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  Your Limitations

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  Idea: Stop Arguing for Them

  In our last +11 (that got long didn’t it?!), we talked about my love of the word forge and I invited you to join our Optimize Soul Force Forge. Today’s +1 is going to be quick. I want to talk about your (perceived) limitations. ...

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  Practice Balls

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  Make that: PRACTICE Balls

  The other day I was walking home from our studio. It’s only a few minutes from our house near downtown Ojai, California. (Fun fact for curious souls, our studio-office is the former headquarters for David Allen’s Getting Things Done organization.) I’d just filmed 36 +1s. My brain w...

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  Words Matter - Part II

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  With What Words Are YOU Priming Yourself?

  Continuing our brief exploration of the power of placebo-words (and expectations), I’d like to go back to Harvard and walk from Benson’s lab in the Medical School back to Langer’s Psychology of Possibility Lab for a couple more bits of wisdom. Knowing that we’re all busy and ready to go...

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  How to Fix Your Knees

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  Aka: An Astonishing Study on the Power of Placebos

  In our last +1 we talked about placebos (“I shall be pleasing”) and nocebos (“I shall cause harm”). I promised to talk about what I consider one of the all-time most crazy-awesome studies. (Hah.) (Seriously.) We’ll revisit another Harvard professor for this on...

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  Placebo vs. Nocebo

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  “I Shall Be Pleasing” vs. “I Shall Cause Harm”

  In our last couple +1s, we’ve been spending time with renowned psychologist Ellen Langer talking about the power of words and the power of placebos. At this stage, most of us know that “the placebo effect” is, basically, the positive effect of simply believing something will help...

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  How to Prosper

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  Some “Pro” Tips (Via a Visit with my Dictionary)

  The other day we wrapped up the Fundamentals module of the Mastery Series phase of our Optimize Coach program. (That was a mouthful, wasn’t it?) (Hah.) Our Mastery students and aspiring Coaches and I went from Eat to Move to Sleep to Breathe to Be Present to… Prosper.

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  Despair --> Hope

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  The Best Bridge?

  In our last +1, we put on our Optimizing nerd glasses ( 🤓 !!!) and explored the etymological (and psychological) opposites: prosper and despair. We reminded ourselves that prosper literally means “to go forward with hope” while despair literally means “withou...

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  Despair vs. Prosper

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  Etymological (and Psychological) Opposites

  Not too long ago, we talked about the etymology of the word prosper. As you may recall (and I hope you do!), prosper literally means “to go forward with hope.” As such, prosperit...

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  Prosper + Prospectus

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  The Two Go (Forward Hopefully!) Together

  In our last +1, we revisited our Spiritual Economics dictionary to redefine some key terms. Specifically: Affluence + Security + Prosperity. As we ...

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  Prosper = “to Go Forward Hopefully”

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  Not so Much a CONDITION OF Life as It Is an ATTITUDE TOWARD Life

  In our last couple +1s, we took a quick look at some of my recent attempts to cool-ify and kid-ify the idea that delaying gratification via saving/investing money is awesome. 🤓 Today I want to step back and share one of my absolute favorite wisdom gems on the subject of money/abundance/etc.

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  All Roads Lead to Eudaimon

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  Antifragile Optionality - Part II

  In our last +1, we chatted about my Gordion knot and the Orison Swett Marden wisdom that most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to boldly walk through them. Today I want to talk about another fun little insight I discovered as I mapped out some potential angles for my Gordion knot s...

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  “Do What You Can…

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  … with What You Have, Where You Are”

  In our last +1, we talked about my first burpee post surgery. (I’m laughing at myself as I type that… Who loves something like burpees that much?! Yep. I’m weird. And proud of it. “That’s like me!!” 🤓 ) I promised I’d share some of the (+1 incremental Optimizing things) I did t...

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  Power x3

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  Wantpower + Willpower + Waypower

  Way back in the day, we talked about Rick Snyder’s wisdom on The Science of Hope. As you may recall, he tells us that Hope consists of, essentially, three parts: 1. A Goal that inspires us (and make...

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  Soul Pit Stops Part 2

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  And Playing Our Roles Well

  You know that Ferrari pit crew we chatted about not too long ago? Well, I haven’t been able to get that beautiful 60-second scene out of my head. 22 guys working together so perfectly. As the description to the YouTube video puts it: “poetry in motion.” I’ve marveled many ...

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  The Alchemist Says

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  The Universe Is Conspiring to Help You

  Have you ever read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho? It’s amazing. I’ve read it a bunch of times. Guess how many copies the book has sold since Paulo wrote it over 30 years ago… 65 MILLI...

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