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  The Audience Effect

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  Science Says: Eyeballs Optimize

  Concluding our quick tour through How to Walk on Fire (aka How Bad Do You Want It?), let’s talk about one more “coping strategy” for rocking it. It’s called “The Audie...

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  Confidence & Peak Performance

  community confidence Grit Mental Toughness Mind optimus Peak Performance

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  The Psychology of Pain

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  Want to Endure More Pain? Science Says: Brace Yourself

  Continuing our exploration of how to endure the pain of walking over burning (psychological) coals in pursuit of the upper limits of our potential, let’s talk about one of Matt Fitzgerald’s recommended “coping strategies” to Optimize our perception of effort and get closer to t...

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  Antifragility & Peak Performance

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  The Fire Walk of Life

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  How Far Will You Go Today (and Tomorrow and..)

  In our last +1, we checked in on how bad you want it and talked about some of your favorite coping strategies to Optimize your relationship to your perception of effort so you can come closer to actualizing your potential and truly giving us all you’ve got before you give up. (That’s an Optimizing...

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  Antifragility & Confidence

  Actualization antifragility confidence courage Grit Mental Toughness Mind

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  NEGU!

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  Never Ever Give Up

  In our last couple +1s, we’ve been having fun with Alden Mills and his big legs. (Hah.) We learned that the key to being unstoppable can be captured in the simple acronym UPERSIST as we munched on some reasons to believe in ourselves. Today I want to talk about another fun idea.

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  Confidence

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  UPERSIST!

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  How to Be Unstoppable

  In our last +1, we talked about you feasting on your Hero Bars—using memories of your past success as fuel to walk through fear doors today. (You grab three for Today?) All of those Cookies and Hero Bars remind me of an idea from former Navy SEAL Alden Mills’ great book

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  Conquering Fear

  antifragility conquering-fear courage Grit Mental Toughness Mind persistence

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  100 Pounds of Sand

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  The Story of Two Sandbags

  In our last few +1s, we’ve been having fun hanging out with Spartan Race Founder/CEO Joe De Sena, his son Jack and his cast-iron friend Leo. We also met my new sweatband Leonidas. Today I’d like to talk about 100 pounds of sand....

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  Meet Leo(nidas)

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  The Ultimate #OMMS Symbol

  In our last +1, we met Spartan Race Founder/CEO Joe De Sena’s son Jack. As you may recall, at six years old he had the willpower of an ancient Spartan warrior! When asked if he’d like one scoop of ice cream now or two if he waited f...

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  Campfires and Chairs

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  Remember: Spiritual Ones Need to Be Recreated Every Day

  Continuing (and concluding) our trip through Steve Chandler‘s wise brain (and great book, Reinventing Yourself), let’s talk a...

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  Modern Hērō & Self-Image

  big-picture Eudaimonia Grit modern-hero persistence self-image soul Spirit

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  Depressed? Dan Millman Says…

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  Do Something! (Might As Well Have a Clean House, eh?)

  In our last +1, we talked about Carol Dweck’s wisdom on how to deal with depression. (Recall: Growth-mindset people work harder when they feel depressed. “Hello, emotional stami...

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  Antifragility & Conquering Depression

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  Pankration = "All Strength"

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  Q: What Kind of Boxer Are You?

  In our last +1, we talked about being an Optimus-Champion in our Big 3. We had fun with one of my new mantras: Champ Champ Champ. (Laughing.) (You come up with a mantra that makes your soul smile?) Today I want to talk a little more about the sport of mixed martial arts. We may think it’s a n...

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  Antifragility & Confidence

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  You and Houdini

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  Slipping Out of Psychological Knots

  According to Wikipedia, Harry Houdini “was a Hungarian-born American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts.” According to my coach Phil Stutz, we want to be like him when we find ourselves stuck in ps...

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  Antifragility & Conquering Perfectionism

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  Merpeople and Where to Find Them

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  Hint: Next to the Corral Reefs that are Challenged and Tested Daily

  Yesterday we talked about unicorns and where to find them. Today we’re going to talk about merpeople and where to find them. Well, not really. But maybe kind of. (Hah.) Over the last few days we talked about the fact that the impact of stress often comes down to how you interpret

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  Antifragility & Purpose

  Actualization antifragility big-picture courage Grit purpose soul Spirit

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  Unicorns and Where to Find Them

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  Hint: On Mt. Everest (+ How to Give Your Stress Meaning)

  In our last +1, we talked about Joseph Campbell’s thoughts on Bliss AND Pain. Short story there, if you’re ONLY experiencing fun and excitement (and accompanying sunshine and rainbows and unicorns 🦄!) then you’re doing it wrong.

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  Antifragility & Conquering Anxiety

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  Bliss + Pain

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  Campbell on How to Find the Right Path (Hint: YES to Both)

  Continuing our work and play theme, let’s tap into some more wisdom from leading play researcher Stuart Brown and his brilliant book Play and invite

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  Avocados and Abundance

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  And You Joining Life’s Hall of Fame

  Every morning, as you probably know by now, I get up early, meditate, do my Deep Work, and hit the Trail (usually before the fam gets up). Now, the Trail I’m blessed to have in my backyard (technically a 4-minute drive that includes a trip past

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  Antifragility & Conquering Perfectionism

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