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  Operationalizing Antifragile Confidence

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  If… Then… Repeat. BOOM!

  In our last +1, we spent some more time with our beloved Roman Stoic Seneca. As you may recall, first he told us that “Disaster is virtue’s opportunity.” Then he told us: “M...

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  Disaster =

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  Virtue’s Opportunity

  If you haven’t noticed, I can’t quite get enough of Stoic wisdom. In fact, I can’t quite get enough of ancient (Stoic) wisdom AND modern science—which is why I’ve been on a little streak of reading one positive psychology book then a Stoic book then another science of ...

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  A New Take on Mis-takes

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  Using Them as Fuel for Our Antifragile Fires

  In our last +1, we spent some time with an Academy Award-nominated documentarian who reminded us that we need to be willing to fail. Actually, he reminded us that those hundreds of unused hours of filming weren’t failures. “Each frame was an important part of the overall process...

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  Your Philosopher’s Wand

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  Goes Well with Your Philosopher’s Stone

  In our last couple +1s, we’ve been having fun using our magic wands to alchemize adversity into exceptional opportunities for growth. Among other things, we reflected on the fact that, as Abraham Maslow put it when studying his paragons of flourishing: “the most important learni...

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  Alchemizing Adversity

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  Into Exceptional Opportunities for Growth

  In our last +1, we all get issued our magic wand. It can alchemize any and all challenges into fuel for our growth. Thank you, Hermes and Epictetus!! I mentioned the fact that Ward Farnsworth shared that passage in his great book

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  Your Secret Weapon

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  Thank You, Epictetus and Hermes

  In our last +1, we had some fun making our Optimize virtue compass. Recall the four cardinal points correspond with our four cardinal virtues. At the top, pointing North, we have Wisdom. At the bottom, pointing South, we have Self-Mastery. At...

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  How to Make an OMMS Sandwich

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  Start with the Meaty-Obstacle + Add Goodness

  Not too long ago we talked about how to operationalize Antifragile OMMS via a 1-2 then 1-2-3 process. Start with Wisdom + Self-Mastery then throw in some Gratitude, Hope and Zest and voila!...

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  The 1, 2, 3 of Antifragility

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  How to Operationalize OMMS

  This morning I was out on the Trail enjoying (yet!) another stunningly beautiful Ojai morning. I was thinking about our Mastery Series Module on How to Create Antifragile Confidence, Heroic Courage, and Response-ability. The Theory side of that session will be stacked and we’ll hav...

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  Semper Gumby

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  Always Flexible, Optimus!

  In our last +1, we fell down seven times and got up eight—wiser and stronger than we started. Hooyah Commander Divine! (… and Angela Duckworth and Ryan Holiday and Joe De Sena!) Today we’re going to wrap up our brief exploration of Mark Divine’s wisdom by checking out...

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  Fall Down Seven Times

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  Get Up Eight (OMMS!)

  In our last few +1s, we’ve been spending some time with world-class fear wolf-tamer, Mark Divine as we explore wisdom from his new book Staring Down the Wolf.

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  Legitimate Suffering

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  Let’s Allow It and Stop Multiplying It

  In our last +1, we talked about falling UPWARD and the fact that life will (hate to continue to break the news to you) involve suffering. I mentioned the phrase Richard Rohr uses to ...

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  How to Fall Upward

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  Embrace “Necessary Suffering”

  Let’s go back to Richard Rohr and his wisdom from Falling Upward. We haven’t talked about the title of the book yet. “Falling UPWAR...

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  Real Enthusiasm

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  Passing Through the Worst and Realizing It’s the Best

  In our last +1, we talked about the power of commitments. I referenced my notes from my chat with my Yoda who gave us the koan-wisdom: “Success doesn’t matter in this world, commitment does.” Then we connected that to David Brooks and his wisdom on how to climb...

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  OMMS Journaling

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  Science of: Gratitude, Suffering, and Redemption

  In our last couple +1s, we reflected on the fact that we’d be wise to remember that time flies and the fact that (newsflash!) we’re not going to live forever. That “contrasting” as the scientists call it, provides a healthy perspective shift that tends to force us into a...

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  The God of Medicine

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  Prescribing Hardships to Cultivate Our Virtue

  Continuing our exploration of Stoic practices that help us step in between stimulus and response so we can choose our optimal response, let’s hear how Marcus Aurelius approached it. But… First, quick note. As we discussed, Stoicism is the philosophical foundat...

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