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The Optimize Food Rules
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The Big 3 (+1!)

One of my favorite parts about creating our Optimize Mastery Series is that it forced me to go to the next level of clarity on the most important aspects of our Optimize philosophy. This was true from Day 1 of the program and I found it to be especially powerful with our Eating Fundamental (whi...

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The Gorillas in Our Midst
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See Them Once, See Them Everywhere

Gorillas. They’re fascinating creatures. Especially when they’re hidden in plain site. Remember that +1 back in the day about The Invisible Gorilla? As you may recall (a...

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How to Solve the Health Care Crisis
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Starting With Our Next Meal

In our last +1, we discussed some of the fascinating research that is unequivocally (!) proving the fact that food is effective medicine. The Energetic and economic return on those invested food dollars is ASTONISHING. Today we’re going to look at one more study and how we can solve th...

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Food As Medicine
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Science Says: “Wow! It Works!”

In our last couple +1s, we talked about the wisdom of addressing root causes of health issues rather than merely treating the symptoms of those issues. We invited Emerson to the party for some spray-paint gardening fun and wrote ourselves some empowering, life-enhancing prescriptions. No...

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Spray Painting Leaves
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Wise Gardening for Mind Body and Soul

In our last +1, we hung out with some scientists and doctors who decided to test whether or not FOOD prescriptions would be more cost-effective (and health-boosting effective) than just normal prescriptions for medicine. (We might have also talked about the green spray paint prescription our nu...

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Food Prescriptions
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Are More Effective Than Prescriptions for Medicine

Today I want to chat about food prescriptions. “Food prescriptions? Really? There’s such a thing?” YES. Food prescriptions. Did you know that wise scientists have actually studied whether it’s more cost-effective to prescribe FOOD to chronically-ill patients...

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Exhale Through Your Nose
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Increase Pressure → Increase Oxygenation

In our last couple +1s, I invited you to play a couple fun games: The 100,000 Game and The Heart Rate Game. That last one was about Optimizing our Breathing and the one before that was all about Optimizing our

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The 100,000 Game
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Join Me?

Not too long ago, I mentioned the virtual Optimize Local Zoom group I joined. It was such an epic hangout. I’m still beaming from the download of Love (and Wisdom + Self-Mastery + Courage + …). Seriously. It VERY MUCH reminded me of

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Independent (Non-Junk) Science Says
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The Energy-Balance Theory Is Dead

In our last +1, we continued our chat about the toxicity of sugar as we reflected on the fact that the food industry spends $12 BILLION on nutrition research which is “polluting and diluting independent research, and confusing policy makers, the public, and even most doctors and nutritionist...

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Junk Food’s Junk Science
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Did You Know…?

In our last +1, we chatted about the fact that your food label might be lying to you by stuffing a few variations of cancer candy (aka sugar) into your jam so “SUGAR” doesn’t make its wa...

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Your Food Label
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Is It Lying to You?

In our last +1 I mentioned the fact that I recently read Mark Hyman’s new book Food Fix. It’s a powerful look at the dysfunction of our food system and “How to Save Ou...

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Breathing Together (Part II)
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Inspiring → Conspiring to Optimize

In our last +1, we spent some time hanging out with a couple dozen amazing Optimize Coaches in their virtual Optimize Local Zoom meetup. We briefly reflected on the power of community and then briefly reflected on the power of breathing through our noses as we observed that EVERY SINGLE ONE of ...

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Inspiring → Conspiring to Optimize

Last night I got to hang out with 23 Optimizers in their virtual Optimize Local Zoom hangout. It was amazing. (Thank you, Khaled and Asma, for the invitation.) At the end of our time together (wrapped up with a wonderful Optimize BREATHES meditation led by Angela!),

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Breathe Less
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To Breathe Right

By this stage, I hope we’ve established the fact that breathing is important. And, I hope I’ve sold you on the idea enough to get you to at least check out our collection of Notes on the subject plus Breathing 101 and...

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High Five It and Shine!

In our last +1, we Optimized our oral posture. Bet you didn’t think we’d be talking about that when you signed up for Optimize! (Hah.) I know I didn’t but here we are! 🤓 Recall: We want to turn our S-shaped bodies into a J-shape and then close our lips and gently...

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Head Strong

The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks

by Dave Asprey

Dave Asprey is a fascinating guy. He’s a professional bio-hacking machine whose publicly-stated goal is to live to 180. We covered his last book called The Bulletproof Diet and our kitchen’s pantry is filled with a bunch of his Bulletproof products. In this book, he unveils his best bio-hacks for, as the sub-title suggests, “activating untapped brain energy to work smarter and think faster.” Big Ideas we explore: Your brain on energy, kryptonite dust (what’re yours?), mitochondria (one QUADRILLION!), EZ water (how to drop into that spot between a gas and a liquid), and junk light.

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The Checklist Manifesto

How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He’s also an extraordinary, best-selling author of a number of books. Short story: Want to get things right? Use a checklist. Sounds too silly to work but… It does. Period. Big Ideas we explore include two reasons we err (ignorance + ineptitude), what to do about it (checklists!), how to reduce your Masterpiece Day mortality rate by at least 47% (checklists!), why Van Halen doesn’t like brown M&M’s (checklists!), and your Big 3 Keystone Initiative (checklist!).

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Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.

Doug Firebaugh

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Success is all about consistency around the fundamentals.

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Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them. Band-Aid remedies never last.

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