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  Practice What You Preach

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  A Sermon on the Good Samaritan

  The other day Alexandra and I were on a walk with Eleanor when we saw a dog that appeared to be lost. It had a collar and was acting sweet but a little scared. Of course, if it was our dog (Zeus! 😃) we’d hope that someone called us. Unfortunately, neither one of us had our phones (trade-of...

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  Connection & Love

  Character Compassion connection Heart Inspiration Love service Spirit Virtue

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  Act As If

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  What Quality Do You Want?

  William James is considered the father of modern psychology. He once said: “If you want a quality, act as if you already have it.” Richard Wiseman wrote a whole book on the power of that idea. He calls it “The As If Principle.” Get this: There’s an astonishing amount of researc...

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  Positive Psychology

  Character Growth Mind positive-psychology tool Virtue Wisdom

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  Limitless Qualities

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  And Their Enemies: Near and Far

  In our last +1, we talked about Aristotle’s Virtuous Mean. As it turns out, Buddhism has its own take on the same idea. Let’s take a quick look. In The Places That Scare You, Pema Chödrön tells us about four of the most important virtues of Buddhism. She calls them “Limitless...

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  Character Compassion Mind Optimal Living positive-psychology Virtue Wisdom

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  Aristotle’s Virtuous Mean

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  Versus the Vices of Excess + Deficiency

  In our last +1, we talked about Seneca’s take on flexibility. Quick recap: Too much flexibility and you’re fickle. Too little and you’re obstinate. (Quick check in: Do you tend to lean one way or the other?) Aristotle tells us we can drop any virtue into a similar model such that w...

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  euthymia Mind Optimal Living positive-psychology self-awareness tool Virtue Wisdom

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  Virtuous vs. Vicious

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  Which Are You?

  Here’s another interesting etymological distinction. We all know that when we live with virtue we are virtuous. But, what about when we live with vice? Well… When we live with vice we are, technically, vicious. Virtuous vs. vicious. I don’t know about ...

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  Optimal Living

  Areté equanimity Optimal Living soul Spirit Virtue Wisdom

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  Proving Yourself Right

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  vs. “I Hope This Works Out Alright”

  When Peyton Manning was released from the Indianapolis Colts after fourteen seasons, a number of teams recruited him. He picked the Denver Broncos. Now, when he decided to go with the Broncos, he didn’t say to himself, “I hope this works out alright.” He decided to PROVE HIMSELF RI...

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  Antifragility & Confidence

  Areté Character journal-exercise Mind Optimal Living purpose soul Spirit Virtue Wisdom

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  Success List

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  Throw Away Your To-Do List & Focus Here

  In our last +1, we talked about adding a To-Be List to go with your To-Do List. But, you know what? We should really start with our To-Be List and then throw out the To-Do List—replacing that one with a Success List. That’s what Gary Keller tells us in his great book The ONE Thin...

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  Goals & Purpose

  Actualization big-picture Character journal-exercise Optimal Living purpose soul Spirit Virtue

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  Self-Affirmation Theory

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  The Science of Affirmations that Actually Work

  In our last +1, we chatted about Amy Cuddy’s research into the bidirectionality of our feelings and behaviors as we looked at the importance of striking a powerful pose when we want to feel powerful. Today, we’ll look at what Amy calls a “mindset nudge” to get ourselves into a powerful ...

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  Peak Performance & Positive Psychology

  Areté Eudaimonia science soul Spirit tool Virtue

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  Courage

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  How to Pump Energy to Your Virtues

  Did you know that the word courage comes from the Latin word for “heart”? Yep. And, just as your heart pumps blood to your arms and legs and brain, your COURAGE pumps energy to your other virtues. Fact is, if we don’t have the courage to actually live these...

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  Confidence & Positive Psychology

  Character Heart Practice Spirit Virtue

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  Put Your Virtues in Action

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  How to Flex Your Flourishing Muscles

  All ancient wisdom teachers tell us that if we want to live with a deep, abiding sense of true happiness, we need to live with virtue. Modern science, of course, confirms this ancient wisdom. In fact, the entire field of Positive Psychology was founded on the idea that we need to live in integr...

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  flourish soul Spirit Virtue

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  Today's the Day

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  What to Do When a (Daimon) Reporter Follows You Around All Day

  Here’s another way to create a Masterpiece Day filled with you at your best. In Die Empty, Todd Henry tells us to imagine that from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep we have a reporter following us around taking notes on every little thing we do. After tracking o...

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  Masterpiece Days & Optimal Living

  Areté Eudaimonia micro-moment Mind self-mastery unproductive Virtue

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  How to High Five Your Inner Daimon

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  My Philosophy in One Word

  To the extent that there’s a gap between who you’re capable of being in any given moment and who are actually being in that moment, you will experience a level of discontent. Regret. Anxiety. Depression. As per our last +1, a bad-daimon. aka: Unhappiness. The trick to...

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  Actualization Areté disconnected Eudaimonia Excellence flourish micro-moment soul Spirit Virtue

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