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Make Decisions
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But Only If You Want to Feel Better

In our last +1, we talked about Alex Korb‘s #1 tip to kickstart an Upward Spiral and “Use Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time”: EXERCISE. For the one million and third time, I remind you: Exercise is very (very!) (very!!!) good for you. 🤓 Toda...

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Your Fuel for 10x Thinking

In our last +1, we spent some time with Tim Ferriss, setting some unusually large goals and thinking about the fact that those jumbo goals can often be, paradoxically, easier to reach than the “realistic” goals that everyone else is going after. Of course, as we dream big, we’d be wise to r...

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It’ll Take 100 Years? So... Start TODAY!

The other day I was chatting with our Head Coach Michael Balchan and he mentioned Kennedy’s quote about a tree taking decades to reach maturity; therefore, we should plant it NOW! I knew I wanted to do a +1 on it, so this morning I Googled “Kennedy Quote Tree.” I found the quote. Then I...

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How to Act Boldly
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Choose Courageous Roles

In our last couple of +1s, we’ve chatted about the science of courage. Let’s continue that discussion with some more pro tips on how to Optimize our Courage Quotient. In The Courage Quotient, Robert Biswas-Diener tells us: “If we choose courageous roles or think of ourselves as filling ...

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Here Are My Favorites—Yours?

In our last +1, we talked about the science of courage and did some quick napkin math on our Courage Quotients. Recall that Robert Biswas-Diener tells us that courage has two parts and can be captured in a handy-dandy quotient like so: Willingness to act Courage quotient = —————————— ...

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The Courage Quotient
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How’s Yours?

Robert Biswas-Diener is known as the Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology. As per his bio, “his research has taken him to such far-flung places as Greenland, India, Kenya and Israel.” (And, very important note: “He is afraid of quicksand and snakes.” 🤠) Robert is also the son o...

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#1 Tip for Life Puzzles
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Just Find the Next Piece

As we discussed in our +1 on The Puzzle of Life, Emerson and I recently got into puzzles. These days we’ve been having fun with the Ravensburger series of escape puzzles. We started with the Vampire’s Castle. Then we had fun with the Witch’s Kitchen and then it was on to the Space Observatory. ...

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Zeno’s Paradox
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Time to Reverse It

In our last couple +1s, we’ve been getting our riddles on with Ellen Langer. How about another quick pop quiz?! Two parts. Four questions. Part 1. Q1: “What’s 1 + 1?!” A1: “It depends!” Q2: “What are you capable of?!” A2: “That’s unknowable!R...

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Don’t Aim at Success
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Dedicate Yourself to a Cause Bigger Than Yourself

In our last +1, we spent some time with the master of true freedom: Viktor Frankl. He tells us that freedom exists in the gap between STIMULUS and RESPONSE. Specifically: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth ...

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Aka: Moving from Theory to Practice

In our last +1, we talked about The Choice of Hercules. I actually shared that story in my lecture on Day 2 (Saturday) of our Optimize Coach graduation weekend. Friday’s Day 1 talk was on Theory. We recapped the seven modules from the Mastery Series phase of our program and looked ahead to see how we c...

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Won’t Win Today’s Game

In our last +1, we spent some time with John Maxwell and reflected on his wisdom on the pinnacle of leadership influence: Moral Authority. Recall: “Moral authority is the recognition of a person’s leadership influence based on who they are more than the position they hold. It is attained by authentic...

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Is the Practice of Noble Behavior

In our last +1, we talked about Musonius’s thoughts on theory vis-a-vis practice. Recall his wisdom: “Theory which teaches how one must act assists action and logically precedes the practice, for it is not possible for something good to be accomplished unless it is accomplished in accordance with the...

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Theory vs. Practice
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Musonius Says: One Is More Important Than the Other

In our last +1, we got some great marriage advice from the Roman Socrates, Musonius Rufus. He told us that: “When this mutual care is complete and those who live together provide it to each other completely, each competes to surpass the other in giving such care. Such a marriage is admirable and deserv...

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Let’s Seize Our Destinies TOGETHER… TODAY!

A couple +1s ago, we hung out with my two favorite Joes: Joseph Campbell and Joe De Sena. At the end of that +1, I shared a bunch of wisdom gems from Grandpa Joe. But… I actually saved my favorite for last. It was the very first one I saw when I opened our Note on A Joseph Campbell Companion. I think i...

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How to Deal with the Grandmaster of Mediocrity

Continuing our exploration of Marie Forleo’s four-letter wisdom, let’s take another moment to mine some gems from her astonishingly good book Everything Is Figureoutable. In our last +1, we crossed out the “I can’t”s in our lives and replaced them with a more honest “I won’t.” Today we’...

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The 5 Second Rule

Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage

by Mel Robbins

Mel Robbins is funny, witty and wise. Her TEDx Talk (called How to stop screwing yourself over) is one of the most popular of all time, with more than 18 million views. This book is also super popular—with over 1,000 Amazon reviews. It’s pretty awesome. Actually, the book is REALLY (!) good. In fact, Mel Robbins’ 5 Second Rule might just be one of THE most elegantly efficient Tools we can use to close the gap between who we’re CAPABLE of being and who we’re ACTUALLY being. (Seriously.) Big Ideas we explore include The 5 Second Rule (and how/when to rock it), how to win the game of life (hint: start, stay in, for the long game!), excitement + anxiety (and how they feel the same in the body), managing distractions (today a good day?), and changing your life with one moment of everyday courage.

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#ASKGARYVEE

One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness

by Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk. Better known by those in the know as Gary Vee—the jumbo intense, uber-passionate entrepreneur/social media maven/investor extraordinaire who happens to have a strong opinion on everything! In this book, we get the best Ideas from his ##AskGaryVee show. It’s packed with Gary’s insights on everything from entrepreneurship to social media. Big Ideas we cover include Clouds and Dirt, Oxygen + DNA, Hustle, practicing the religion of adding value and being willing to suck.

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Evolution

The Cutting Edge Guide to Breaking Down Mental Walls and Building the Body You've Always Wanted

by Joe Manganiello

As the sub-title suggests, this book is a guide to breaking down the mental walls that get in the way of building the body (and life) you’ve always wanted. Part motivational manifesto and part training manual. Big Ideas we explore include finding our extra gear, the magic # that can change your life (hint: 3:59.4), how to run a sub-4-minute mile (and achieve all your other goals), being strict + flexible and going from a 2 to an 8 by thinking less and doing more.

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Organize Tomorrow Today

8 Ways to Retrain Your Mind to Optimize Performance at Work and in Life

by Jason Selk, Tom Bartow, Matthew Rudy

Jason Selk is one of the world’s leading peak performance/mental training experts. Tom Bartow is one of the world’s leading financial advisor trainers. Together they provide a manual on how to “start every day with more focus, confidence, and energy—by learning how to set the right priorities." Great stuff. Big Ideas we cover: Your 2 top questions for tomorrow, the Zeigarnik Effect, the importance of Nailing it, why fight-thrus are the key to creating habits, your new mental toughness workout, and repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition...

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Making Hope Happen

Create the Future You Want for Yourself and Others

by Shane J. Lopez, PhD

Did you know there's a science of hope? Yep. And Shane Lopez is the world's leading researchig studying the science of hope. This book is an inspiring look at the nuts and bolts of cultivating hope. Big Ideas we explore include differentiating hope from fantastizing and dwelling, the three keys to hope (goals + agency + pathways) , futurecasting, sirens, when/where plans and why hope is so important for leadership.

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Manage Your Day-to-Day

Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series)

by Jocelyn K. Glei

If you’re looking to optimize your day-to-day-productivity, this collection of wisdom from some of the world’s leading creative gurus via 99U is a fantastic place to start. Big Ideas we explore include the importance daily routines, the most important thing you can do to boost your productivity, how screen apnea leads to things you don’t want and why rats love to check email.

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The Motivation Manifesto

by Brendon Burchard

Brendon Burchard is one of the most popular motivation and business marketing experts in the world. (To put it in perspective: He’s one of the Top 100 most popular public figures on Facebook and has twice as many fans as Tony Robbins.) This book is packed with Big Ideas. We explore the root of the word motivation, how to spark + sustain + amplify our motivation, eliminating digital addictions, and creating out own motivation manifesto.

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No Limits

The Will to Succeed

by Michael Phelps, Alan Abrahamson

Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in history and arguably the greatest athlete ever. This book is a quick look at 8 virtues that led to his 8 gold medals in '08. Big Ideas we explore include how to train your mind, going all in, knowing what's important now (aka W.I.N.), and not confusing "can't" vs. "won't."

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The Art of Taking Action

Lessons from Japanese Psychology

by Gregg Krech

Greg Krech is one of the world’s leading teachers of Japanese psychology. This book integrates three core facets of the work he has done for the last 25+ years: Morita Therapy + kaizen + Naikan. Big Ideas we explore include understanding what is within our control and what is not (hint: thoughts and feelings are not; behaviors are), how to create momentum in your life and the importance of constant incremental improvement.

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Mini Habits

Smaller Habits, Bigger Results

by Stephen Guise

How’s your habit-building process working for you? If you’ve stalled a few (hundred?) times, Stephen Guise tells us that Mini Habits might be just the thing you’re looking for! In the Note we look at what a Mini Habit is and how to go about rockin’ it exploring Big Ideas like making habits stupid small (aka “too small to fail”), embracing Newton’s 1st law, and being aware of ego depletion as you create your chain!

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Procrastinate on Purpose

5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time

by Rory Vaden

Rory Vaden tells us we can choose one of three options: 1. We can manage our time. 2. We can prioritize our time. 3. We can multiply our time. The most successful among us learn how to MULTIPLY their time and that’s what this book is all about. Big Ideas explored include the 5 Permissions (Eliminate + Automate + Delegate + Procrastinate + Concentrate) with a focus on the most important: Eliminate!!

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Take the Stairs

7 Steps to Achieving True Success

by Rory Vaden

When you appraoch a set of stairs and an escalator what do you do? If you're like 95% of the world, you hop on the escalator but Rory Vaden tells us if we want true success in our lives we need to quit looking for shortcuts and Take the Stairs! In the Note we'll look at how to quit being a Should-head, embrace the Pain Paradox and get our Visioneering on.

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Getting Things Done

The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

by David Allen

Getting Things Done. This is like the Bible of personal productivity. And David Allen is our wise sage, walking us thru the powerful systems to help us master the art of stress-free productivity. In the Note, we'll explore how to clear our heads (mind like water!), play the 2-minute game, get our inbox to zero and envision + plan for wil success.

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Superhuman by Habit

A Guide to Becoming the Best Possible Version of Yourself, One Tiny Habit at a Time

by Tynan

You want to be superhuman? Tynan tells us it's *all* about the habits. I agree. And this book is a genius little manifesto on how to rock it. In the Note, we'll look at some Big Ideas on the basic mental mechanics of installing habits that'll help you reach your potential. Keys: focusing on consistency (!), using your mistakes to your advantage, getting rid of negative habits and focusing on the finish line as you rock the process.

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One Small Step Can Change Your Life

by Robert Maurer

One small step. That’s all we ever need to take! In his great, quick-reading book One Small Step Can Change Your Life, Robert Maurer helps us understand why the small steps are so important. In this Note, we’ll take a look at the difference between kaizen and innovation, learn how to tiptoe past our fear, and identify one small step we can take on our journey to rockin’ it!

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100 Ways to Motivate Yourself

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by Steve Chandler

I’m not sure how I found this book but I’m glad I did! Steve Chandler’s awesome and this book kinda reminds me of my book: One quick, inspiring, Big Idea after another that helps us get our practical wisdom on and go out and rock it. Some of my favorites include the cure for “Intention Deficit Disorder,” Creating vs. Reacting, and the importance of replacing worry with action.

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The Path of Least Resistance

Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life

by Robert Fritz

Robert Fritz tells us that our souls will not invest themselves in a compromise and then lays out the way for us to rock it. In this Note, we'll take a peek at what keeps us stuck (or, as he says, "oscillating" between our ideals and our limiting beliefs that we can’t attain 'em), and how to create healthy tension where we know what we want and we consistently take baby steps in the right direction in line with our deepest commitments.

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The Now Habit

A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

by Neil Fiore

You ever procrastinate? Me, too. D'oh! This is an *awesome* book to help get at the underlying psychological issues/behaviorial patterns that are driving the show when we procrastinate (The Pursuit of Perfect is another great one for that, btw) and we'll have fun getting out of perfectionism and into facing our fears with baby steps in the right direction as we replace the self-defeating thoughts with more empowering ones.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

by Stephen R. Covey

This classic has sold 15 million copies and was the first self-development book I read back in the day (1995 to be precise). In this Note, we'll take a quick look at all 7 Habits—from being proactive (huge!) to beginning with the end in mind, putting first things first, thinking win/win, seeking first to understand, synergizing and sharpening the saw. Lots of goodness here to help us develop our character to create our ideal lives as we most fully give ourselves to the world.

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Mastery

The Key to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

by George Leonard

Mastery. Are you a dabbler or a hacker or an obsessive or a master? We all have elements of each and we tend to fall into particular patterns in our lives. In this Note, we'll explore George Leonard’s brilliant ideas on how to live a life of mastery, in which every moment becomes an opportunity for growth and self-expression as we embrace the practice of living masterfully.

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“Unshackle those fears. Stop talking about what you *could* be if you just did this or that. Finish it. Become it.”

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“Getting older doesn’t mean that you have to slow down. It just means you have to play the margins even closer.”

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“Acceptance is an inner state of humility achieved only after a period of grueling and thorough hard work. Falling flat on your face and then getting up for more.”

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“Building a plan that works is about putting yourself in control over what you eat and put into your body, and not making the plan so inflexible that you go insane.”

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“Truth: the more words and ingredients you don’t recognize, the more likely it is that you’re buying something you don’t want to put into your body.”

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“Those who reap the benefits of life don’t wait for breaks to happen; they *make* them happen.”

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“Remember, realistic expectations lead to realistic goals, which create real results.”

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“Those who truly evolve are the ones who leap off of life’s cliffs. Their world is not one of haves and have-nots, and it’s not one of potential. It’s one of hustle, ambition, and endless determination.”

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“I’m going to need you to accept nothing less than your best effort. You owe it to yourself to know, once and for all, how far you can go.”

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“Evolution starts once you can grasp and accept the infinite possibilities and agree to never cut corners or make excuses.”

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“The only difference between us, as I see it, is that I have figured out the ‘secrets’ that actually work. Secret 1: There are no secrets.”

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“Instead of telling yourself you aren’t special enough to get all the things you want in life, start telling yourself ‘I deserve it!’—and then start deserving it by taking action!”

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“When we focus on small, incremental improvements instead of perfection, the human spirit takes over, and all things become much more possible.”

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“What *does* enhance self-image? Learning to talk to yourself about what you do well and how you want to improve.”

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“Greatness is predicated on consistently doing things others can’t or won’t do. Simply put, success is *not* about being brilliant. It’s about being consistent.”

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“The discouragement monster, as we call it, is so dangerous because it saps your willingness to keep trying. You must remember that scoring often comes in spurts.”

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“The reality is that our habits aren’t so much formed as they are in a constant state of formation.”

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“‘Busy’ isn’t what gets rewarded long-term in the marketplace. ‘Productive’ is. ... The most successful people don’t get everything done. They get the most important things done.”

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“Taking a zero on one of your most important tasks is the equivalent of a professional athlete losing a game by forfeit. Passing altogether on your priorities completely erodes mental toughness.”

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“The key is to list important, ambitious, but realistic tasks that can reasonably be completed during the day. Small, day-to-day successes are the building blocks of achievement.”

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