Taking Things FOR GRANTED vs. AS GRANTED
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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

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Robert Emmons joined us to give us some EYE-POPPING (his words, my all caps!) stats: “People are 25 percent happier if they keep gratitude journals, sleep one-half hour more per evening, and exercise 33 percent more each week compared to persons who are not keeping these journals.” ...

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Some EYE-POPPING Stats

In our last +1, we talked about the power of gratitude. We soaked up some science-wisdom from Robert Emmons, the leading researcher on gratitude, who told us that gratitude is the best approach to life. When things are going well, it amplifies the awesome. When things aren’t going so well...

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Existence Itself

In our last +1 we talked about David Brooks’ two mountains and connected them to the metaphor of stepping out of our shiny race cars and into the pit crew to help OTHERS win THEIR races in life. I encouraged us to get tactical about it—picking three people and thinking of one thing we c...

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Go from Active to Sedentary and… VOILA!

In our last +1, we talked about how to sidestep depression and anxiety. I still can’t believe that scientists have identified a threshold for our step counts under which we make ourselves more vulnerable for anxiety and depression. As Kelly McGonigal tells us in

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Did You Know There’s a Magic # of Steps?

Did you know that scientists have identified a threshold for your step count under which you make yourself more vulnerable for anxiety and depression? Yep. It’s nuts. Check this out. In Kelly McGonigal’s FANTASTIC (!) new book called

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Here’s Your Brainbrush

In our last +1, we spent some time with Emily Fletcher and reflected on her meditation wisdom that thoughts are not our enemies. As she tells us: “The single most important piece of meditation advice you can hold with you as you dive in is this: Thoughts are not the enemy. Remember that t...

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Meditating? Thoughts Are NOT Your Enemy!

Emily Fletcher was a Broadway performer living the dream. Only… Her hair was graying at 27, she was always stressed and had chronic insomnia. One of her fellow Broadway performers was always super calm and confident. Emily asked her how she did it. The woman told her that she me...

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The Heartbeat of All Power

In our last +1, we took a moment to celebrate the power of friends as we had fun with our new favorite phrase: “Friend Power.” I’m in love with the idea. Especially since I officially torched my hermitage. (Who knew connecting with awesome people on a regular basis could be so much...

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Will Power? Soul Power? Awesome But…

In our last +1, we made history with Eliud Kipchoge (and a BUNCH of his friends) as we broke through “the last barrier of modern athletics” by running a marathon in less than two hours. (Go us!) I mentioned the fact that remarkable individual human achievement takes a lot of will power. And...

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Make that: PRACTICE Balls

The other day I was walking home from our studio. It’s only a few minutes from our house near downtown Ojai, California. (Fun fact for curious souls, our studio-office is the former headquarters for David Allen’s Getting Things Done organization.) I’d just filmed 36 +1s. My brain w...

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Words Matter - Part II
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With What Words Are YOU Priming Yourself?

Continuing our brief exploration of the power of placebo-words (and expectations), I’d like to go back to Harvard and walk from Benson’s lab in the Medical School back to Langer’s Psychology of Possibility Lab for a couple more bits of wisdom. Knowing that we’re all busy and ready to go...

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Aka: An Astonishing Study on the Power of Placebos

In our last +1 we talked about placebos (“I shall be pleasing”) and nocebos (“I shall cause harm”). I promised to talk about what I consider one of the all-time most crazy-awesome studies. (Hah.) (Seriously.) We’ll revisit another Harvard professor for this on...

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“I Shall Be Pleasing” vs. “I Shall Cause Harm”

In our last couple +1s, we’ve been spending time with renowned psychologist Ellen Langer talking about the power of words and the power of placebos. At this stage, most of us know that “the placebo effect” is, basically, the positive effect of simply believing something will help...

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A Lot More Than You May Think

In our last +1, we talked about a few of my favorite “Pro” tips to Prosper as we looked forward at our 5-Year view (Prospectus!), moved forward with hope (Prosper!) and made some progress (Profit!). Today we’re going to step back a moment and briefly chat about WHY all those words matter ...

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