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Millionaire Life Hacks # 3
Cold Showers — 3 reasons why I like being cool.
Before I begin let me give you my definition of a life hack. A life hack is a method, procedure, or system that gives a massive positive output with a minimum of input effort. As such, one enormous life hack for me is taking a cold shower each day.
And yes, I am walking the talk here. I take a cold shower almost every day. On the days I miss I am most often traveling. One of my favorite getaways is a rustic cabin with no running water, so you really can't fault me for not taking a shower when I am there!
And let me say my showers are cold. If I leave my face and head in the stream of rushing water longer than about 20 seconds, I get a snowball headache. Hey — that’s cold!
I have written about taking cold showers before, and so have a lot of others, so I don't want to rehash this topic. But when it comes to life hacks I can’t think of a more productive way to spend the first ten minutes of my day.
I got introduced to cold showers by Wim Hof (www.wimhofmethod), the Iceman as he has come to be known. He is the guy who turned on the cold water stream for me. He proffers that a cold shower, or cold exposure in general, has five key benefits: reduced stress levels, higher levels of alertness, a more robust immune system…
