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  Trust Thyself

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  Every Heart Vibrates to that Iron String

  In our last +1, we talked about the fact that (as per Seneca’s wisdom), we need to let go of “the world’s opinion of you—it’s always unsettled and divided.” Today I want to talk about the fact that we need to KNOW that w...

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  Creativity & Leadership

  Character courage creativity leadership service soul Spirit Virtue

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  The Golden (+ Platinum!) Rule

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  How’re You Treating Others? AND… Yourself?

  We’ve all heard of the Golden Rule. But, today I have three quick questions: 1. Do you know just how ubiquitous that Golden Rule is across cultures? 2. Have you ever heard of the Platinum Rule? 3. Do you practice both? First: The Ubiquitous Golden Rule

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  Connection & Conquering Perfectionism

  Compassion connection conquering-perfectionism Heart Philosophy relationships Spirit Virtue

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  Trying Not to Try

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  4 Different Approaches to Wu-Wei + De (Yours?)

  In our last +1, we spent some time with Edward Slingerland who helped us wrap our brains around the Chinese concepts of wu-wei and de. Our target: Effortlessly expressing the best version of ourselves, and, in t...

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  Neuroscience & Optimal Living

  Actualization neuroscience Optimal Living self-awareness soul Spirit Virtue Wisdom

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  Virtuous, Charismatic Power

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  via Effortless Effort (Wu-Wei + De)

  I hope you enjoyed our time with Confucius. Today we’re going to invite a modern philosopher-neuroscientist named Edward Slingerland to the party to help us understand more about Chinese philosophy. Edward Slingerland is...

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  Areté neuroscience Optimal Living Power soul Spirit Virtue Wisdom

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  How to Win the Olympic Games

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  Hint: Compete

  I can’t resist. One more +1 on Aristotle. So… The Olympic Games started in Olympia (not too far outside of Athens) in 776 BC. A few centuries later, Aristotle told us that you can’t just SHOW UP at the Olympics and look like a great athlete, you have to actually COMPETE. Her...

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  Conquering Procrastination & Peak Performance

  Conquering Procrastination Mastery Mental Toughness Mind Peak Performance Practice Virtue

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  Aristotle’s Doctrine of the (Virtuous) Mean

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  vs. The Vices of Excess and Deficiency

  Continuing our “What does Aristotle have to say about Optimizing?” theme, let’s chat a little more about HOW Aristotle tells us we can achieve a eudaimonic sense of happiness via “virtuous activity of the soul.” In short, Aristotle tells us that virtuous activity will always ...

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  Happiness Philosophy self-awareness soul Spirit Virtue

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  Virtuous Activity of the Soul

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  Aristotle on How to Be Happy

  In our last +1, we talked about Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and the fact that his word for “happiness” was VERY different than our word. Eudaimonia, as we discussed, literally m...

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  Optimal Living & Purpose

  Areté big-picture Eudaimonia soul Spirit Virtue

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  Are You an Ambivert?

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  Extroverts, Introverts, and Ambiverts

  In To Sell Is Human, Dan Pink tells us about research Adam Grant has done on which personality types make the best salespeople. What’s y...

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  Business & Connection

  business connection Mind relationships self-awareness Virtue

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  Gandhi and Sugar

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  And You and… _______________

  Once upon a time (so the myth goes), a woman went with her little boy to see Gandhi. She and her son had to travel across most of India. It was a really long trip. Then she and her son had to wait in line all day. It was a really long line. Then, alas, she and her son got to see Gandhi.

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  Leadership & Nutrition

  Body Character Energy leadership Nutrition Virtue

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  The Inverted U

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  And You, Rats, Caffeine, Etc.

  In our last +1, we talked about the often-dreaded U that represents “The Lag” between your effort and your desired outcome. (Of course, that U-Lag is such an inevitable part of every hero’s journey that we’d be wise to embrace it, eh?) Today we’re going to flip that U upside down and ...

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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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  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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