Soul Force Forge
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How’s Yours? Join Ours!

In our last +1, we talked about the importance of Virtue Management vis-a-vis Energy Management and Time Management. At the end of that I invited you to join us for our 2020 Mastery Series and Optimize Coach programs. Today I want to tell you a little more about one of the key components of the program (...

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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’ll be doin...

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Which Way Are You Being Pulled?

Nir Eyal wrote the playbook that pretty much all of the major tech companies use to create their super-compelling (addictive/Irresistible?) web sites, apps, etc. The book is called Hooked. Then… A funny thing happened. Nir found himself hooked to the very technology he helped create. So… He wrote an...

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The Study of a Good Soul

Somehow we’re approaching Optimize +1 #1,000 and we have yet to discuss one of my favorite Ideas and the very first thing we teach our Optimize Coaches and Mastery Optimizers. In fact, as I’ve alluded to many times, it’s “Module I” in our Mastery/Coach program. Eudaimonology. This is going to b...

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Let’s Seize Our Destinies TOGETHER… TODAY!

A couple +1s ago, we hung out with my two favorite Joes: Joseph Campbell and Joe De Sena. At the end of that +1, I shared a bunch of wisdom gems from Grandpa Joe. But… I actually saved my favorite for last. It was the very first one I saw when I opened our Note on A Joseph Campbell Companion. I think i...

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Joseph Campbell and Joe De Sena

I started writing this at 5:22 on September 29th, 2019. I was in the Squaw Valley Resort (room 316) in Northern Lake Tahoe for the Spartan World Championships that we talked about not too long ago. I found myself reflecting on how blessed my life was and how grateful I was to be there with my family slee...

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Seneca Says: “Until the Will to Good Becomes a Disposition to Good”

In our last +1, Seneca taught us how awesome it is to pursue the straight course to reach the destination where doing the right thing is the thing that gives us the most joy. In his words (one more time): “How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the thing...

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Pleasant + Honorable = the Same = Blissipline

In our last +1, we got some advice from Seneca. He encouraged us to remember that philosophy “tells all other occupations: ‘It’s not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.’ Give your whole mind to her.” One more time: I so love that. �...

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You Will Always Lose It (Here’s Why)

We’re kinda on a roll with the whole envy-squishing theme, so why not one more? In our last +1, we talked about the fact that if we’re going to compare ourselves to others (please don’t! lol) we might as well do it right—recognizing the fact that EVERYONE experiences ups and downs en route to the...

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The Battlefield in Our Hearts

The other day I went to see the new Avengers: Endgame movie. Of course, I’m a fan of (super)hero stories and I also love flipping my brain off as I enjoy a well-produced movie with a well-told story. In fact1: As we’ve discussed, movies are my preferred way to get a nice little dose of recovery-mode ...

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And You Cannot Hope Too Much or Dare Too Much

A few +1s ago we talked about being the change YOU want to see in the world. As we discussed, we can’t try to be what others think we should be. We need to be who we KNOW we should be. When I think of that, I think of this passage from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-Reliance. In his epic treatise on self...

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And Channeling It Virtuously

In our last +1, we met an enraged Mister Rogers channeling his love in service to his ideals. (You watch this video yet? I challenge you to not get goosebumps/tears in your eyes as you watch a hero in action.) We talked about that video in the context of this wisdom-gem from Fred: “The values we care a...

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Channeling His Fierce Love

In our last +1, we talked about being the change we want to see in the world. I asked: What change DO you want to see? (Well… What is it?! And… Are you being it?!) That makes me think of another 20th century icon: Mister Fred Rogers. In his great little book The World According to Mister Rogers, we g...

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YOU Want to See in the World

I just finished reading Eknath Easwaran’s brilliant biography on Gandhi called Gandhi the Man. I HIGHLY recommend it if you’d like to learn more about “How one man changed himself to change the world.” Before we get into the Optimizing part of Today’s +1, how about a quick biographical sketch o...

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Between Goals and Accomplishments

A few +1s ago we talked about John Maxwell and his wisdom that, if we want to change our lives we need to change something we do every day. Today we’re going to step back and look at the broader context from which we pulled that gem. In The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth John tells us: “You will never ...

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