How to Make Time
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4 Steps: Highlight + Laser + Energize + Reflect

Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky is a great book. It falls into the “Alexandra Amazon-ed it and I immediately swiped it and read it” category along many other b...

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Control Stimuli (Or Else!)

In our last several +1s, we’ve been talking about The Power of Agency. In our next few +1s, we’re going to talk about the Top 3 ways

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Can You Guess It?

Way back in the early days of our +1 Optimizing together, we talked about the fact that our limbic systems evolved to deal with a single lion roaring at us at a time. As we said in that little chat on Lion...

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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 ...

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A: Not a Lot!

In our last +1, we talked about some fascinating research from Matthew Walker’s BRILLIANT (!) book Why We Sleep. Recall that reading via iPad at night suppressed melat...

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Or To Read a Printed Book? ← That Is the Question

In our Optimize Coach certification program, we kick the party off by establishing the game we’re playing in Module I: Eudaimon-ology in which we connect ancient wisdom (Aristotle!) to modern...

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And Lopsided Arms Races

The other day I was driving to my Trail a little before sunrise. It was one of those post-rain orangey-pink mornings when the sky is so incredibly beautiful that I (briefly!) wished I actually used my smartphone so I could capture the moment. Then I reminded myself that sharing every mom...

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Time to Make an Upgrade?

Not too long ago, we talked about how to get rid of your Fear of Missing Out. The dreaded FOMO!! Gasp! What will happen if I don’t have my phone on and near me every second of every day?!

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Easy as 1, 2, 3

In our last +1, we had fun tweaking James Clear’s 4 Laws of Behavior Change as we applied The 3 Laws of Creating a Great Habit. Pop quiz!! a) You remember the 3 Laws? And�...

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One’s (at Least!) 10x Better than the Other

Not too long ago, we chatted about Roger Federer, LeBron James and Tom Brady and how much those all-time greats prioritized sleep. As you may recall, Brady goes to bed at 8:30 p.m. while Federer and James aim for 12 hours (!!!) of sleep per day so they can show up at their absolute best. (Wow.)...

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Want Connection + Power + Productivity?

In our last +1, we talked about the importance of creating boundaries lest we slip into burnout and we hammered home the whole optimal work-to-rest ratio a little more. 🔨 (I’ve heard repetition is the mother of learning. Note: That wisdom is so old-school true it has its own Latin proverb:...

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100% On + 100% Off <- Repeat

In our last +1, we talked about how the Peak Performance guys recommend we craft our optimal work-to-rest ratio. Pop quiz: You recall the ratio? ...

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I Would Do THIS!

In our last +1, we talked about driving with your brakes on. We took a nice, deep breath and then we took our foot off the fear-of-failure brakes. Today I’d like to talk a little more about what you would do if you had no fear. Obviously, fear can be a useful emotion. Except when it is...

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Elon Musk and Yuval Noah Harari on Your Future

In our last +1, we talked about the fact that Americans check their phones 8 BILLION times every day. (Wow.) We also talked about the fact that (at least 5 billion of) those 8 billion checks are essentially kryptonite for the love in your life. Today I want to talk about some more

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Strikes 8 Billion Times Per Day (in the US Alone)

In our last +1, we talked about Love. Specifically, we talked about Love 0.0. Love 1.0. Love 2.0. And, Love 3.0. Today, we’re going to talk about what I think is the #1 thing that gets in the way of ALL of those forms of Love. Can you guess what it is?...

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