unprocessed food. Is it really keto that is making it better, or just not eating cookies and twinkies?
Iām just skeptical that eating oatmeal was making someone bipolar.
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Good thought. I address that in the upcoming article:
But Would Other Diets Do the Same Thing?
To really assess ketoās effects on mental health, weād need several controlled studies comparing keto dieting to other diets that lower inflammation. Since mental health is closely related to brain inflammation, would any inflammation-zapping nutrition strategy improve mental health? We donāt know yet, but we can say that keto helps.
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I believe it resolves epilepsy, too.
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What does ābalancedā mean? Only humans do that crap and only humans have a ton of issuesā¦all diet related