Nietzsche’s Formula for Happiness
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And: Hope and Goals, Science of

As you know, I’m a huge fan of the science of Optimizing. (Ancient wisdom + modern science + practical tools, baby! 🙂) Today I’d like to chat about one of my favorite topics: The Science of Hope and Goals. Note: We’ve already explored some of the wisdom from the main researcher in the field (Ric...

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What’s Most Important to You? Are You Focused on It?

In our last +1, we talked about planting our most important seeds in the spots that get the most sun. (Quick check in: Are YOUR most important goal-seeds getting the best energy from you on a consistent basis?!) Today I want to spend another moment in our backyard and talk a little more about focus. Many...

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I Shall Cover You So I Don’t Fall

In our last +1, we talked about the subtle but significant distinction I made in the lead-up to my first-ever keynote talk. Specifically, I used the tools “Bring it on!” and “I’m excited!” THE MOMENT I felt any doubt or fear or anxiety creeping into my head. It’s amazing how powerful it was. ...

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<- Science Says

In our last +1, we talked about the fact the John Wooden and Vince Lombardi paid very little attention to what their competitors were doing. They focused on what THEY wanted to do and then relentlessly chased perfection as they tried to do it as well as they could. I made a casual reference to the fact t...

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A Super-Quick Exercise to Calculate the Costs

We talk a lot about the value of going deep and creating, as Peter Drucker puts it in The Effective Executive “large quantums of time” to focus on ONE Thing as Gary Keller puts it. (In fact, as we’ve discussed, Keller tells us that creating “time blocks” where we single-mindedly focus on the mo...

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And How to Turn It On

A few +1s ago, we talked about Manoush Zomorodi’s great book Bored and Brilliant. We reflected on the fact that 25 minutes of time wasting per day equates to 2 YEARS of your life over the long run. (That’s C R A Z Y. You delete THAT app yet?) We did’t talk about WHY allowing yourself to be “bored...

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WARNING: Noisy Environments
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Can Diminish Your Performance

As I was writing that last +1 about our two Goddesses, some sort of truck starting beeping down the street. I immediately reached over and put on my super simple sound proofing ear muffs. And, I thought of a little study. Get this. Imagine an airport. The planes (obviously) have to fly over a certain seg...

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Lions, Kings, Monks and Original Thoughts

Here’s another little gem from Dan Pink’s To Sell Is Human. (The man is a brilliant writer and a treasure-trove of goodness.) He tells us that, according to research from McKinsey: “the typical American hears or reads more than one hundred thousand words every day.” Think about that for a mom...

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WIN! WIN! WIN!
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What’s Your Next Most Important Thing? (<- Crush That. Repeat.)

Continuing our theme of hammering our #1 Wildly Important Goal, let’s talk a little more (again) about WINning. We’ve touched on the theme a few times. We had a couple +1s in which we talked about Michael Phelps’ coach’s “What’s Important Now?!” mantra. Aka WIN!! (Part 1. Part 2.) And, we�...

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It Is What It Is
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The Power of Loving What Is

Byron Katie wrote a great book called Loving What Is. We talked about her before in the context of making sure you stay in YOUR business rather than God’s business or someone else’s business. (How’s that going for you?) Fun fact: I have a particular affinity to Katie (as she’s known to her studen...

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And Again and Again and Again…

In our last +1, we talked about the renowned Vipassana meditation teacher S.N. Goenka and his mantra: “Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you’re bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.” Goenka had another mantra that’s worth chatt...

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= Productivity Magic

Continuing our theme of how to Optimize our productivity, let’s talk about an Idea from Tim Ferris. In The 4-Hour Workweek, Tim combines two concepts to create some magic. I just so happened to be a micro-case study in the power of this approach today and thought it would be a good time to share. Long ...

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Stay in the Zone - Keep Hammering

Lanny Bassham won a gold medal in rifle shooting. We’ve talked about him and his wisdom from With Winning in Mind a number of times. Today we’re going to chat about another little story from that great book. Here’s the rough take. Lanny almost won a gold in his first Olympics. But he says he kinda ...

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Hint: Get Rid of Your Other ADD (Addiction to Digital Devices)

In our last +1, we talked about single-mindedly focusing. Today we’ll talk about its opposite: “continuous partial attention.” First, note: As we’ve discussed, having the ability to shine the spotlight of our attention is pretty much the secret sauce of awesome. And… Yet… It’s so elusive th...

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What’s Important? Start. Finish. (Repeat.)

Here’s another Big Idea from Brian Tracy that you’ll find echoed among all the great productivity gurus. I love how Brian puts it so here we go: “Once you have thought through your work and decided on your most valuable task, you must discipline yourself to start it immediately and stay with it unt...

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Mirror Mirror on the Wall
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Social Comparison Is Toxic
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Parkinson’s Law + 80/20 Principle
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