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Pop Quiz: What % of Cancer is Genetic?

Today we have another Pop Quiz. And, we actually already had this pop quiz but it’s a question we want to make sure we get right as a lot hinges on it. So… Here we go: When you think of cancer, what role, percentage-wise, would you guess genes play in terms of someone getting ...

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$100 Billion + $100 Billion = 0

Today we’re going to talk about some bad math. Specifically, bad cancer math. Here’s the short story: Two days before Christmas in 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a War on Cancer. Since then, we have spent $100 billion on research. Today we spend over $100 billion on cancer medicatio...

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Shocking Stats + Rethinking Cancer: Theory + Therapy

Not too long ago we had a series of +1s on how to conquer cancer. Although I’m somewhat hesitant to jump back into the cancer discussion again via these +1s, I’m also BLOWN away by the stats as I continue to obsess about how to support my brother and, by extension, you and your family as yo...

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Seneca: The Worse a Person Is the Less He Feels It
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Aurelius: Don’t Like Yourself? Why Would I Care Whether or Not You Like Me?

Continuing our good times with our Stoic friends, how about couple more gems from Seneca and Aurelius? Seneca once said, “The worse a person is the less he feels it.”

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Seneca Says: Be Harsh with Yourself at Times
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(With Self-Compassion, of Course)

In our last couple +1s, we had some fun at the hospital with our Stoic friends Seneca and Epictetus. Recall Epictetus’ wisdom that sometimes good philosophy feels more like a trip to...

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Are More Like Hospitals (Check Yourself In Yet?)

In our last +1, we talked about how to give advice Seneca-style. Recall that he didn’t do it from a soapbox. He did with the humility of a friend in the hospital bed next to you. (Pop quiz: You practice that approach yesterday in any poten...

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Like One Patient to Another

I recently interviewed Donald Robertson. Donald is one of the world’s leading thinkers on Stoicism. He wrote The ...

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= Productivity Magic

Continuing our theme of how to Optimize our productivity, let’s talk about an Idea from Tm Ferris. In The 4-Hour Workweek, Tim combines two concepts to create some magic. I just so happened to be a micro-case study in the power of this approach today and thought it would be a good ti...

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What to Do When You’re Flowing
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Stay in the Zone - Keep Hammering

Lanny Bassham won a gold medal in rifle shooting. We’ve talked about him and his wisdom from With Winning in Mind a number of times. ...

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A Zen Fable on Good and Bad Luck

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was an old farmer. This man had a horse. Then, one day, his horse ran away. All the neighbors said, “Gah!! That’s such a bummer. What bad luck.” The man said, “Maybe. It is what is.” Then, one day, the horse return...

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