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  Running Your Willpower Offense

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  Strategic Considerations + Odysseus Contracts

  In our last +1, we talked about the fact that willpower outpredicts IQ by a factor of TWO for academic performance. Today I want to revisit the fact that the best willpower exemplars among us play OFFENSE with their willpower NOT defense. In other words, they don’t use their precious w...

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  Habits & Willpower

  commitment Discipline Habits Mind productivity Strategy willpower

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  IQ vs. Willpower

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  One Is a Much Better Predictor than the Other

  In our last +1, we talked about the awesome CEO-dads (and Harvard interns!) who are committed to mastering their Love as much as their Work. (Inspiring!!!) One of the things that triggered the CEO-dad’s question was the fact that I emphasized the importance of our

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  Learning & Willpower

  algorithms big-three Discipline Learning Mind productivity The Big 3 willpower

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  How to Think About Your Flaws

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  Hint: Alchemize Them into Marginal Gains

  The other day I was working on a Note on Phil Maffetone’s book called 1:59. It’s all about how he thinks someone will run a marathon in less th...

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  Conquering Perfectionism & Peak Performance

  conquering-perfectionism Discipline equanimity Mental Toughness Mind Needs Work Peak Performance

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  Strong Ego = Ticket to Divine

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  An Optimized Approach Your Ego + Id + Superego

  In our last +1, we continued our chat about the fact that your perfection is already there. It’s just waiting for you to follow Rule #1 and quit doing yourself harm. I said that that just requires a little more discipline from you. (And me.) Which makes me think about the connection be...

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  Abundance & Self-Image

  abundance Discipline Happiness Mastery self-awareness self-image soul Spirit

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  The Fastest Way to Optimize

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  Think: -1 -1 -1 = Infinite You

  In our last +1, we talked about the fact that you’re ALREADY solid gold. Like, 100% jumbo-solid gold. We just need to chip away at the stuff that’s in the way. Today, I want to take a moment to drill into that a bit more. Specifically, I want to make the point (again!) that THE faste...

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  Greatest Year Ever & Optimal Living

  bonus-goodness commitment Discipline Excellence greatest-year-ever Optimal Living soul Spirit

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  The Golden You

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  Just Chip Away at the (Not-so) Bonus Layer

  So, we’ve been pretty intense lately with all this “Champion” talk. Before we go any further, I want to make one thing REALLY clear. Basically: You’re ALREADY a Champion. You’re ALREADY the “best” version of yourself. It’s less about trying to “get to” that version of...

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  Peak Performance & Self-Image

  Actualization Discipline Happiness Mind optimism Peak Performance self-image

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  How Byron Katie Does Her Dishes

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  Hint: She Dominates Them 🤓

  In our last +1, we talked about the etymology of the word dominate. Recall, it comes from the Latin “to rule.” I like that. Let’s rule our lives with strong self-mastery. A couple +1s back we talked about me dominating my kitchen. Although I didn’t mention it, dominati...

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  Conquering Procrastination & Self-Image

  action Conquering Procrastination Discipline Happiness Mind Power self-image

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  Dominate = To Rule

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  Who’s Ruling Your Life?

  In our last +1, we talked about Stuart Wilde’s wisdom to dominate our lives. Specifically, I repeat again, he told us: “If you are powerful, you will dominate your life.” I encouraged us to pick ONE thing we’d dominate...

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  Leadership & Self-Image

  Discipline Happiness leadership Mastery Power self-image soul Spirit

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  Dominating Your Life

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  It’s What You Do If You’re Powerful

  Penguin Random House recently sent me an advanced copy of a book called An Audience of One. It’s great. Check out the Notes on it. Thank you, Penguin Random House! As I was reading it, a quote f...

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  Leadership & Self-Image

  Discipline Happiness leadership Power Practice self-image soul Spirit

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  The Power of Solitude

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  Clarity + Creativity + Emotional Balance + Moral Courage

  In our last +1, we talked about an exercise to get a little more clarity on the trade-offs you might be making in regard to your top priorities and your tech usage. Which reminds me of a really (!) good book called

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  Conquering Digital Addiction & Leadership

  conquering-digital-addiction Discipline leadership Mind productivity self-awareness technology

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  Your Digital Addiction

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  Ancient Rome Says: It’s a Form of Slavery

  In our last +1, we talked about all the zeroes (12 of them!) in the Attention Economy. Today I’d like to talk a little more about addiction. Specifically, let’s talk about the etymology of the word. Do you know where it comes from? Once upon a time in ancient Rome, if you coul...

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  Conquering Digital Addiction & Mindfulness

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  The $7 Trillion Mind-Hacking Industry

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  Addicted Users vs. Smashing Luddites vs. Optimizites < How Are YOU Showing Up?

  A couple +1s ago, while celebrating Yuval Noah Harari’s lack of a smartphone, I mentioned the fact that we don’t need to become smashing Luddites in response to the tsunami of technology that hammers us all day every day.

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  “Algorithm”

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  <- It's “Arguably the Single Most Important Concept in Our World”

  Continuing our tour through Professor Harari’s big brain and its vision of our future, let’s talk about what he considers “arguably the single most important concept in our world.” What would you guess? Given what we’ve discussed about the past and the future, what would you th...

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  Algorithms & Habits

  algorithms Discipline Habits Mind productivity Strategy Systems

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  Demonstration vs. Instruction

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  Which One Do YOU Think the World Needs More Of?

  Wallace D. Wattles was an old-school Philosopher-Optimizer who wrote The Science of Getting Rich. He also wrote a little book ...

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  Fatherhood & Leadership

  Character Discipline Fatherhood leadership Mind mis-take service

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  The Space

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  Between Stimulus and Response

  Viktor Frankl was a remarkable human being. He was a leading psychotherapist before suffering the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. He alchemized those experiences into an even deeper understanding of human behavior that he shared ...

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  Mindfulness & Stoicism

  Actualization Discipline Mastery Mind mindfulness stoicism Wisdom

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