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Creative vs. Reactive
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Choose One Before the Other (If You Want to Actualize Your Potential)

Creative and reactive. Two words with the same exact letters. Just a slightly different placement of that “c.” But, alas, that “c” in the beginning of Creative leads to a VERY important difference. In my 1-on-1 coaching work, one of the things I ...

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The 5 (Greek) Keys to Optimizing
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Areté + Eudaimonia + en*theos + Hērōs + Euthymia

We’re hitting another exciting milestone in our +1 series today: #200. Let’s celebrate in style. We celebrated #100 with one of my favorite Greek words: euthymia. You may recall that euthymia is a word Seneca used to describe that feeling of calm confidence w...

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#Arrows and Our Friend Apollo
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A Handy Tool for Rocking It

In our last +1, we talked about the fact that we never want to confuse ourselves with visions of an entire lifetime at once. The trick? Focus on the present moment. That’s the only time we ever have to show up and be our best. Here’s one way I like to operationalize that wisd...

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Visions of a Lifetime
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Marcus Aurelius on the Present Moment

Marcus Aurelius once wrote to himself, “Never confuse yourself with visions of an entire lifetime at once.” As a guy who often wants to have it all perfectly figured out right now and forever, I remember being awe struck by that line when I first read it. “Never confuse...

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Removing Triggers
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Making it Really Hard to Do the Not-So-Good Things

In our last +1, we talked about the power of triggers to make it really easy to do good things. Today I want to talk about REMOVING the triggers that make it easy to do the sub-optimal things!! It’s funny because I had this idea in the morning before I meditated as I was taking tha...

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Adding Triggers
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Finding Ways to Make the Good Things Super Easy

Today I want to talk about another little way to make your good habits super easy to do. First, a little context. I drink a little concoction with about eight ounces of water, a couple tablespoons of potato starch, a splash of apple cider vinegar, a couple capfuls of an electrolyte suppl...

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Microscopes + Telescopes
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Another Way to Zoom In + Zoom Out

In our last +1, we talked about the power of drawing a huge circle and then a little pin-point dot. Zooming in to rock the current challenge. And zooming out to hold the bigger picture. Here’s another way to look at it. The master warrior-of-the-mind Philosopher has a ton of tools in h...

The Big Picture
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Zoom In + Zoom Out

Let’s do one more to round out our little series of +1s on how to become more Antifragile. It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that whatever challenge is capturing our attention for the moment is EVERYTHING!! If we aren’t mindful, we can feel so attached to the outcome of t...

Antifragile Barbells
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How to Craft an Optimal Strategy for Life and Other Important Things

Continuing our Antifragile theme, let’s talk about another way Nassim Taleb tells us to approach things if we want to avoid being fragile. He’s using this example in the context of investing but I love to apply it to EVERYTHING. Imagine a barbell like the kind you’d find at a gym. ...

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Death Cookies
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Fuel for the Journey to Your Infinite Potential

Continuing our theme of how to become Antifragile Heroes, let’s look at another way to rock it. A couple +1s ago we talked about “Approach vs. Avoidance.” As we discussed, science says that the healthiest among us APPROACH rather than AVOID their challenges. Here’s another way to...

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