+1: #965 Asking for Qualities
In our last +1, we spent some time with Todd Herman, Batman, Dora the Explorer and YOUR most heroic self. Today we're going to connect all that goodness to wisdom from the classic peak-performance ...
26 Nov 20193min
+1: #960 Capturing a Richer Mindset
In our last +1, we revisited Ellen Langer at her "Psychology of Possibility" lab at Harvard to learn that words matter. As you may recall, simply priming people with words associated with old ag...
21 Nov 20193min
+1: #955 Falling on Your Butt
Geoff Colvin's Talent Is Overrated is a great book. It falls into the "Effort Counts Twice" / Deliberate Practice bucket of how to reach our Peak via Grit, etc. It's packed with great stories abo...
16 Nov 20195min
+1: #950 Natural Born Heroes
The other day I found myself re-reading our Notes on Christopher McDougall's great book Natural Born Heroes. Although we've talked (many times) about the fact that the ancient word for hero li...
11 Nov 20191h 10min
+1: #945 Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.
As we've discussed, a mantra is literally "a tool of the mind." By repeating a mantra over and over and over again (spiritual teachers say!), it takes hold in our subconscious and subtly sha...
6 Nov 20191h 10min
+1: #940 Stress Curfews
Not too long ago, we talked about Sleep Curfews. Five of them, to be precise. One for Caffeine. Another for Exercise. Plus Eating. Plus Screens. Plus Work. As you may recall, Caffeine h...
1 Nov 20193min
Optimize Interview: The Power of Agency with Paul Napper & Anthony Rao
Agency. It's one of my favorite words and psychological concepts (and a cornerstone of our Optimize Coach program). So, when I saw this book I immediately got it and read it and here we are. Paul Napp...
31 Okt 201933min
+1: #935 The Eternal Feast
In our last +1, we talked about A World Without Heroes and the fact that "A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the right th...
27 Okt 20193min
