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In our last +1, we spent some more time with Robert Emmons as we talked about a new gratitude journaling practice I’m integrating into my daily Carpe Diem journaling. I actually did a video on this not too long ago where I talked about the process: How to Journal Carpe Diem Style! Today I’d l...

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Start with the Meaty-Obstacle + Add Goodness

Not too long ago we talked about how to operationalize Antifragile OMMS via a 1-2 then 1-2-3 process. Start with Wisdom + Self-Mastery then throw in some Gratitude, Hope and Zest and voila! Well… As I was falling asleep last night I was thinking about this whole process (“That’s like me...

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Actualized the Optimizer

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Science Says: #1 Practice = …

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.” We have No...

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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, it gives...

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Serving Those Who Serve

This morning as I was wrapping up my AM1 Deep Work time block—which, of course, was preceded by that morning’s meditation and the prior night’s bookend featuring an early shut-down complete, digital sunset and red lights at the Johnson house—I heard a tap-tap-tap on my office door. I knew it ...

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Measure What Is Measurable

In our last couple +1s, we’ve been hanging out with Emerson, playing the “I Love You!” game and taking a quick look at the story of our world. Today we’re going to spend a little more time with Emerson and history. First: Quick aside. At the Optimize Coach graduation weekend, it w...

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The Bus Driven by Arete

In our last couple +1s, we’ve been hanging out with Socrates and Hercules and Epictetus, and, most importantly, the goddess Areté. She promised us true happiness and the favor of the gods but she told us “I will not delude you with promises of future pleasure; I shall give you a true account of the ...

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Aka: Moving from Theory to Practice

In our last +1, we talked about The Choice of Hercules. I actually shared that story in my lecture on Day 2 (Saturday) of our Optimize Coach graduation weekend. Friday’s Day 1 talk was on Theory. We recapped the seven modules from the Mastery Series phase of our program and looked ahead to see how we c...

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Vice Dressed up as Virtue

Hercules. Did you know he was one of the favorite mythical heroes of Socrates and the ancient Stoics? Yep. In How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, Donald Robertson tells us that Xenophon tells us that Socrates tells us that, once upon a time and long before he became a hero, young Hercules was walking on a...

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The Highest Form of Leadership Influence

I’m a big fan of John Maxwell and his extraordinary books on Leadership. So… When I saw he had a new book out, I immediately got it. It’s called Leadershift and documents the “shifts” John has made as a leader over the last 50+ years (!) of evolving as a leader and working with leaders from eve...

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I Hereby Challenge You to Have a Series of Really Bad Days

In our last +1, we talked about the Big 2 Virtues. Do you recall what science says are the two most important virtues for flourishing?! (Well, do you?) Hope + Zest. Or, in our lingo: Hope + Energy. We’ve gotta believe our future will be better than our present and that we have the ability to make it so...

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Can You Guess What They Are?

Not too long ago, we talked about the four cardinal virtues of ancient Stoicism then connected those virtues to the six core virtues of the modern positive psychology movement THEN distilled all those virtues into the four cardinal virtues of Optimize. Super-quick recap: Stoics said: Wisdom + Temperance ...

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And How to Optimize Them

In our last +1, we talked about the PM ritual Pythagoras came up with 2,500 years ago (!) that the Stoics liked to follow: Allow not sleep to close your wearied eyes, Until you have reckoned up each daytime deed: ‘Where did I go wrong? What did I do? And what duty’s left undone?’ From first to last...

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Musonius Says: Compete in Giving Care

As we discussed not too long ago, I recently had an epic party with some Stoics. And, by party, I mean, I hung out with some of the world’s most brilliant Stoic thinkers by reading their awesome books. 🤓 Now… We tend think of Stoic philosophers as emotionless automatons. Why? Well, it’s easy to ...

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