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  Curiosity

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  Actualized the Optimizer

  In our last +1, we talked about using data as a flashlight not a hammer. With the right (read: GROWTH) mindset, there’s no such thing as “bad” data. We’re experimenters. The data’s all neutral. Actually… When we really...

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  How to Cultivate Gratitude

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  Science Says: #1 Practice = …

  Robert Emmons joined us to give us some EYE-POPPING (his words, my all caps!) stats: “People are 25 percent happier if they keep gratitude journals, sleep one-half hour more per evening, and exercise 33 percent more each week compared to persons who are not keeping these journals.” ...

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  Science Says: Gratitude Works

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  Some EYE-POPPING Stats

  In our last +1, we talked about the power of gratitude. We soaked up some science-wisdom from Robert Emmons, the leading researcher on gratitude, who told us that gratitude is the best approach to life. When things are going well, it amplifies the awesome. When things aren’t going so well...

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  Warriors’ Ascent

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  Serving Those Who Serve

  This morning as I was wrapping up my AM1 Deep Work time block—which, of course, was preceded by that morning’s meditation and the prior night’s bookend featuring an early shut-down complete, digital sunset and red lights at the Johnson house—I heard a tap-tap-tap on my office door. ...

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  Leadership & Modern Hērō

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  Galileo on Optimizing

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  Measure What Is Measurable

  In our last couple +1s, we’ve been hanging out with Emerson, playing the “I Love You!” game and taking a quick look at the story of our world. Today we’re going to spend a little more time with Emerson and history. First: Quick aside. At the Optimize Coach ...

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  Masterpiece Days & Purpose

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  Welcome to Freedom

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  The Bus Driven by Arete

  In our last couple +1s, we’ve been hanging out with Socrates and Hercules and Epictetus, and, most importantly, the goddess Areté. She promised us true happiness and the favor of the gods but she told us “I will not delude you with promises of future pleasure; I shall give you a true a...

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  Modern Hērō & Stoicism

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  Getting out of Bed and High-Fiving Hercules

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  Aka: Moving from Theory to Practice

  In our last +1, we talked about The Choice of Hercules. I actually shared that story in my lecture on Day 2 (Saturday) of our Optimize Coach graduation weekend. Friday’s Day 1 talk was on Theory. We recapped the seven modules from the Mastery Series phase of our progra...

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  Masterpiece Days & Modern Hērō

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  The Choice of Hercules

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  Vice Dressed up as Virtue

  Hercules. Did you know he was one of the favorite mythical heroes of Socrates and the ancient Stoics? Yep. In How to Think Like a Roman Emper...

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  Modern Hērō

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  Moral Authority

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  The Highest Form of Leadership Influence

  I’m a big fan of John Maxwell and his extraordinary books on Leadership. So… When I saw he had a new book out, I immediately got it. It’s called

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  Building an Epic Bridge

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  I Hereby Challenge You to Have a Series of Really Bad Days

  In our last +1, we talked about the Big 2 Virtues. Do you recall what science says are the two most important virtues for flourishing?! (Well, do you?) Hope + Zest. Or, in our lingo: Hope + Energy. We’ve gotta believe our future will be better than our present and ...

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  The Big 2 Virtues

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  Can You Guess What They Are?

  Not too long ago, we talked about the four cardinal virtues of ancient Stoicism then connected those virtues to the six core virtues of the modern positive psychology movement THEN distilled all those virtues into the four cardinal virtues of Optimize. Super-quick recap: Stoics said: Wis...

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  Learning Cycles

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  And How to Optimize Them

  In our last +1, we talked about the PM ritual Pythagoras came up with 2,500 years ago (!) that the Stoics liked to follow: Allow not sleep to close your wearied eyes, Until you have reckoned up each daytime deed: ‘Where did I go wrong? What did I ...

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  Journaling & Masterpiece Days

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  Stoic Love Advice

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  Musonius Says: Compete in Giving Care

  As we discussed not too long ago, I recently had an epic party with some Stoics. And, by party, I mean, I hung out with some of the world’s most brilliant Stoic thinkers by reading their awesome books. 🤓 Now… We tend think of Stoic philosophers as emotionless automatons.

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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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  The Cardinal Virtues

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  Of Stoicism + Science + Optimize

  The other day we chatted about my recent staycation with my Stoic friends. (btw: Laughing as I type this but you know what I do when I’m feeling a little too fragmented with inputs and need a little clear-my-mind break? I go on a staycation—locking myself up in my no-inputs hermitage so I c...

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