+1s (42)

• 

  Severe Pruning

  #734

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Need To Do Any?

  Steve Chandler’s newest book is called CREATOR. It’s awesome. I particularly loved one of the passages in which he shared some Ralph Waldo...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: CREATOR

  Packs:

  Business & Goals

  big-picture business courage focus goals Mind Vision

  #734

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  Channeling Mia Hamm

  #693

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  The Vision of a Champion

  Not too long ago we talked about how much I enjoy training in the rain. I mentioned how I start every Trail workout with the same (super simple) Spartan warmup. Skipping. Bear crawls—forward and back. Air squats. Pull-ups. Ankle/wrist mobility. Boom. Go! I forgot to mention that on tha...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: The Champion's Mind

  Actualization big-picture Excellence Inspiration Mind Peak Performance purpose Vision

  #693

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  A Quick Trip to Michelangelo’s Studio

  #679

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Sculpting the Epic Version of You

  In our last +1, we took a quick trip to hell in which (in the last moment of your life!) we met the version of you that you COULD have been. D’oh. Gulp. Yikes. Now that you’re (hopefully) appropriately disgusted with the prospect of meeting the version of you that you could ...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

  Packs:

  Greatest Year Ever & Purpose

  Actualization big-picture greatest-year-ever purpose soul Spirit Virtue Vision

  #679

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  A Quick Trip to Hell

  #678

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  How to Avoid That As Frequent/Ultimate Destination

  In Greatest Year Ever 2019, we kicked the party off by reminding ourselves of the ultimate game we’re playing—leaning into Aristotle’s wisdom (yet again!) that the summum bonum of life (the highest good!) is...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

  Packs:

  Greatest Year Ever & Purpose

  Actualization big-picture greatest-year-ever purpose soul Spirit Virtue Vision

  #678

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  Meet My New Sweatband: Leonidas

  #675

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  What’s a Symbol for YOUR Jumbo-Commitments?

  In our last +1, we met Joe De Sena’s kettlebell named Leo. (I laugh as I type that.) As you may recall, little Leonidas goes everywhere Joe goes. Traveling around the world? Mr. Leo gets checked in. Heading to the office in the mornin...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: The Spartan Way

  Packs:

  Greatest Year Ever & Spartan Training

  Actualization big-picture commitment greatest-year-ever Mind spartan-training Vision

  #675

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  Your Seeds of Potential

  #632

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Where Are You Planting Them?

  In our last +1, we talked about our micro farm in our backyard. As we discussed, it’s absolutely fascinating to me that those seeds just hang out in the packet and then burst out of the ground once their life force is activated. But, here’s what’s interesting. Although there are al...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: A Joseph Campbell Companion

  Packs:

  Goals & Modern Hērō

  big-picture flourish goals modern-hero soul Spirit Vision wildly-important-goals

  #632

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  “If I Had Zero Fear…”

  #627

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  I Would Do THIS!

  In our last +1, we talked about driving with your brakes on. We took a nice, deep breath and then we took our foot off the fear-of-failure brakes. Today I’d like to talk a little more about what you would do if you had no fear. Obviously, fear can be a useful emotion. Except when it is...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: Reinventing Yourself

  Packs:

  Confidence & Conquering Fear & Conquering Procrastination

  confidence Conquering Procrastination courage journal-exercise Mental Toughness soul Spirit technology Vision

  #627

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  Making (Life) Music with Jerry Garcia

  #541

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Key Lyrics: Be You

  On my sunrise hike/trail run this morning, I saw a guy wearing a sweet Jerry Garcia t-shirt. I waved and smiled and said “Hi!” and we had a nice little micro-Love 2.0 moment. Then I thought about a passage from Super Bowl-winning coach

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: Win Forever

  Packs:

  Peak Performance & Purpose

  Actualization big-picture idiosyncratic Peak Performance purpose soul Spirit Vision

  #541

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  Making Yourself Proud

  #532

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  How Will You Do So Today?

  In our last +1, we talked about wisdom from my mom and Thomas Carlyle. Here’s the quick recap: Mom: “God gave you gifts. You must give them to the world!!!” Tom: “The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder; a waif, a nothing, a no-man. Have a pu...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: Rethinking Depression

  Packs:

  Conquering Depression & Purpose

  Areté conquering-depression Eudaimonia Happiness purpose soul Spirit tool Vision

  #532

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  Ambition + Routine

  #524

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  “Routine, in an Intelligent Person, Is a Sign of Ambition.”

  Daily Rituals is a fascinating book that features brief vignettes of the idiosyncratic habits of 161 of history’s most iconoclastic writers, scientists and other great thinkers—ranging from W.H. Auden, Ch...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: Daily Rituals

  Packs:

  Habits & Purpose

  Fundamentals Habits Mind productivity purpose time management Vision

  #524

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  How to Live Forever

  #516

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  The Quest for Immortality

  Continuing our exploration of wisdom gleaned from Yuval Noah Harari’s big brain and two bestselling books, let’s talk about how to live forever. (This one will be more like a +11 as it’ll run on the longer side…)...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: Sapiens

  Packs:

  Antifragility & Purpose

  antifragility big-picture Health Inspiration memento-mori purpose soul Spirit Vision

  #516

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  How to Discover Your Mission

  #498

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  3 Steps to Clarity on Your Life’s Work

  While we’re talking about Alex Lickerman and his ideas on how to create an indestructible self while turning poison into medicine and all that goodness, let’s talk about your purpose in life. Specifically, your MISSION in life...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: The Undefeated Mind

  Packs:

  Journaling & Purpose

  Actualization big-picture journal-exercise journaling purpose self-awareness soul Spirit Vision

  #498

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  Science of Daydreaming

  #494

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

  Did you know there’s actually a science of daydreaming? It’s true. Thank you, awesome researchers. Technically, they describe it as either daydreaming or “mind-wandering” but it’s important stuff. Why? Because this is our ticket to activating the supercomputer-like default mode...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: Bored and Brilliant

  Packs:

  Creativity & Self-Image

  Happiness Mind Recovery science time management Vision

  #494

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  Begin Before You Begin

  #490

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  How to Transition to the New You

  In our last +1, we talked about zambonis for your brain. Also known as naps. We added a Dan Pink-inspired addition of a cup of coffee right before to make it a nappuccino. (You try it out?! 🤠) Let’s go back to Dan’s

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: When

  Packs:

  Peak Performance & Self-Image

  Character courage Mental Toughness Peak Performance self-image soul Spirit Vision

  #490

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

• 

  Want Recognition?

  #475

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Focus on Being WORTHY of It

  Continuing our good times with Confucius, here’s one of the gems from his Analects that has tattooed itself on my brain since I read it a decade ago. “The Master said, He d...

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

  +1 inspired by Note: The Analects of Confucius

  Packs:

  Leadership & Self-Image

  Excellence leadership Power self-image service soul Spirit Vision

  #475

  Get instant access to all +1's!

  Join nearly 10,000 members in the
  1,000-Day Epic Optimizing Challenge
  and start optimizing your life today.

  Join Now

  Download Worksheet

  Stream MP3

Show more +1s

Loading more +1s for you...