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Party Planning + Birthday Invitations

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Slipping Out of Psychological Knots

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Hint: Train It for 10,000+ Hours

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The Quest for Immortality

Continuing our exploration of wisdom gleaned from Yuval Noah Harari’s big brain and two bestselling books, let’s talk about how to live forever. (This one will be more like a +11 as it�...

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210,000 Games Over 140 Years = How Many Perfect Games?

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An Indestructible Mind
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The Creation Of

In our last +1, we talked about inviting the Conquering Hero to your mind-wandering party and escorting out the Suffering (Whiney) Martyr. Today, let’s continue that chat by talking about how to construct an Indestructible Mind. For this, we’re going to check out

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Hammering Rejection to the Wall

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Are Good for Pounding

A few +1s ago we talked about pounding the bliss out of our #1 goals. We might have wrapped up that chat with a few dozen hammer emoticons. 🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨�...

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You Planting Yours?

We’re on a roll with some mindfulness wisdom via Goenka, so here’s one more story. Once upon a time an Indian woman with a large family passed away. Now, Goenka tells us, in classic Indian culture, the woman controlled the family finances so the widower needed to select one of his f...

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Cut Off Cancer’s Supply Lines

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A Parable on Trusting Yourself

Have you ever heard the story about a guy and his son and their donkey? It goes something like this. A long, long time ago in a faraway land a man and his son set off to sell their donkey in a market several towns away. The boy hopped on the donkey and the father led the way. As t...

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Genius Dress Code
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Save Your Brain Cells for Stuff That Matters

In his classic book on Creativity, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi walks us through the science of what makes extraordinary creators so extraordinary. Of course, one of the key facets of being a truly great creator is the willingness and ability to FOCUS your attention, eliminating distraction...

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How’s Your Genius?
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Chasms vs. Sidewalk Cracks
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Jump! It’s Not As Wide As You Think

Joseph Campbell once shared a bit of advice given to a young Native American at the time of his initiation. He was told: “As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It’s not as wide as you think.” Imagine that. The young Native American is out living his life. He ...

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