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  Legitimate Suffering

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  Let’s Allow It and Stop Multiplying It

  In our last +1, we talked about falling UPWARD and the fact that life will (hate to continue to break the news to you) involve suffering. I mentioned the phrase Richard Rohr uses to ...

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  Antifragility & Conquering Perfectionism

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  How to Fall Upward

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  Embrace “Necessary Suffering”

  Let’s go back to Richard Rohr and his wisdom from Falling Upward. We haven’t talked about the title of the book yet. “Falling UPWAR...

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  How You React

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  Small Things vs. Dramatic Things

  In our last couple +1s, we flipped through my notes from session number 150-something with my Yoda/spiritual Godfather Phil Stutz. On page one we had: “Success doesn’t matter in this world, comm...

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  Fatherhood & Peak Performance

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  Real Enthusiasm

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  Passing Through the Worst and Realizing It’s the Best

  In our last +1, we talked about the power of commitments. I referenced my notes from my chat with my Yoda who gave us the koan-wisdom: “Success doesn’t matter in this world, commitment does.” Then we connected that to David Brooks and his wisdom on how to climb...

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  Antifragility & Confidence

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  OMMS Journaling

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  Science of: Gratitude, Suffering, and Redemption

  In our last couple +1s, we reflected on the fact that we’d be wise to remember that time flies and the fact that (newsflash!) we’re not going to live forever. That “contrasting” as the scientists call it, provides a healthy perspective shift that tends to force us into a...

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  The God of Medicine

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  Prescribing Hardships to Cultivate Our Virtue

  Continuing our exploration of Stoic practices that help us step in between stimulus and response so we can choose our optimal response, let’s hear how Marcus Aurelius approached it. But… First, quick note. As we discussed, Stoicism is the philosophical foundat...

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  Antifragility & Stoicism

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  Facing a Challenge?

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  What Virtue Can You Practice?!

  In our last +1, we left Zeno the leopard gecko in his terrarium and hung out with Zeno the founder of Stoicism. As we discussed, Zeno was a wealthy merchant who arrived in Athens via shipwreck, discovered philosophy and then told his students that “he had come to value wisdom more tha...

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  Antifragility & Self-Image

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  Your Most Profitable Journey

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  Stoic Antifragile Origin Stories

  In our last +1, we hung out with a couple of Zenos—Emerson’s leopard gecko and the founder of Stoicism. Side note: Every single time I look at our gecko I feel like I’m looking backwards in time. Fun fact: You know how long geckos have been around? Scientists from ...

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  Antifragility & Stoicism

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  Have a Firm Grip on Reality?

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  You and Zeno’s Clenched Fist

  In our last +1, we spent some time with Emerson in his epic, striped PJs and practiced our new exploding fist bumps of love. Recall: 🤜💥🤛 → 🤟 💥 🤟 (You practice that one yet? If not, come on!! (Hah.) We’ve gotta move from Theory to Practice to Mastery, folks! ESPE...

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  Conquering Perfectionism & Stoicism

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  Hope & Zest - Part 2

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  The Science of Spartans

  Not too long ago, we chatted about the Big 2 Virtues—the two virtues that science says are MOST correlated with a deep sense of true happiness and flourishing. Do you remember what they were? Hope. And Zest. Now… As I was preparing for the talk I was going to...

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  Frankl on Freedom

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  See That Gap Between Stimulus and Response?

  In our last +1, we hopped off the bus driven by Vice sponsored by the casino and hopped on the bus driven by Virtue packed with our favorite heroes including Socrates, Epictetus and Hercules himself! You know what other modern hero was on that Virtue-bus taking us to TRUE freedom?

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  Antifragility & Meditation

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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 you...

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  Confidence & Conquering Anxiety

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  SEALs and WIRMs

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  Witness + Interdict + Redirect + Maintain

  Not too long ago, we shared a +1 on what I called “Thought Alchemy.” It was all about “How to Change One Thought for Another.” That day I got an email from my friend (former Navy SEAL Commande...

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  Confidence & Conquering Fear

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  The Stoic Paradox

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  The Stockdale Paradox - Part 2

  Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been having fun hanging out with some Stoics—some modern guys and some ancient ones. It started with a day hanging out with William B. Irvine. Professor Irvine is a rare species—an academic professor of philosophy AND an actual prac...

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  Meditation & Optimal Living

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  Start Again (and Again...)

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  And Again... And Again... And...

  In our last +1 (#1,000!!), we celebrated our gritty Optimizers who have hammered all 1,000 +1s. One more time: Go you. Welcome to the Optimize Hall of Fame. 🏅 So… This is Optimize +1 #1,001. I wonder… What should we talk about TODAY? I mean, we hit 1,00...

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