+1 #125: Follow Your Grunt
In our last +1, we talked about Scott Adams's wisdom on Wishing vs. Deciding (https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/deciding-vs-wishing/). The key difference? When we DECIDE, we get clear on what we want ...
7 Dec 20173min
PNTV: Coaching the Mental Game by Harvey Dorfman
Harvey Dorfman was one of the world's leading mental training experts. Major League Baseball described him as a "pioneering sports psychologist." He earned World Series rings as the mental skills coac...
6 Dec 201715min
+1 #120: Pulling Power
In our last +1 we talked about the magic of creating a hoped-for future vision that has super-strong "Pull Power." Today we're going to talk about Pull Power's best friend, Pulling Power. Step 1. Cr...
5 Dec 20173min
PNTV: Irresistible by Adam Alter
Irresistible. That's the perfect word to describe the growing array of addictive technologies that are capturing so much of our attention these days. And, it's the perfect name for the book. Adam Alte...
4 Dec 201717min
+1 #115: Smile!
Get this: Scientists can bring people into a lab and have them hold a pen in their mouths in one of two different ways to elicit two very different outcomes. One group comes in and holds a pen betwee...
4 Dec 20173min
+1 #110: Desirable Difficulties
We're on a roll with the whole "embrace challenges on your epic quest!" theme so how about one more +1 on the subject? Malcolm Gladwell wrote a great book called David and Goliath in which he walks u...
2 Dec 20174min
+1 #105: Resistance Breathing
What do you think is the most important, underappreciated muscle in your body? Think about that for a moment. What's your guess? I think this is the most underappreciated muscle in my body: _______...
30 Nov 20173min
PNTV: The Progress Principle by Steven Kramer and Teresa Amabile
Teresa Amabile is the Director of Research at Harvard Business School. It's pretty much impossible to read a book on business, creativity, or happiness at work and not run into her research. She wrote...
29 Nov 201716min
