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Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

As we’ve discussed, a mantra is literally “a tool of the mind.” By repeating a mantra over and over and over again (spiritual teachers say!, it takes hold in our subconscious and...

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Not so Much a CONDITION OF Life as It Is an ATTITUDE TOWARD Life

In our last couple +1s, we took a quick look at some of my recent attempts to cool-ify and kid-ify the idea that delaying gratification via saving/investing money is awesome. 🤓 Today I want to step back and share one of my absolute favorite wisdom gems on the subject of money/abundance/etc.

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“How Am I THAT?”
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Well, How Are You?

Continuing our exploration of using interpersonal challenges as fuel for our flames and brightness, let’s talk a little more about how to alchemize interactions with challenging people people we perceive to be challenging. This little passage from Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr’s gr...

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Hanging out with Confucius
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Learning from the Good and the Bad

A few +1s ago, we posed the question: “How is this making me stronger?” Specifically: How is this challenge I’m facing Today making me stronger? (Well, how is it?!) In the context of interpersonal challenges, there are a lot of tools we can use. Some of my favorites include ...

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Empty Feet (Part 2)
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One More Time: It’s ALL Empty! (Fill It Up Wisely)

In our last couple +1s we’ve been talking about feet. We started off with a little biomechanical goodness on the virtues of going barefoot on occasion and then moved into a discussion on the inherent “emptiness” of meaning after I got two EXACTLY opposite responses to precisely t...

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Empty Feet
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Ink Blobs and Emptiness on the Trail

In our last +1, we hung out with my feet. (Left foot. Left foot. Left foot. Right! … Feet in the morning. Feet at night! 🤓) As you may recall, I shared a story about a nice lady who, after seeing me carrying my shoes on some uneven terrain at the end of my Trail workout, said:

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They Can’t Predict Your Life

In our last couple +1s, we’ve been exploring some history-making heroes. Most recently, the Mahatma himself: Mr. Gandhi. Today we’re going to talk about some similar wisdom—albeit on a much more mundane, personal plane—from

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Diagnosis vs. Prognosis
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Believe One, Question the Other

In our last +1, we chatted about my little burpee saga and had some group gratitude hugs. Today I want to chat about a line I once heard from Deepak Chopra. In the context of dealing with a health challenge, he said something along the lines of: “Believe the diagnosis. Question the...

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Rejected Lately?
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Dr. Seuss, JK Rowling and YOU

At this stage, most of us know that JK Rowling was rejected twelve (!) times before she finally found a publisher who believed in her and her wizard Harry Potter. (btw:

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Let’s Try to Be Optimists
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But Try Not to Be Stupid

Let’s wrap up our quick look at Colin Powell’s thoughts on the power of grounded optimism with one more gem. This one’s from Rule #4 of his 13 Rules. The Rule? “It Can Be Done.” Powell tells us: “This familiar quotation is on a desk plaque given to me by the great ...

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“It’s a Bad Supper, but Makes a Good Breakfast”

In our last +1, we talked about my recent Google search to learn more about force multipliers. We learned that a hammer is a force multiplier—helping us get more done with the same amount of effort. (And a lot less pain in the old hand!) We also learned that, according to the wise leader

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Colin Powell Says: It’s a Force Multiplier

The other day I headed to Google to look up the meaning of the phrase “force multiplier.” Short story: When we initially launched our Optimize Coach certification program, I said that I believed our program could be a cat...

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Living in a Dream World
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It’s Nice to Remember

Not too long ago, we talked about William B. Irvine’s Guide to the Good Life in which he shares some practical tools to master “The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy.”...

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Appreciate: Two Meanings
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Want Things to Grow? Appreciate Them!

In our last +1, we talked about watering the droopy stuff in our life. Actually, we focused on watering ONE droopy thing. You rock that and get some springy action?! If so, high fives!! +1 for the win!!! If not, well, ahem… Why not?! Let’s recall that the point of all the time...

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Navy SEAL Cookie Jars
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David Goggins on Becoming Superman

In our last couple +1, we talked about flipping the switch and going from our version of Clark Kent to our version of Superman. How? Stand up. Expand. Relax. Pull the thread thru your head. Take a deep breath (in thru the nose, down into the belly, etc.). Chest up. Chin d...

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Prosper = “to Go Forward Hopefully”
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“How Am I THAT?”
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Hanging out with Confucius
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Empty Feet (Part 2)
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Diagnosis vs. Prognosis
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Rejected Lately?
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Colin Powell on Hope
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