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  Eudaimantra

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  How to Extend Sovereignty Over the Mind

  Earlier today I wrapped up a few Time Blocks of (pre-inputs) Deep Work (3.9 hours to be precise!) as I finished my Note on Mark Hyman’s new book called

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  Opening Hero Doors

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  Cardinals, Campbell, Rohr and You

  In our last +1, we talked about my new favorite bird: the cardinal. I smile every time I see one these days—which is often—as I appreciate their beauty AND get a wonderful reminder of our four cardinal virtues. When I learned that the bird-cardinal was named after the Roman Catholic ...

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  Modern Hērō & Purpose

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  Meet My New Favorite Bird

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  Can You Guess What It Is?

  As we’ve discussed countless times, I start my days with at least a minute or three of journaling. These days it’s a super-quick sketch of our

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  The Neuroscience of Seneca

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  Pleasant + Honorable = The Same

  In our last couple +1s, we’ve been talking about the power of Celebration to help us hack our brains to accelerate the process of creating new habits. Today I want to spend a little more time in BJ Fogg’s...

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  +1 inspired by Note: Tiny Habits

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  Algorithms & Habits

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  Changing Times

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  Call for Unchanging Principles

  In our last +1, we talked about Jesus, Tolle and You and your House on the Rock. I mentioned the fact that Tom Morris leaned on Jesus’ wisdom in his great book on how to deal with life’s inevitable lemons appropriately called

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  Modern Hērō & Stoicism

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  Eudaimonism vs. Hedonism

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  Don’t Want to Be Depressed? Science Says…

  In our last +1, we talked about the fact that when we go after accumulating more and more “stuff” (whether that’s the latest gadgets or Instagram likes), we often find ourselves working harder and harder but not getting any happier. We’re stuck on what scientists call a ...

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  Conquering Anxiety & Conquering Depression

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  Eudaimonic Treadmills

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  Note: There Aren’t Any

  Have you ever heard of “hedonic treadmills”? We talked about them briefly a few years ago in the context of this +1 on the science of hedonic adaptation. Basic idea: We adapt to ...

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  +1 inspired by Note: The Myths of Happiness

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  "The Tyranny of Positive Thinking”

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  And How to Avoid It

  In our last few +1s, we’ve been Optimizing our Optimism. After hanging out with some long-lived nuns, we spent some time with Marin Seligman (NOT SMOKING two packs a day) then we spent some time with Sonja Lyubomirsky (journaling on our awesome future lives). Today I want to go bac...

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  +1 inspired by Note: Positive Psychology and the Body

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  Disaster =

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  Virtue’s Opportunity

  If you haven’t noticed, I can’t quite get enough of Stoic wisdom. In fact, I can’t quite get enough of ancient (Stoic) wisdom AND modern science—which is why I’ve been on a little streak of reading one positive psychology book then a Stoic book then another science of ...

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  +1 inspired by Note: The Stoic Art of Living

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  Balloon Breathing

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  For Kids (and Their Parents)

  In our last +1, we practiced some virtue mastery via our new (and always-evolving) Virtuegong practice. How about a super-quick practice together? It’s always a good time for a little virtue Optimizing, eh? 🤓 If you feel so inspired… Sit or stand as the most powe...

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  Virtuegong

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  Qigong + Virtue for the Win!

  I’ve been doing a super-simple Qigong practice for years. (Thank you, Michael Gelb for getting the balls rolling!!) Every.single.time I hit the Trail in Ojai, I stop at the exact same spot faci...

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  Meditation & Positive Psychology

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  The Optimize Compass

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  And How to Make One

  As I was preparing for our Mastery Series Module on Hero-ology (aka: The Study of a Good Hero), I was having fun thinking about how to operationalize Joseph Campbell’s wisdom on the hero’s journey. One of the things I decided to do was give our heroes (that would be all of us) the n...

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  +1 inspired by Note: A Joseph Campbell Companion

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  Journaling & Modern Hērō

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  The Good Life

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  vs. The Good Mood

  Not too long ago, we had fun revisiting some Stoic wisdom as we mined some goodness with a range of books—including Musonius Rufus’s Lecture...

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  How to Carpe Diem Journal (v2)

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  Let’s Seize the Day → TODAY!

  In our last +1, we spent some more time with Robert Emmons as we talked about a new gratitude journaling practice I’m integrating into my daily Carpe Diem journaling. I actually did a video on this not too long ago where I talked about the process:

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  How to Make an OMMS Sandwich

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  Start with the Meaty-Obstacle + Add Goodness

  Not too long ago we talked about how to operationalize Antifragile OMMS via a 1-2 then 1-2-3 process. Start with Wisdom + Self-Mastery then throw in some Gratitude, Hope and Zest and voila!...

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