+1: #1010 Virtue Management
Last night as I was falling asleep, I was reflecting on the wonderful time I spent with a dear friend who came up to Ojai for a hike to chat about his next hero's journey. We talked about some of ...
10 Jan 20204min
+1: #1005 Thoughts + Heartbeats
Emily Fletcher was a Broadway performer living the dream. Only… Her hair was graying at 27, she was always stressed and had chronic insomnia. One of her fellow Broadway performers was always ...
5 Jan 20207min
+1: #1000 The Optimize +1 Hall of Fame
This is Optimize +1 #1,000. I don't really know how to best start this one other than by saying: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Seriously. I am so honored to be a part of your life—whethe...
31 Dec 20196min
+1: #995 10 Spartan Core Virtues
In our last +1, we hung out with my two favorite Joes: Scholar of the Hero's Journey (and Grandpa in my spiritual family tree) Joseph Campbell, and gritty heroic exemplar (and soul brother), Joe D...
26 Dec 20194min
+1: #990 The Passion Paradox
Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness have written a couple great books together. First, they gave us Peak Performance. Then The Passion Paradox. Today we're going to talk about one of the central them...
21 Dec 20194min
+1: #985 Operating at the Highest Level
In our last +1, we did our best Boss impersonation as we reinterpreted our sweaty palms and racing hearts as a sign we're EXCITED and READY TO GO rather than as a sign that something's wrong. When ...
16 Dec 20193min
+1: #980 The Master Fails More Times
A few +1s ago, we had fun chatting about the starting and finish lines of my first business, eteamz. I mentioned that it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows and we briefly discussed the fact that I'v...
11 Dec 20193min
+1: #975 The Tenth of an Inch
We talk a lot about the futility of arguing with reality. As Byron Katie so perfectly says, "When I argue with reality I lose. But only 100% of the time." (Hah.) Today we're going to take ano...
6 Dec 20192min
