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Flip the Switch—TODAY!

In our last +1, we got an inspiring (Hoosiers-inspired) pep talk from Admiral McRaven right before engaging in our next most important mission. I mentioned the fact that I had a chat with an Olympic swim coach shortly after reading that passage from McRaven. He and I chatted about that wisdom in the cont...

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Get Your Tape Measure Out and Let’s Go!

In our last +1, we made it through one evolution at a time with William McRaven as he endured Hell Week and became a Navy SEAL. Fast forward a few decades—from 1977 to 2011. Ensign McRaven is now Admiral McRaven. He’s no longer trying to make it through training. He’s now leading the hunt for Osama...

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How to Get Through Hell Week

Not too long ago, we spent some time making our beds with Admiral William McRaven. Immediately after I finished his great little book called Make Your Bed, I ordered his memoir called Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations. It’s fantastic. The book features some of the unforgettable stories from hi...

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Sing!

Not too long ago, we coined a new word: comcourage. We talked about the fact, as important as it is to have the ability to suffer with someone, it’s AT LEAST as important (I’d argue it’s significantly MORE important) to have the ability to have courage with someone—especially in times like those ...

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And Maybe Change the World

In our last +1, we spent some more time with Admiral McRaven. He tells us: “At some point we will all confront a dark moment in life. If not the passing of a loved one, then something else that crushes your spirit and leaves you wondering about your future. In that dark moment, reach deep inside yo...

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Be Your Very Best in the Darkest Moments

In our last +1, we spent some more time with Admiral McRaven and invited Rocky to the party (via Desmond Clark) to share his wisdom on the fact that life will (inevitably!) knock us down and that it’s all about having the courage to GET BACK UP. Again. And again. And again. As I typed that out, I thoug...

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Wisdom on Eating Sugar Cookies

In our last +1, we spent some time with 4-Star Admiral William H. McRaven. We made some sugar cookies from the challenges life inevitably (!) serves up as we reminded ourselves that life’s not fair and that our job, when we’re inevitably (!) knocked down, is to drive on. We’ll come back to more wis...

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Life's Not Fair--Drive On!

Admiral William H. McRaven is a Retired U.S. Navy SEAL who served for thirty-seven years and commanded at every level. As a Four-Star Admiral, his final assignment was as Commander of all U.S. Special Operations Forces. (During this time, he oversaw the covert mission that killed Osama bin Laden.) In 201...

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Limited Ideas Entertained That Wreak Havoc on Our Belief Systems

In our last +1, we talked about baby elephants and you. Recall that a baby elephant is often tethered to a stake that it can’t pull out when it’s young. Then it puts on 10,000 pounds en route to becoming the strongest land animal on the planet—capable of carrying the equivalent of over 100 (!) adul...

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Baby Elephants and You

Jim Kwik is one of the world’s leading peak performance gurus. His specialty is memory improvement, brain optimization and accelerated learning and he’s “served as the brain coach to a who’s who of Hollywood’s elite, professional athletes, political leaders, and business magnates.” He...

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Kintsugi & You

In our last +1, we talked about Stephen Joseph’s “shattered vase” metaphor to help us understand one powerful way to respond to trauma: rather than try to tape and glue the shattered vase back together, we take the pieces and make a mosaic. I recently shared that wisdom in one of our 2....

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Tape + Glue vs. Mosaic

In our last +1, we took a quick look at the science of posttraumatic growth. Today I want to spend another moment on the subject and talk about one of the metaphors Stephen Joseph uses to bring his wisdom home in What Doesn’t Kill Us: The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth. Stephen tells us: &#...

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The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth

In our last couple +1s, we talked about the fact that there are no eudaimonic treadmills and that a eudaimonic orientation is correlated with lower levels of depression. Eudaimonism for the win! We pulled that wisdom out of Stephen Joseph’s great book What Doesn’t Kill Us. I got that book aft...

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Virtue’s Opportunity

If you haven’t noticed, I can’t quite get enough of Stoic wisdom. In fact, I can’t quite get enough of ancient (Stoic) wisdom AND modern science—which is why I’ve been on a little streak of reading one positive psychology book then a Stoic book then another science of flourishin...

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Break Glass!

We’ve spent the last week or so exploring courage. As it turns out, as I was reading that book on the science of courage, Emerson and I got to hang out with some of the most courageous humans on the planet: Navy SEALs. Super-quick (Top Secret) context. 🤓 Apparently a couple of guys who help run ...

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