Light and Darkness
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And the Time Between the Two

In our last +1, we talked about the wonderful parallel wisdom in the first Big Ideas from a couple of our Notes. As you may recall, both Ernest Holmes and Vernon Howard told...

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Two Thoughts on the Subject

In our last +1, we talked about the Optimize Master’s program (aka Optimize Coach!) and had fun with some wisdom on moving from theory to practice—reminding ourselves that the theory (although important!) is just the rudimentary stuff. The ADVANCED work is th...

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Hint: Observe Trajectory Daily Choices Compounded for 20 Years

In our last couple +1s, we talked about the power of tiny little daily 1% Optimizations compounded over an extended period of time. (Let’s all take a moment and wave to our quadrillion angels. 😇) Today I want to go back to James Clear

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High Fives All Around

As you know if you’ve been following along, I’m a bit obsessed with Aristotle’s idea that the whole point of life, the ultimate target, the SUMMUM BONUM (the highest good!!) is to have a “good soul”—to be a eudaimōn. We have a guiding spirit—the BEST version ...

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What’s Most Important to You? Are You Focused on It?

In our last +1, we talked about planting our most important seeds in the spots that get the most sun. (Quick check in: Are YOUR most important goal-seeds getting the best energy from you on a consistent basis?!) Today I want to spend another moment in our backyard and talk a little more about f...

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Take Them Out of the Packet and Plant Them!

Not too long ago, we talked about the Golden Buddha. In fact, as you may recall, we talked about him twice. First, I thought it was just a wonderful metaphorical story. Monks create epic golden Buddha statue. Then they cover it with stucco so an invading army won’t see its value and destroy i...

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Anthony de Mello on Letting Go of Some Fear

In our last +1, we talked about Seth Godin’s wisdom regarding the fact that, as unfortunate as it is that we might have wasted so much of our life (gah!), it would be unforgivable to wait any longer to give our best to our families, ...

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Wasted Time and Waiting Any Longer

Today I’d like to talk about a little more wisdom from Seth Godin’s Icarus Deception. As we’ve discussed, his book (and his entire b...

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Scoring Touchdowns with Rumi

With all this talk about sports heroes and scoring touchdowns and winning forever, I think it’s time to remind ourselves that sports simply provide the perfect (over-simplified) context for SPIRITUAL truths. That’s why we love watching the Olympics, Super Bowls and World Cups so much. When ...

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Mediocrity Is Self-Inflicted

A few +1s ago, we talked about Walter Russell and the sound of joy. Today I’d like to talk about another one of his powerful insights. Here it is. He tells us: “Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowe...

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The Historical Reality + The Parable

Not too long ago we talked about The Golden Buddha. I always thought it was a beautiful parable about the fact that we’re all already perfect and that all we have to do is chip away at the plaster that’s gotten in the way. But ge...

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You, Odysseus, Emerson & Icarus
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The Pages Left in Your Hero’s Journey

A couple nights ago Emerson and I finished reading The Neverending Story together. Wonderful story but, man! I might’ve wondered if that book was ever going to end! 😲 (Laughing.) (Seriously.) Emerson and I have now officially hammered our way through the Harry Potter seri...

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Choosing a Practice As a Portal to Optimizement

Alexandra recently got Steven Pressfield’s newest book called The Artist’s Journey. Sub-title: The Wake of the Hero’s Jour...

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Joseph Campbell Asks: Are You?

As you might have noticed, we talk a lot about tapping into the heroic best within ourselves. 🤓 That kinda begs the question: Is all this Optimizing good for us? Which leads to some important distinctions and to some Joseph Ca...

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How’s Yours?

The other day in one of our coaching sessions, Phil and I talked about “soul force.” We arrived at that powerful phrase via a very mundane question related to the keynote I was giving later that month. I literally never do “talks” so… “To PowerPoint or not to PowerPoint?” <- Th...

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