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“Wow! That Must’ve Worked!”
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What’s Working for YOU?!

This morning I got up and did my thing. As always, the day started the night before. Granted, yesterday’s PM Bookend was particularly awesome with a shut-down complete then family walk then meditation then Deep Love with the kids (fishing in our pond! lol). Went to bed nice and early. Celebra...

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“That Works!”
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Let’s Do It Again (And Again) (And Again)

In our last +1, we talked about Trevor Moawad’s distinctions on Conscious Competence from his great book It Takes What It Takes. As we discussed, Trevor tells...

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The (Neuro) Trail
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Carving New Behavioral Pathways

A couple +1s ago we spent some time pulling some weeds together as we created some new habits. How? By STARTING SMALL and MAKING IT EASY! (Am I repeating myself AND yelling?! Lol. Yes and Yes. 🤓 ) Today I want to spend a little more time on our new property. We’re goin...

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The Weed
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A Case Study in Habit Creation

I know we’ve been talking about the details of changing our Behavior quite a bit and I thought we were ready to move on. Then… I pulled out a weed while taking a little break this morning and realized I should share that story as well. 🤓 So… Quick ...

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The Fastest Way to Delete a Bad Habit
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Hint: Remove the Prompt

Right after reading BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits, I read a fantastic book called

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How to Celebrate
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Hint: IMMEDIATELY + INTENSELY

In our last +1, we talked about the power of Celebrating our tiny successes. Recall that BJ Fogg tells us: “If you learn just one thing from my entire book, I hope it’s this: Celebrate your tiny successes. This one small shift in your life can have a massive impact even when you fee...

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The ABCs of Tiny Habits
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Anchor + Behavior + Celebration

Today we’re going to revisit BJ Fogg’s Behavior Design Lab at Stanford. We’ve already talked about his equation: B = MAP

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Strong People
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ALWAYS Have Strong Weaknesses, Too

In our last +1, we took a moment to shine a flashlight on some of our strengths that we may take for granted that we’d be wise to take AS granted. We talked about Einstein’...

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LIEs + BS
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Limited Ideas Entertained That Wreak Havoc on Our Belief Systems

In our last +1, we talked about baby elephants and you. Recall that a baby elephant is often tethered to a stake that it can’t pull out when it’s young. Then it puts on 10,000 pounds en route to becoming the strongest land animal on the planet—capable of carrying the equivalent of over 10...

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Shaping Our Brains
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Millisecond by Millisecond

In our last +1, we spent some time on the cortisol-melatonin teeter totter, reminding ourselves to give our melatonin a chance to have some nice, relaxing fun by turning off our cortisol-spiking inputs nice and early. Today I want to go back to another gem from Kate Hefferon’s

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The Art of Precious Scars
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Kintsugi & You

In our last +1, we talked about Stephen Joseph’s “shattered vase” metaphor to help us understand one powerful way to respond to trauma: rather than try to tape and glue the shattered vase back together, we take the pieces and make a mosaic. I recently shared that wisdom in one...

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The Shattered Vase
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Tape + Glue vs. Mosaic

In our last +1, we took a quick look at the science of posttraumatic growth. Today I want to spend another moment on the subject and talk about one of the metaphors Stephen Joseph uses to bring his wisdom home in

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What Doesn’t Kill Us
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The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth

In our last couple +1s, we talked about the fact that there are no eudaimonic treadmills and that a eudaimonic orientation is correlated with lower levels of depression. Eudaimonism for the win! We pulled that wisdom out of Stephen Joseph’s great book

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Make Progress
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By Making Every Effort to PRACTICE OUR PHILOSOPHY

In our last few +1s, we’ve been learning how to operationalize antifragile confidence so we can make disaster virtue’s opportunity. We’ve been leaning into some ancient Stoic wisdom from Seneca

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Playing to Win
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vs. Playing Not to Lose

Wrapping up our tour through Robert Biswas-Diener’s brain and book, let’s talk about another Tool we can use to boost our Courage Quotient. Robert tells us that it’s important to set meaningful goals. He also tells us that HOW we set those goals is important. Let...

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Peak Performance

Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

by Brad Stulberg, Steve Magness

Brad Stulberg is a writer focused on health and the science of human performance. (Amy Cuddy calls him her favorite health and science writer.) Steve Magness is a coach to some of the top distance runners in the world. Together, they’ve written a super-engaging, quick-reading book on how to pursue growth in a healthy, sustainable way—aka, without burning out. Big Ideas we explore include the secret equation of sustainable awesome (Stress + Rest = Growth), just-manageable challenges, the iPhone Effect Part 3 (aka how to decrease your productivity in one step!), the optimal work/rest ratio, and the paradoxical twist of fulfillment.

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The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth

Live Them and Reach Your Potential

by John C. Maxwell

Do you want to reach your potential? If you’re reading this then the answer seems clear. The path to do so is pretty obvious as well: We must grow. And, as Maxwell advises, we must be intentional about it. Big Ideas we explore include a couple uber-powerful questions, Discipline as the bridge btwn your goals and accomplishments, trade-offs, and the magic of “Do it now!”

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Steve Magness

Performance coach, author, and lecturer.
John C. Maxwell

Bestselling author and speaker on leadership.
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