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The Inventor of the Telephone
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Refused to Have a Telephone in His Study

Alexander Graham Bell once said: “Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” As I was preparing for our Fundies session on Focusing, I knew I’d share that. And, I knew I’d share the quote along with ...

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+1 inspired by Note: Digital Minimalism

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A Wandering Mind
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Is an Unhappy Mind

Not too long ago we spent some time with the brilliant neuroscientist Ian Robertson, discussing some Ideas from his great book The Winner Effect. Today we’re going...

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How to Delete a Bad Habit (Again!)
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One Way: Make It Harder

In our last +1, we alchemized an Enervator into an Energizer and did some fancy new math: -1 → +1 = +3 for the win! I mentioned the Enervator I wanted to address: Online news. Now, this isn’t a super-bad habit (like it used to be) but, frankly, I just don’t need to download ...

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+1 inspired by Note: Tiny Habits

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Prompt Begone!
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No Behavior Happens Without a Prompt

In our last +1, we talked about some parallel wisdom from BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits and Alex Korb’s

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Superhero, Meet Your Supervillain
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The 5 Digital D’s: Deluge + Distraction + Dementia + Deduction + Depression

A few +1s ago we spent some time with Jim Kwik and his brilliant book Limitless. Jim is a huge fan of superheroes. As a kid, he suffered a brain injury that made it challe...

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Superman’s Kryptonite Bath
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How to Destroy Your Power Tonight

A couple +1s ago, we referenced Steven Kotler’s line from The Rise of Superman. Recall that he said: “To put it another way: flow is the telephone boo...

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Astonishing Connection
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And How to Create It

In our last +1, we talked about how to tap into our Flow Superpowers. We referenced Steven Kotler’s gem from The Rise of Superman and then connected that to our...

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Cortisol and Melatonin
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Teeter Totter Buddies

Not too long ago we chatted about the good ol’ Snow Globe in our brains. As you may recall, we want to avoid shaking it late at night if we want to get a good night of sleep and wake up feeling nice and refreshed the following morning. Of course, the primary obstacles to relaxing our b...

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+1 inspired by Note: Positive Psychology and the Body

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“Shut-Down COMPLETE!”
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Not “Shut-Down ALMOST Complete!”

In our last +1, we spent some time with our snow globe and, if we’re practicing our shared philosophy, we DIDN’T shake it in the hour before we went to bed last night. (Aka, we honored a Digital Sunse...

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+1 inspired by Note: Why We Sleep

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The Snow Globe
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In Your Brain (Quit Shaking It!)

In the last couple +1s, we talked about The Shattered Vase (and the power of taking those pieces and making a beautiful new mosaic) then we practiced

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Bid Math Part 2
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Addition by Subtraction

In our last +1, we hung out with Jon Gottman and learned that successful marriages feature partners responding to one another’s bids. (Did you do your quick, napkin Relationship Bid Math?) I also promised that I’d keep coming back to technology as the major obstacle to being effecti...

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Want to Make It Stick?
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Explain Like I’m 5

In our last +1, we talked about the research on the fact that The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking. Today I want to talk about ano...

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The Pen Is Mightier
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Than the Keyboard (Science Says re: Taking Notes)

In our last +1, we talked about Phil Stutz’s insight that leadership entails a willingness to embrace what he calls “hatred and misunderstanding.” We connected that to

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Take T.I.M.E.!
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Time (Restricted) + Intentional + Mindful + Enriching

In our last +1, we talked about some crazy stats re: smartphone usage from David and Austin Perlmutter’s new book called Brain Wash. Recall: “7...

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Brain Wash
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Time to Give Yourself One?

David Perlmutter is one of my favorite nutrition-physicians. We have Notes on a bunch of his books including Grain Brain,

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Indistractable

How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

by Nir Eyal

Nir Eyal is a former lecturer at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. His first book was an international bestseller that’s influenced the product development of pretty much all of the leading tech companies on the planet. It was called Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. We have Nir to thank for helping make the technology we use better. And... As he says, “But there’s also a dark side. As philosopher Paul Virilio wrote, ‘When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck.’ In the case of user-friendly products and services, what makes some products engaging and easy to use can also make them distracting.” After finding HIMSELF hooked to many of the products created by designers inspired by *his* work, Eyal got himself UNHOOKED and, ultimately INDISTRACTABLE. In this great book, he gives us a practical look at *why* we’re so vulnerable to getting hooked in the first place and, most importantly, how to make ourselves Indistractable so we can control our attention and choose our lives.

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Digital Minimalism

Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

by Cal Newport

Cal Newport is one of my favorite thinkers. He got his Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT and is now a Professor at Georgetown. He’s also a bestselling author of a number of books. Given the fact that the fastest way to Optimize your life is to STOP doing things that are sub-optimal AND the fact that (for nearly all of us) our use of technology is the #1 thing that “Needs work!,” it’s SUPER important for us to figure out how to best use all the technology available to us WITHOUT becoming lost in a tsunami of inputs. Enter: Our new philosophy of technology use: Digital Minimalism. Enter: My SUPER strong recommendation of the book and my ALL IN commitment to helping create a movement around the ideas in the book. As you know, I rarely say a book is a must read but this book is as close as it gets. Big Ideas we explore include the fact that your soul is engaged in a lopsided arms race, a definition + overview of digital minimalism, the importance of spending time alone (and the consequences of *not* spending adequate time alone), reclaiming leisure (get active!) and joining the Attention Resistance. Here's to Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World!

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Irresistible

The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

by Adam Alter

Irresistible. That’s the perfect word to describe the growing array of addictive technologies that are capturing so much of our attention these days. And, it’s the perfect name for the book. Adam Alter is an associate professor of marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business. This is a great book on, as the sub-title suggests, “The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked.” Big Ideas we explore include the fact Steve Jobs didn’t let his own kids use an iPad (why?), why addiction is about more than just personality (and what matters), how to add 11 years back to your life, what happens when your brain gets pickled and the simple question you can ask to Optimize.

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Adam Alter

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