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  The Unreachable Walls

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  aka: Don't Be a (Crazy) Perfectionist

  We’re kinda on a roll with our Fire Walk to our ultimate potential so I say let’s keep going. But first, it’s important to make this (very!) important point: You know that metaphorical wall that represents your ultimate potential? The one on the other side of all those burning...

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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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  How Bad Do You Want It?

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  Mind Over Obstacles

  Matt Fitzgerald wrote a great book called How Bad Do You Want It? It’s a great addition to the sports-...

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  Confidence & Peak Performance

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  Lincoln’s Response to (Epic) Failure

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  “I must die or be better.”

  ​​In our last +1, we talked about the wonderful little book-gift I received from Cal Newport and we reflected on a particular passage from that book (Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Go...

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  Fear Is Excitement

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  Without the Breath

  Continuing our exploration of how to Conquer Fear, how about a simple yet profound piece of wisdom from Fritz Perls, founder of Gestalt Therapy? Here’s how he puts it: “Fear is excitement without the breath.” Once again, think about that for a moment. In fact...

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  Breathing & Confidence

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  Fear: Stop or Go? (Part II)

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  Step on the Gas and Let’s Do This!

  In our last +1, we talked about the power of conjuring up a “Go!!” sign in our minds rather than a “Stop!” sign when we encounter fear. Adam Grant encourages us to approach things like that as well. Here’s how he puts it in

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  Fear: Stop or Go?

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  Which Sign Pops Up in Your Head?

  In our last couple +1s, we talked about conquering fear. We have a whole class on the subject you might enjoy called Conquering Fear 101. Check that out for the longer-form take. For now, we’ll continue our micro-form exp...

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  Antifragility & Confidence

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  To Seek Fear

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  Is Step 1 in Conquering Fear

  In our last +1, we talked about conquering fear. Specifically, we soaked our minds in Stan Beecham’s epic wisdom that’s worth tattooing on our consciousness: “Fear is keeping you from reaching your potential. Conquering fear shou...

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  Navy SEAL Cookie Jars

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  David Goggins on Becoming Superman

  In our last couple +1, we talked about flipping the switch and going from our version of Clark Kent to our version of Superman. How? Stand up. Expand. Relax. Pull the thread thru your head. Take a deep breath (in thru the nose, down into the belly, etc.). Chest up. Chin d...

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  Confidence & Self-Image

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  “Hi, Optimus!”

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  How to Invite Him or Her to the Optimizing Party

  As we discussed in Greatest Year Ever 2019, one of my core themes for this year is to operationalize virtue—to help us (really!) move from theory to practice. More virtue and less chit chat style. 🤓 As part of that...

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  Your Identity = ?

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  Whether You Think You Can or Think You Can’t…

  In our last +1, we took a trip down Etymology Lane and learned that the word Identity has ancient Latin roots. It literally (!) means “repeated beingness.” Who you are, your sense of your self, is largely formed by what you do. Repeatedly. And… We discussed the idea that if we wa...

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  Self-Image & Spartan Training

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  Depressed? Two Ways to Respond

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  Science Says: One Is Better than the Other

  In our last +1, we talked about Michael Jordan and Carol Dweck and growth mindsets. I mentioned the fact that when I imagined Jordan crying after missing the cut for his varsity basketball team, I thought of Carol Dweck for two reasons....

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  The Growth Mindset

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  Jordan, Picasso and You

  In our last +1, we talked about how to be like Mike sans the sugar-laden Gatorade. 🤓 I briefly mentioned the fact that Jordan was DEVASTATED when he was cut from his varsity high school team. Then he used that failure as ...

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  Victim vs. Creator

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  Two Questions: "Why Me?" vs. "What Do I Want?"

  David Emerald wrote a great book called The Power of TED. In it, he makes the distinction between being a Victim vs. being a Creator. The Victim walks around complaining about everything and asking unhelpful things like, “Why is this happening?” and “Why me?” The ...

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  Confidence & Leadership

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  How to Put on Your (Life-)Socks

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  Wisdom from the Greatest Coach Ever

  John Wooden’s UCLA basketball teams won 10 NCAA championships in 12 years, including an 88-game winning streak. (Go Bruins!) ESPN says that Wooden was the greatest coach of the 20th century. That makes him, arguably, the greatest coach ever. Couple things to note here: First, qu...

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