936: Pardigm: Monitor Your Body, Balance Your Cortisol To Live Long and Healthy with AI Technology and Medical Pioneer Entrepreneur Wibe Wagemans

Everyone desires to have good health and live long to do what they like and spend time with their loved ones. But with the world we live in right now, where unhealthy foods and stressful environments are all over the place, people struggle to be healthy or spend a lot of time living. So how can you be healthy and live long? By focusing on your diet, knowing the situation in your body, and monitoring your glucose and cortisol, your desire to have good health and live long is in your hands.

Wibe Wagemans is a serial entrepreneur, CEO, and pioneer in mobile and AI technology. He has worked at companies like Gillette, Nokia, Procter & Gamble, and has run a $1 billion business. Wibe is also the founder of two nonprofits and the author of two books - "The Secret of Silicon Valley" and "Cortisol, the Master Hormone." Today, Wibe discusses the importance of the quantitative self-movement and how individuals can take more control of their health by monitoring their cortisol levels, a biomarker that has a significant impact on major health issues.

Quotes

"It's not just about owning your own health data, but really trying to figure out what's going on inside our bodies. As a doctor, there's only so much you can learn in med school and from scientific literature about our bodies." - Wibe Wagemans

“Everybody's afraid of failure. I've probably taken more risks than others. But what really needs to happen—and I've learned this the hard way through many mistakes—is that you have to stay open-minded.” - Wibe Wagemans

“You have to just say, 'Okay, I'm going to swallow my pride and move on,' checking your ego at the door. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it's helpful to stay open-minded and keep learning.” - Wibe Wagemans

Takeaways

01:14 Monitoring your own health data, such as cortisol levels, can provide valuable insights that doctors may miss.

06:34 Cortisol has far-reaching effects on various health conditions, from cardiovascular disease to mental health and fertility.

15:17 Measuring cortisol at home, rather than in a clinical setting, can give a more accurate picture of your body's cortisol levels.

20:20 A technological breakthrough allows for quantitative cortisol measurement using a smartphone, without the need for additional devices.

26:11 Embracing an open-minded, persistent, and failure-tolerant mindset can be beneficial in both entrepreneurship and personal growth.

Resources

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