Reasons to GET UP
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vs. Reasons to STAY Up

In our last +1, we had a quick chat about sleep efficiency as we shined a (night) light on how much sleep you’re ACTUALLY getting. In bed for 7 hours a night and think you’re rockin’ it? Well, I hate to break the news to you, but… uh… a) Being in bed for 7 (or 8) hours a night does NOT mean you...

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Want 8 Hours? Be in Bed for 9!

In our last +1, we took a (very) quick look at our Top 10 Sleep Kryptonites. You Optimize one last night? (High fives!) I want to revisit the wisdom gem I shared from Matthew Walker. He tells us: “Two thirds of adults throughout all developed nations fail to obtain the recommended eight hours of nightl...

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The Top 10 Sleep Kryptonites

In our last +1, we talked about Why We Sleep. (Again.) And, I made (yet) another strong recommendation to buy that potentially life-changing book. (Again.) Today we’re going to talk about Why We DON’T Sleep. We’ll take a quick look at the Top 10 Sleep Kryptonites. But, first, here’s another gem f...

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Our #1 Fundie? Sleep!

As we’ve discussed, in the Mastery phase of our Optimize Coach program, we recently marched through our fundamentals: Eat + Move + Sleep + Breathe + Be Present + Prosper. Technically, we probably should have made it SLEEP + Eat + Move + Breathe + Be Present + Prosper. Why? Well, as our beloved sleep-re...

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A+, Please

In our last couple +1s, we’ve been having fun hanging out with our glymph and adding some elbow grease to the ol’ brain washing process by eating our last meal earlier in the day. (You test it yet?) Today I want to talk about another little thing I started doing as I have fun seeing if I can game my ...

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Crazy Stats from My Oura Ring

In our last +1, we got our brain-washing glymph on. 🧠 Specifically, we started paying more attention to our glymphatic system by eating our last meal earlier. How much earlier? Well, the research says: At least FOUR (!!) hours before bedtime if we want to give our brains the best chance at getting the...

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How to Wash Your Brain

Dr. Steven Gundry is Tony Robbins’ doctor. He’s a former world-class heart surgeon. These days he focuses on longevity. His new book is called The Longevity Paradox. Sub-title: “How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age.” It’s fantastic. I highly recommend it. The main theme of the book is that our lo...

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Super Complicated: Go to Bed Earlier (🤓)

In our last +1, we talked about snoozing your alarm clock’s snooze button so you don’t suffer sleep inertia for the first four hours of your day—effectively destroying your ability to operate at a truly peak performance level. I mentioned the fact that your morning begins the night before. And the ...

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Medium vs. High Heat (You?)

Today we will officially wrap up our Science of Sleep series. (Before moving on to some Food Rules for some micro wins on another core fundamental: Nutrition!!) So… A lot of people say that they’re just too busy to sleep more. But… Research shows that sleep-deprived people have to work way harder t...

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To Make Your Heart Skip a Beat

Wrapping up our tour through world-class sleep scientist Matthew Walker’s brain (and book Why We Sleep), how about some sleep stats to knock your socks off and get you under the sheets a little earlier tonight?! Get this. Matthew says: “When communicating science to the general public in lectures or ...

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Resetting vs Optimizing

One of the key themes we come back to in our Optimizing work together is the idea that we want to make our prior best our new baseline. Another key theme we revisit again and again is to MAKE THE CONNECTION between how very simple micro-lifestyle choices aggregate and compound into very significant gains...

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Sleep: The Miracle Drug!
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Let’s Pop The Metaphorical Pills to Reduce the Real Ones

Why We Sleep is a life-changing kinda book. (You get it yet? Trust me, you’ll thank me!) We’re going to spend a few more days mining a few more of the many gems from Matthew Walker’s masterpiece. Today we’re going to flip open our virtual Optimize magazine to the kind of ad we’d allow in there....

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Plus: One-Eyed-/Half-Brained-Bird Sleep

We’re on a roll with Optimizing our sleep so I say we continue our little series. Today we’ll look at some fun facts about the idiosyncratic universality of sleep. But first, let’s step back and remind ourselves just how fundamental sleep is to our Optimizing and well-being. This passage from Matth...

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Your #1? (Tonight the Night?)

In our last several +1s, we’ve been having fun Optimizing our Z’s. Let’s continue. We wrapped up our last +1 with a quick inventory of our current sleep and simple question: What’s one thing you ALREADY know you could be doing to Optimize your sleep? To which we followed that up with another simp...

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Science Says: Think Again (Struck by Lightning Lately?)

In our last couple +1s, we’ve had some fun hanging out with our suprachiasmatic nuclei and chatting about how to Optimize our sleep. Let’s continue that theme for a bit longer, shall we? First, stepping back for a moment. Let’s make sure you’re properly introduced to our sleep genius, Matthew Wal...

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Why We DON’T Sleep
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Foundation vs. Pillars
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Glymph for the Win
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How to Throw Away Your Alarm Clock
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Sleep: Crazy Stats
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Baselines: Best vs. Meh
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Sleep: The Miracle Drug!
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