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A Modified Look at the Science of Motivation

Yesterday we talked about our motivation equation. You know: Motivation = Value x Expectancy / Impulsivity x Delay Quick re-cap: Our motivation will always be driven by how fired up we are about getting something (Value) and how confident we are that we can have it (Expectancy). To the extent we REALLY R...

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The Science of Solving the Procrastination Equation

Piers Steele is a leading research scientist. After analyzing hundreds of studies on motivation, he came up with a little equation to capture the essence of motivation. It’s a little abstract on first blush but worth internalizing and using as one of our tools. I recommend keeping this ready at hand an...

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The Science of Making Your Dreams a Reality

Gabriele Oettingen is a world-class researcher who has spent her career studying the science of making your dreams come to life. In her book Rethinking Positive Thinking, she tells us that it’s simply not enough to visualize our ideal life vision-board style. Although it’s very important to start wit...

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How to Run a 4-Minute Mile and/or Do Other "Impossible" Stuff

At this point, most of us know that Roger Bannister was the first person to break the 4-minute mile. Very smart people of his era said that it was impossible. Period. End of story. He, of course, wasn’t so sure. But here’s what’s awesome: Do you know how Roger trained to do the impossible? Hint: He...

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Your Infinite Potential
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And Where to Find It

Phil Stutz and Barry Michels wrote a great book called The Tools. There are five Tools in the book and we may chat about others later but I want to focus on the first for now. Phil and Barry tell us that most people like to live within their comfort zones. Why is that? Well, what does it feel like outsid...

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How to High Five Your Inner Daimon
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My Philosophy in One Word

To the extent that there’s a gap between who you’re capable of being in any given moment and who are actually being in that moment, you will experience a level of discontent. Regret. Anxiety. Depression. As per our last +1, a bad-daimon. aka: Unhappiness. The trick to closing the gap between who you...

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The #1 Key to Happiness + Flourishing
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Hint: Become BFFs with your Inner Soul

Imagine your ideal self. Smiling and waving at you. See ‘em?! (Seriously. Take a deep breath/10 seconds and bring that epically awesome you to life in your mind.) Here’s the deal: That ideal version of you is pretty much watching you all day every day. The Stoic philosophers called this “the Other....

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What Must YOU be?

Abraham Maslow studied the greatest people of his generation. People like Eleanor Roosevelt and Albert Einstein. He told us about the importance of actualizing our potential. In fact, he said that “What one CAN be, one *must* be.” This need to self-actualize is, at a certain stage of developm...

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Optimize +1 Begins Tomorrow! (Then continues forever… 🤓)

Hi, this is Brian. I’m excited to introduce you to our Optimize +1 series. Let’s start with a quick question… What would your life look like if you Optimized just a LITTLE more today? And again tomorrow… And the day after that… +1. +1. +1. Tiny little incremental optimizations that we aggre...

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Motivation = ENERGY x (Value x Expectancy / Impulsivity x Delay)
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Handy Dandy Motivational Calculator
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WOOP! There It Is
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Your Infinite Potential
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How to High Five Your Inner Daimon
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The #1 Key to Happiness + Flourishing
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+1 or -1 = Destiny Math
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