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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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  Want to Be the Best?

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  Godin Says: You Really Can’t Try to Do Everything

  In our last +1, we got our inner Freak on as we spent some time with Dav!d Rendall and learned to embrace constraints as we reminded ourselves to approach this whole game of life as Optimalists ...

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  Einstein’s Baggy Trousers

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  And His Creative Genius

  In our last +1, we talked about How to Create Time. I mentioned the fact that, with just 15 minutes of wasted time recaptured (and +3ed!) per day, we could walk an extra mile a day or an extra 730,000 steps per year! I also shared the fact that reclaiming just 15 minutes of wasted time p...

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  How to Create Time

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  And Put It to Work for Us

  A few +1s ago, I invited you to join me and play The 100,000 Game. As in: 100,000 steps per week. Which, as we discussed, comes out to an average of 14,285.7 steps per day. (👈 Don’t forget that .7, folks!! 🤓) Now… You might see that number and think I�...

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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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  Genius Work vs. Mediocre Work

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  High Fiving Your Inner Genius

  In our last +1, we talked about the INFINITE power of Consistency. Recall that our (always evolving) equation for Awesome now goes something like this: Awesome = Time x (Energy x Focus x What’s Important) Consistency (Note: That equation applies to both our Work and

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  +1 inspired by Note: The Artist’s Journey

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  Astonishing Productivity

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  Some Math on How to Create It

  In our last +1, we had some fun playing with Cal Newport’s Deep Work equation. We modified it from: High Quality Work Produced = Time Spent x Intensity of Focus to: High Quality Work Produced = Time Spent x Quality of...

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  High Quality Work Produced =

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  Time Spent x Quality of Energy x Intensity of Focus

  Back in the day, we chatted about Cal Newport’s Deep Work Equation. It goes like this: High Quality Work Produced = Time Spent x Intensity of Focus ...

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  +1 inspired by Note: Deep Work

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  Roman Masterpiece Days

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  AMs and PMs Featuring 45- to 75-min Hours

  In our last couple +1s, we chatted about The Snow Globe (don’t shake it late!) and my adventures with “Shut-Down COMPLETE!” (vs. “ALMOST Complete!”). In our Mastery Series session on the PM Bookend for our Carpe Diem module, we help you move from Theory to Practice...

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  How We All Spell Love

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  T.I.M.E.

  In our last +1, we wrapped up the tour of my notes from a recent chat with Phil. We added these three Phil-orisms to our collection: “Success doesn’t matter in this world, commitment does.” “Real enthusiasm is passing through the worst and reali...

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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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  Virtue Management

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  vs. Time Management vs. Energy Management

  Last night as I was falling asleep, I was reflecting on the wonderful time I spent with a dear friend who came up to Ojai for a hike to chat about his next hero’s journey. We talked about some of the key themes of our upcoming Mastery Series/Optimize Coach program. (Fun fact: Looks like he’...

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  On a Roll?

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  Keep Creatively Shooting!

  You know how I’m all about oscillating and recommend that we pretty much never work for longer than 90 minutes straight without at least a 10 to 15 minute break? Well, I just violated that principle. Twice. Today. (Hah.) I had some aggressive targets with getting a...

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  Time Craters

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  Remove the Distraction-Asteroids from Your Life

  Wrapping up our fun tour through the brilliant life-design system called “Make Time” created by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, let’s talk about what they call “time craters.” “Time craters”? Yep. They tell us that when one of them was a kid, they went on a family vaca...

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  Got Watch?

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  Installing a Portable Chronometer on Your Wrist

  Continuing our trip through Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky’s brilliant brains and equally brilliant book Make Time, Today we’re going to have fun with a little history lesson com...

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