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The Jonah Complex
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Quit Running from Your Destiny

Scott Barry Kaufman is one of the world’s leading positive psychologists. We featured one of his earlier books called Wired to Create. So, whe...

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The Soul Force of Consistency
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300 Zeroes for the W.I.N.

The other day I was preparing for a discussion I had with a Navy SEAL Mental Performance Working Group led by Captain Robert Schoultz. (He’s the guy (to Emerson’s left in this pic) who generously gave us

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E: “What Does ‘Sin’ Mean?”
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Me: “To Miss the Mark.”

The other day, Emerson and I were doing some reading together. He asked me what the word “sin” meant. I paused for a moment, decided to pass on starting with the definition I learned in my Catholic upbringing and, rather, focus on the etymology of the word, THEN move on to th...

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Q: Do You Pray?
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A: Every Second of My Life

In our last +1, we invited Robert Greene, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Stephen Cope to the party as we celebrated Anders Olsson’s hero’s journey. I mentioned the fact that I reread our Notes on each of their GREAT (!) books: Robert Greene’s

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Your (Heroic) Destiny
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How’s It Going?

This morning I was working on my Note on Anders Olsson’s great book The Power of Your Breath. I wrapped it up by featuring the hero’s journey HE had to em...

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Opening Hero Doors
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Cardinals, Campbell, Rohr and You

In our last +1, we talked about my new favorite bird: the cardinal. I smile every time I see one these days—which is often—as I appreciate their beauty AND get a wonderful reminder of our four cardinal virtues. When I learned that the bird-cardinal was named after the Roman Catholic ...

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Mission Algorithms
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Binary Pre-Commitments

A couple +1s ago, we spent some time with Admiral McRaven hours before the launch of his successful mission to bring justice to Osama bin Laden. Today I want to go back to the weeks leading up to that raid. Let’s flip open our copies of

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SEALs and Hoosiers
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Get Your Tape Measure Out and Let’s Go!

In our last +1, we made it through one evolution at a time with William McRaven as he endured Hell Week and became a Navy SEAL. Fast forward a few decades—from 1977 to 2011. Ensign McRaven ...

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One Evolution at a Time
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How to Get Through Hell Week

Not too long ago, we spent some time making our beds with Admiral William McRaven. Immediately aft...

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The Patron Letter of Heroes
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<- The Letter U

In our last +1, we chatted about The Three Quests: Universal + Unique + Ultimate. I proposed that we all have the same Universal quest to become the best version of ourselves in service to our families, communities and world. (“What one can be, one must be!”) We each have our...

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Hero Breathing
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For Kids (and Their Parents)

In our last +1, we blew up some belly balloons with our kids. We breathed in through our noses, down into our bellies (can you make that balloon pop?!) then we breathed back out through our noses (slightly longer than the inhale). Ah… Repeat. ESPECIALLY when things st...

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How to Act Boldly
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Choose Courageous Roles

In our last couple of +1s, we’ve chatted about the science of courage. Let’s continue that discussion with some more pro tips on how to Optimize our Courage Quotient. In

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The Optimize Compass
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And How to Make One

As I was preparing for our Mastery Series Module on Hero-ology (aka: The Study of a Good Hero), I was having fun thinking about how to operationalize Joseph Campbell’s wisdom on the hero’s journey. One of the things I decided to do was give our heroes (that would be all of us) the n...

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The Toltec Warrior
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Winning the (Inner!) Battle of Life

In our last +1, we talked about committing to closing the gap between who we’re capable of being and who we’re actually being—LIKE A WARRIOR! Daimon vs. Demon. Moment to moment to momen...

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A Warrior’s Commitment
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To Optimizing

The other day we kicked off our Mastery Series. It was awesome. As I was prepping for that first session, I knew that (of course) I’d be giving an overview of our 250-day program featuring our 7 Modules a...

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The Alter Ego Effect

The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life

by Todd Herman

The Alter Ego Effect. This is one of the most fun and compelling and inspiring books I’ve read in awhile. I REALLY (!!!) enjoyed reading it, had a ton of fun constructing and playing with some potential Alter Egos and highly recommend it. I also really enjoyed how high-performance coach and mental game strategist Todd Herman describes the science behind the power of “secret identities” to transform our lives and I loved the parallels between his perspective and our Big 3 Identities > Virtues > Behaviors model. Big Ideas we explore include Superman + Clark Kent (who's who?), activating your Heroic Self (the science of), motivation and emotion (share a common Latin root), virtues as super powers (more on the science of), and Crossing the Threshold (Today the day?).

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

Welcome to the final installment of the magical Harry Potter series. I can’t believe how quickly Emerson and I tore through all of them—particularly this one. We begin with the seven Potters escaping the Dursley’s home, immediately getting ambushed by awaiting Death Eaters. And the thrills never cease. We lose our heroes Mad Eye Moody and Dobby. Celebrate Lupin and Tonks’ wedding and baby boy, meet the mysterious silver doe Patronus, break into Gringotts and track down the secrets of the Peverall brothers and their Deathly Hallows. Big Ideas we explore include the hero’s gift, follow your instincts, the bodhisattvic hero’s boon, and dedicating our lives to the greater good.

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The Hero with a Thousand Faces

The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell

by Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell was an American author and teacher best known for his work in the field of comparative mythology. If you’ve ever heard of the “Hero’s Journey,” you have him and his lifelong commitment to studying mythology to thank. This book (written in 1949) is the one that captures the essence of his thoughts on the “monomyth” that shows up across all cultures. One universal hero. A thousand faces. Big Ideas we explore include: a quick look at the hero’s journey, moving past the veil of the unknown (aka romancing your discomfort zone) while creating micro hero journeys (all day every day), your ultimate boon (don’t make King Midas’s mistake), the mistake that the makers of legend made (growth mindset, guys!!), and a portrait of the modern hero (look in the mirror!).

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter Year 2. I’m having fun reading the epic series to Emerson and in this Note we have fun looking at a handful of my favorite Big Ideas including Burning Days (phoenixes burn then rise from their ashes—so do we!), opening your eyes to reality (always a good idea!), eating your words (gotta do it at times or else you might become a hobgoblin), and what wins in the choices vs. abilities game (hint: CHOICES!!).

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Shoe Dog

A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

by Phil Knight

Phil Knight created Nike. This book is a *phenomenally* well-written, funny, tear-jerking, inspiring look at how he and his eclectic team of misfit geniuses made Nike one of the most iconic brands in the world. If you’re into sports, business and hero’s journeys, you’ll love it. I highly recommend it. Big Ideas we explore include: Crazy Ideas, victory, billionaires getting their credit cards declined (before they’re billionaires), optimal business, gratitude, luck and answering your calling.

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Joseph Campbell

Mythologist, writer and lecturer.
Todd Herman

Author of The Alter Ego Effect. Creator of 90...
Phil Knight

Business magnate and philanthropist.
J. K. Rowling

Novelist and screenwriter who wrote the Harry...

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