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Time to Write Yourself One?

Brené Brown is one of the world’s leading scholars on the subjects of vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. She’s also one of the most popular TED speakers and writers out there. I’ve enjoyed Daring Greatly, The Gifts of Imperfection and Braving the Wilderness. (Check out all ...

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And Meet Life’s Biggest Challenges

Not too long ago, we hung out with my friend Tripp Lanier who helped us gain perspective via a little thought exercise that included us looking through the Hubble telescope at distant galaxies. I love that thought exercise so much that I’ve actually made it one of my go-to Tools. Here’s how i...

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Right Before That Chat With the Supervisor

In our last +1, we played the “I want to speak with your supervisor!” game. You play it yet? If not, try it. It’s truly awesome. 🤓 As you’ll recall, the most important part of the process is to start with the end in mind—knowing that it’ll end with you praising the awes...

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You’re Not a Big Deal
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And That’s a VERY Liberatingly Big Deal

My friend Tripp Lanier is a very funny guy. He’s also a very wise guy. In his new book called This Book Will Make You Dangerous he shares some of the wisdom he’s acquired coaching guys for the last 15 years. If you (or the man in your life) like to laugh deeply (at some “irreverent̶...

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Gifts, Blessings and Humility

Not too long ago, we spent some time with Robert Emmons—the leading scholar studying the science of gratitude. Once again: “Thank you, Dr. Emmons!” Seriously. Wow. THANK YOU for dedicating decades of your life to the pursuit of understanding how we can all Optimize our well-being. (I’...

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It’s the LOWEST Possible Standard

In our last +1, we talked about How to Be Perfect. Wait… Can you hear the philosophical laugh track? (lol) Seriously. … I can hear the philosophical angels laughing now … So, ahem. Yah. Perfection. Let’s talk about that some more. In a recent chat with my Yoda, this subject came u...

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Hint: Embrace the Imperfections

As I typed out the title for this +1—”How to Be a Perfect Person”—I laughed. A perfect person? HAH!!! As we’ve discussed so many times, THERE ARE NO PERFECT PEOPLE. And, alas, (sigh), you and I won’t be the first. But… Good news. Richard Rohr tells us: “If there is...

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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 get our minds right, all that data is POSITIVE as ...

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How Are You Using Life's Data?

Today we’re going to return to David Brooks’ great book The Second Mountain for a little more wisdom. Let’s flip open our copies of the book to page 294. We’re now in the section of the book in which David walks us through how to go ALL IN on our fourth commitment: Community. (Recall ...

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Gratitude Letters
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Write One Lately? (Science Says…)

Wrapping up our foray into the science of gratitude, let’s chat about one more INCREDIBLY powerful way to boost our gratitude and, therefore, pretty much every aspect of our well-being: Gratitude Letters. Let’s go back to Robert Emmons and Martin Seligman. In Gratitude Works! Emmons tells us:...

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What Went Well? (And Why?!)
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Proven Way to Pump up the ‘Ol Gratitude Muscles

Gratitude. Yes, we’ve been chatting about it quite a bit recently. That’s deliberate. You know how we recently established the (scientifically-validated) Top 2 virtues as Zest + Hope? Well… Positive psychologists arm wrestle a bit about those top two virtues. While Ryan Niemiec (via The...

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28 Days Later

In our last +1, we talked about the science of Memento Mori. And, for the courageous among us, we actually walked through the “death” scenario scientists use to create more gratitude in their test subjects. Now… Right after I typed that +1, I cruised into the bathroom (TMI? 😲 ) where...

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The Science of Memento Mori

Let’s continue our exploration of the science of gratitude for another moment (or three). In his great book Gratitude Works!, Robert Emmons walks us through a number of practices we can use to cultivate our gratitude. As discussed, the #1 practice he recommends is gratitude journaling. Then there&#...

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And Its Remedy

In our last +1, we continued our exploration of the science of gratitude by practicing the grateful art of shifting from taking things “for granted” to seeing all the gifts “AS GRANTED” to us. Today I want to talk about the #1 thing that gets in the way of gratitude. Q: Can you gu...

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Let’s Choose Wisely

In our last couple +1s, we talked about the science of gratitude and explored some tips on Robert Emmons’ #1 practice: Gratitude Journaling. Today I want to chat about one of the distinctions I most loved from his book Gratitude Works! He tells us: “Think about and then write down those aspec...

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