+1: #1080 How You React
In our last couple +1s, we flipped through my notes from session number 150-something with my Yoda/spiritual Godfather Phil Stutz. On page one we had: "Success doesn't matter in this world, commi...
20 Mar 20204min
+1: #1075 What Went Well? (And Why?!)
Gratitude. Yes, we've been chatting about it quite a bit recently. That's deliberate. You know how we recently established the (scientifically-validated) Top 2 virtues as Zest + Hope? W...
15 Mar 20205min
Interview: The Power of Purpose and Ideals with William Damon
William Damon is one of the world's leading scholars on human development. As the Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, Professor of Education at Stanford University, and a Senior Fellow at ...
12 Mar 202058min
+1: #1070 Taking Things FOR GRANTED vs. AS GRANTED
In our last couple +1s, we talked about the science of gratitude and explored some tips on Robert Emmons' #1 practice: Gratitude Journaling. Today I want to chat about one of the distinctions I mos...
10 Mar 20204min
Optimize Interview: The End of Alzheimers with Dr. Dale Bredesen
Alzheimer's. Even just thinking about that dreaded disease freaks you out a bit, eh? Over 5 million people in the US alone have Alzheimer's. 1 in 9 people over 65. We're told that there's little we ca...
5 Mar 202040min
+1: #1065 A Quick Ticket to Ick
In our last +1, we talked about how to sidestep depression and anxiety. I still can't believe that scientists have identified a threshold for our step counts under which we make ourselves more vul...
5 Mar 20203min
+1: #1060 Facing a Challenge?
In our last +1, we left Zeno the leopard gecko in his terrarium and hung out with Zeno the founder of Stoicism. As we discussed, Zeno was a wealthy merchant who arrived in Athens via shipwreck, dis...
29 Feb 20203min
The Alter Ego Effect with Todd Herman
Virtues > Behaviors model. Big Ideas we explore include Superman + Clark Kent (who's who?), activating your Heroic Self (the science of), motivation and emotion (share a common Latin root), virtues as...
27 Feb 202056min
