+1 or -1 = Destiny Math: What Must YOU be? (#1)

The #1 Key to Happiness + Flourishing: Hint: Become BFFs with your Inner Soul (#2)

How to High Five Your Inner Daimon: My Philosophy in One Word (#3)

Your Infinite Potential: And Where to Find It (#4)

3:59.4 : How to Run a 4-Minute Mile and/or Do Other "Impossible" Stuff (#5)

WOOP! There It Is: The Science of Making Your Dreams a Reality (#6)

Handy Dandy Motivational Calculator: The Science of Solving the Procrastination Equation (#7)

Motivation = ENERGY x (Value x Expectancy / Impulsivity x Delay): A Modified Look at the Science of Motivation (#8)

Simmer vs. Boil: Let's Turn Up the Heat (#9)

Antifragile : vs. Resilient vs. Fragile (#10)

Psychological Flexibility: A Hallmark of Happy Humans (#11)

Keep Shooting: A True Story about Moving thru Some Serious Obstacles (#12)

Good Bad Days: A True Story about Moving thru Some Serious Obstacles (#13)

Really Hard vs. Impossible: Want to Go for a Bike Ride to Mt. Everest? (#14)

Did I Win?: How to Sink a $1m Putt and Do Other Great Things (#15)

Relentless Solution Focus: 60 Seconds of Whining and then You're On! (#16)

Bring Forth: How to Be a Wise Parent (for Yourself + Others) (#17)

Deo Volente + Thy Will Be Done: Wisdom from Apollo, the Patron God of Philosophy (#18)

How to Build Your Grit: How to Build Your Grit (#19)

How to Stop Thinking: The #1 Tip on How to Master this Important Lost Art (#20)

The Rise of Superyou: Introducing a New Mantra: “No Pressure, No Diamonds.” (#21)

Acres of Diamonds: Got Any Priceless Gems in Your Backyard? (#22)

Dominoes: Ready to Amplify Your Latent Potential by 2 Billion? (#23)

Gratitude: Science Says: It Works! (#24)

Grateful Flow: The Antidote to Ick Sauce (#25)

Celebratory Love: Gratitude’s Generous Cousin (#26)

"I'm Excited!": What to Say to Yourself When You’re Feeling Nerves (#27)

Emotional Stamina: What to Do When You’re Having a Rough Day (#28)

The Stockdale Paradox: I’m Confident It’ll Happen AND… I Know It Will be Challenging (#29)

Sharpening the Saw: /Building an Energetic Chainsaw (#30)

"Needs work!": What to Say to Yourself When Things Don’t Go as Planned (#31)

Active Love: How to Get Out of a Mental Maze When Someone’s Annoying You (#32)

The Science of Making Hope Happen: Three Keys: Goals + Agency + Pathways (#33)

The Science of Self-Compassion: Three Keys: Self-Kindness + Common Humanity + Mindfulness (#34)

Journal Lately?: Science Says: It’s one of THE Most Robust Ways to Boost Our Optimism (#35)

Deep Work: How to Escape Shallowville and Go Deep (#36)

Multitasking Is a Myth: What We Do Is Really Task Switching — And that Has a Big Cost (#37)

How to Schedule Your Best Work: Match Your Mental Energy to Your Task (#38)

Deep Work + Team Work + Monkey Work: What Goes When for You? (#39)

3 + 1 = Magic: How to Optimize Your Big 3: Energy + Family + Service (#40)

OMMS: The Hero’s Mantra (#41)

How to Stop Being a Hardaholic: The Magic Question: What If It Was Easy? (#42)

Compound Magic: The Power of Embracing the Mundane, Unsexy Pennies in Our Lives (#43)

Clock Time vs. Horticultural Time: How to Grow Yourself (#44)

Bright Lines: How to Make Good Contracts with Yourself (#45)

Commitments: 100% Is a Breeze: 99%? Not So Much. (#46)

Quick How to on Habits: 100% on ONE Keystone Daily Micro Habit (#47)

How to Avoid Habit Suicide: OK to Suck. Not OK to Skip. (#48)

Floors and Ceilings: How to Be an Imperfectionist (#49)

Perfectionist vs. Optimalist: Which Are You? (#50)

Two Easies: Easy to Do. Easy Not to Do. (#51)

The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do While “Multitasking”: If So, Stop It! (#52)

Little by Little: The Buddha on How to Optimize (#53)

Speed Is a Force: The Force Is with You - Use It Wisely (#54)

The Law of Diminishing Intent: Goes Nicely with Massive Action (#55)

Greatness = Consistency on the Fundamentals: Universal + Specific (What Are Yours?) (#56)

How to Put on Your (Life-)Socks: Wisdom from the Greatest Coach Ever (#57)

Digging Foundations: Want to Build a Skyscraper? Dig Deep. (#58)

Mistakes? They’re Just Mis-takes: You As the Director of Your Life (#59)

Never Waste a Mis-take: It’s All Awesome Data! (#60)

The Obstacle Is the Way: Plus: The Paradox of Fire (#61)

"That's Like Me!": How to Optimize Your Self-Image (#62)

“That’s NOT Like Me!”: Part II on How to Optimize Your Self-Image (#63)

Smokeybot: The Little Guy Who Smokes the Tortoise and the Hare (#64)

Sacrifices vs. Decisions: There’s a Big Difference between the Two (#65)

Warriors vs. Librarians: Let’s Not Just Catalogue these +1s, Let’s LIVE Them (#66)

110-Year-Old You: Ready for Some Time Travel? (#67)

Law of Leadership: DWYSYWD: Do *You* Do What You Say You Will Do? (#68)

Making New Commitments: What to Do When You Need to Adjust Course (#69)

5-Minute Sweaty Conversations: How to Navigate those Challenging Chats (#70)

Wearing Scars As Medals: What a Hero Does with the Dragon Claw Marks (#71)

Now What Needs to Be Done?: Remember: Feelings Follow Behavior (#72)

Identity → Behaviors → Feelings: Not the Other Way Around (#73)

Spinny Fingers: How to Quickly Regain Your Balance When Life Spins You Around (#74)

Simplify the Battlefield: Wisdom from a SEAL Commander on What to Do in the Chaos of Life and War (#75)

Victim vs. Creator: Two Questions: "Why Me?" vs. "What Do I Want?" (#76)

Dust: A Secret Tool to Master Non-Attachment (#77)

AM + PM Bookends: How to Create Masterpiece Days: Start Here! (#78)

Today's the Day: What to Do When a (Daimon) Reporter Follows You Around All Day (#79)

Time Blocks: The #1 Power Tool for Great Days and a Great Life (You Using Them?) (#80)

Getting Started vs. Getting Finished: A Good Idea on How to Deal with Procrastination (#81)

Suffering = Pain x Resistance: An Important Lesson on How to Reduce Suffering (#82)

Name It to Tame It: How to Tame the Gremlins (#83)

Rumination: It's Time to Quit Chewing on Your Mental Cud (#84)

50 Pounds = A: How to Master the Fear of Art (#85)

What Shakespeare, Beethoven & Picasso Have in Common: Want to Create Something Great? Create a Ton. (#86)

Swimming Rats: How to Increase Your Endurance by 240x (!!!) (#87)

Hope: Leadership’s Secret Sauce: How to Increase Engagement from 1% to 69% (#88)

Ikigai: What's Your Reason for Getting Up in the Morning (#89)

Your Declaration of Independence: From Which Tyrannous Habits Will You Declare Your Independence? (#90)

The Pursuit of Happiness: Don’t Chase Happiness—Practice It (#91)

The Gift of Greatness: We’ve All Been Given It — Here It Is (#92)

The Science of Being Awesome: A Quick Look at Purposeful + Deliberate Practice (#93)

Adaptability + Homeostasis: Why Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone Is So Important (#94)

Mediocrity vs. Excellence: How to Avoid Getting Stuck in the Middle of a Rugged Mountain (#95)

Win or Learn: Three Questions to Ask after a Disappointing Performance (#96)

Turning Around Glitches: What True Confidence Looks Like and How to Build It (#97)

The Equanimity Game: How to Play It Like an Emperor (#98)

Time Affluence: It’s a Better Predictor of Your Well-Being than Financial Affluence (#99)

Euthymia: How to Live with Energized Tranquility (#100)

Deciding vs. Wishing: 3 Steps on How to Get What You Want (#101)

Systems vs. Goals: Why Goals Are for Losers and How to Become a Winner (#102)

Moist Robots: How to Program Yourself for Awesome (#103)

The iPhone Effect: How to Immediately (+ Easily) Boost the Quality of Your Interactions Today (#104)

Resistance Breathing: How to Work Out the Most Underappreciated Muscle in Your Body (#105)

Reverse Indicators: How to Interpret Your Encounters with Dragons (#106)

Hērōs: Building Strength for 2 (#107)

Hērōic Reframing: How to Build Antifragile, Heroic Confidence (#108)

Being Exonerated: Is NEVER Going to Happen (Sorry to Break the News!) (#109)

Desirable Difficulties: How to Turn Weakness into Strength (#110)

Self-Efficacy: The Science of Confidence (#111)

Your Best Possible Self: Science Says: This Is a Powerful Way to Boost Your Optimism (#112)

Making Yourself Proud: How Can You Make Yourself Proud Today? (#113)

Mental Contrasting: The Science of Turning Dreams into Action (#114)

Smile!: A Surprisingly Powerful Way to Boost Your Mood (#115)

The Right Why: vs. The Wrong Why (Yours?) (#116)

Chore vs. Gift: Choosing the Right Why Turns Your Behaviors from One to the Other (#117)

Heroes Have Quests: What's Yours? (#118)

Pull Power: Is Your Future Pulling at You? (#119)

Pulling Power: It Goes Nicely with Pull Power (#120)

Dynamic Tension: Your Hoped-for Future and Your Current Reality (#121)

Dynamic Equilibrium: You As a Tightrope Walker (#122)

Arambhashura: Let's Be Heroes All the Way to the Summit (#123)

Follow Your Bliss: Jump into Enlightenment (#124)

Follow Your Grunt: Bliss + Grunt + Grunt = Magic (#125)

How to Be Cool: Hint: Be Kind (#126)

Lion vs. Jungle: Be Nice to Your Limbic System, Please (#127)

How to Discover Your Deep Work Style: Hermit. Bimodal. Rhythmic. Journalistic. (Yours?) (#128)

What's Your #1 Self-Care Habit?: Perhaps the Most Important Questions We Can Ask Ourselves (#129)

What's Your Partner’s #1 Self-Care Habit?: Another VERY Important Question (#130)

How's Your Hedgehog?: 3 Circles on What You’re Here to Do (#131)

Whose Business Are You In?: Three Options: Yours + Someone Else’s + God’s (#132)

The Serenity Prayer: Serenity + Courage + Wisdom = A Winning Combo (#133)

Falling in Love vs. STANDING in Love: One’s a Lot Easier than the Other (#134)

Repairing Relationships: A Key Practice for Optimizing the Love in Our Lives (#135)

Your Genius Zone: Making the Big Leap (#136)

How to Turn Life-Lemons into Optimizade: Instant Recipe with One Ingredient-Question (#137)

Want Willpower: Play Offense not Defense: How to Win the Willpower World Series (#138)

Feelings Fade: But Only If You Let Them (#139)

Stop Stopping: Be Not Afraid of Going Slowly. Be Afraid Only of Stopping. (#140)

Put Your Virtues in Action: How to Flex Your Flourishing Muscles (#141)

How to Eat Stress Like an Energy Bar: Reappraisal + Paradoxical Stress Swap (#142)

Why Exercise Is So Good for You: The Easiest, Most Powerful Way to Balance Your Brain (#143)

Movement > Exercise: Let’s Not Be Active AND Sedentary (#144)

Opportunities to Move: Look for OTMs and Their Super-fit Cousin OTWs (#145)

There Are No Perfect People: And… Newsflash: You Will Not Be the First (#146)

How to Become an Iconoclast: The Science of Breaking Icons (#147)

Metaphysical Gluttony: How to Stop OptiBinging and Have More Fun Optimizing (#148)

Treadmills: You, Will Smith and Smokeybot (#149)

Hedonic Adaptation: Stepping Off the Treadmill to Count Our Blessings (#150)

Digital Sabbaticals: Taking Breaks from Focus NOT from Distraction (#151)

Digital Sunset: Bedtime for Your Electronics (#152)

Now, What Doesn’t Need to Get Done?: Tip: Don’t Do Useless Stuff (#153)

Recommitment: Commitment Is Easy - It's ALL about Recommitting (#154)

Precommitment: Making Contracts with Odysseus + Ourselves (#155)

Sirens: What Song Do They Sing to YOU? (#156)

Implementation Intentions: The Power of “If… Then…” (#157)

Deep Love Time Blocks: When’s Your Next Time Block? (#158)

Courage: How to Pump Energy to Your Virtues (#159)

Presence: Expanding into Your Best Self (#160)

Self-Affirmation Theory: The Science of Affirmations that Actually Work (#161)

The 80/20 Principle: What Works? Do More of That (#162)

80/20 Kryptonite: What Needs to Go? Do Less of That (#163)

Parkinson's Law: Reduce Time to Increase Output (#164)

Flow: What It Is & How to Get in It (#165)

iHunch: What Not to Do If You Want to Be Powerful (#166)

Epigenetics: Stand Above Your Genes & Make Them Dance (#167)

Procrastipain: The Pain Is in the Anticipation—NOT in the Doing! (#168)

You + Your Future Self in an fMRI: Does Your Future Self Look More Like a Stranger or You? (#169)

Eating Sugar in an fMRI Machine: How to Turn Off Your Addiction Center (#170)

The Marshmallow Test: Can You Wait for Two? (#171)

Rebound Days: How to Approach the Day AFTER a Sub-Optimal Day (#172)

Higher Highs and Higher Lows: Embracing the Tides of Our Lives (#173)

Scaffolding: Constructing Your Destiny (#174)

How Caffeine Really Works: And When (Not) to Have It (#175)

Want to Improve? Measure: The Power of a Pedometer and Other Measuring Devices (#176)

How to Add a Month to Your Year: In One Simple Step (#177)

Eliminate Delay: To Increase Motivation and Jumbo Crushing (#178)

Chunk It!: Break Your Epic Goals into Bite-Size Chunks (#179)

Thinking vs. Doing: Lessons from a Beach Ball (#180)

Energizers vs. Enervators: The Art & Science of How to Take a Good Break (#181)

Wings and Lottery Balls: How to Bounce Your Way to Winning the Game of Life (#182)

How to Get Super Shiny: Hint: Don’t Get Irritated by Every Rub (#183)

The Ultimate Jihad: Winning the Battle with Ourselves (#184)

The Angel's Advocate: How to Wave the Wand of Awesome (#185)

100 Questions: An Exercise to Create a Meaningful Life (#186)

The Zeigarnik Effect: How to Use It to Your Optimizing Advantage (#187)

Reduce the Variability of Your Behavior: To Increase the Likelihood of Rocking It (#188)

States vs. Traits: How to Quit Being a Cannonball (#189)

Approach vs. Avoidance: What Do You Do When You Feel Challenged? (#190)

Infinite Optionality: The Ticket to Antifragility (#191)

Death Cookies: Fuel for the Journey to Your Infinite Potential (#192)

Antifragile Barbells: How to Craft an Optimal Strategy for Life and Other Important Things (#193)

The Big Picture: Zoom In + Zoom Out (#194)

Microscopes + Telescopes: Another Way to Zoom In + Zoom Out (#195)

Adding Triggers: Finding Ways to Make the Good Things Super Easy (#196)

Removing Triggers: Making it Really Hard to Do the Not-So-Good Things (#197)

Visions of a Lifetime: Marcus Aurelius on the Present Moment (#198)

#Arrows and Our Friend Apollo: A Handy Tool for Rocking It (#199)

The 5 (Greek) Keys to Optimizing: Areté + Eudaimonia + en*theos + Hērōs + Euthymia (#200)

Creative vs. Reactive: Choose One Before the Other (If You Want to Actualize Your Potential) (#201)

Death at the Crossroads: How to Create a Calm, Confident, Purpose-Driven, Enthusiastic Life (#202)

You As Your Three Heroes: Who Are Yours? (Here Are Mine) (#203)

I Care So Much: That I Just Don’t Care (#204)

To Thine Own Self Be True: The Very First Quote I Ever Memorized (#205)

Robot, Do This!: How to Put Your Awesome Ideas to Work (#206)

Idiosyncratic Optimizing: Creating Your Own Unique Mixture of Awesome (#207)

The 10,008 Hour + 36 Min Rule: The #2 Factor on What Makes Great Performers Great (#208)

Memento Mori: Want to Live? Remember Death (#209)

You + Michelangelo + Your Potential: What’s in the Way of You Being Your Best? (#210)

Chiseling Character: Another Greek Etymology Lesson (#211)

Eulogy Virtues: How to Chisel on Your Road to Character (#212)

Today's To-Be List: Goes Nicely with Your To-Do List (#213)

Success List: Throw Away Your To-Do List & Focus Here (#214)

Proving Yourself Right: vs. “I Hope This Works Out Alright” (#215)

Take a Nap!: And Change Your Life (#216)

Sleep: Before + After Edison: Know How Much Your Great Grandparents Slept? (#217)

Be Proactive (aka Response-Ability) : Habit #1 of Highly Effective People (#218)

Begin with the End in Mind: Habit #2 of Highly Effective People (#219)

Put First Things First: Habit #3 of Highly Effective People (#220)

Think Win/Win + : Habits #4 + #5 of Highly Effective People (#221)

Synergy: When 1 + 1 = 3 (or Even 4): Habit #6 of Highly Effective People (#222)

Sharpen Your Saw Again (Please): Habit #7 of Highly Effective People (#223)

Rest Before You’re Tired: Remember Your Heart and Its Billions of Beats (#224)

How to Avoid Burnout: Micro + Mid + Macro Recovery (#225)

Carpe Diem: Seize the Day! (Or Is It “Pluck the Day”?!) (#226)

Carpe Punctum: You Can’t Seize Days—Only Moments (#227)

There Are No Enlightened Beings: Only More or Less Enlightened Moments (#228)

Virtuous vs. Vicious: Which Are You? (#229)

Marginal Gains: Here’s How to Win (#230)

Simplex vs. Complex: How to Make Our Lives an Elegantly Simple Masterpiece (#231)

Thanks! Thanks! And Thanks!: Three Ways to Give Thanks Today (#232)

Gandhi Binge Watching TV Shows: It’s Not Going to Happen (How About You?) (#233)

If We Worked Together 1-on-1: I’d Ask You This Question (#234)

Regret, Science Of: And the Wisdom of Mark Twain’s Trade Winds (#235)

Circadians + Ultradians: The Rhythms of Life (#236)

Making Waves: And Riding them to Your Highest Potential (#237)

The 4.5-Hour Workday: Science Says: It's the Magic Number for Greatness (#238)

"Shut-Down Complete!": Your New End-of-the-Day Ritual (#239)

Our Minds Must Relax: Seneca on How to Avoid Mental Dullness and Lethargy (#240)

Utter Commitment, Psychology Of: The Power of Focusing Your Life Force (#241)

Elon Musk + The Sun’s Power + You: A Gigacrazy Amount of Energy Waiting to Be Utilized (#242)

Excusitis: Warning: Fatal to Success (#243)

Extreme Ownership: Navy SEAL Wisdom on Leadership (#244)

On a Bad Team?: SEALs Say: No Bad Team, Just Bad Leaders (#245)

Seneca on Flexibility: Versus Fickleness + Obstinacy (#246)

Aristotle’s Virtuous Mean: Versus the Vices of Excess + Deficiency (#247)

Limitless Qualities: And Their Enemies: Near and Far (#248)

Celebrate Confusion: Tony Robbins Says It’s Your Gateway to Clarity (#249)

Incremental to Bam!: Notes on a Baby Learning to Crawl (#250)

Combination Locks: Ideas that Open the Doors to Your Infinite Potential (#251)

Consistency over Intensity: The Secret Sauce to Awesome Sauce (#252)

Your Dreamer + Your Doer: How to Build Your Confidence: Have Both in Mind Today (#253)

Act As If: What Quality Do You Want? (#254)

Time Traveling: How to Make Yourself Younger (#255)

Practice What You Preach: A Sermon on the Good Samaritan (#256)

De Minimis Non Curat Optimizers: Let’s Not Concern Ourselves with Trifles (#257)

You vs. Your Problems: Size Yourself Up then Step Up! (#258)

Remember Who Dug the Wells: And Give Back in Equal Measure (#259)

Strengths + Weaknesses: Lincoln, Grant, Iovine & Dr. Dre (#260)

Success Math: How to Calculate the Odds of Your Success (#261)

Cucumbers & Pickles: Your Brain on Addiction (#262)

World Champion You Training Camp: What Would Your Life Look Like If THAT Was the Standard? (#263)

Prior Best = New Baseline: Your Best Days? That’s Your New Normal (#264)

Swords vs. Sporks: Which Are You Forging? (#265)

Champions Do More: Got 10 Reps? Give Me 11! (#266)

Ready Fire Aim: How to Start a Donut Shop (#267)

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Here They Are: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 (#268)

Keep Score: And Watch Your Performance Soar (#269)

2 Scorecards: One for the Lead + Another for the Lag (#270)

WIG vs. Whirlwind: Which One Wins? (#271)

Kryptonite Dust: Time for the SuperOptimizer’s Vacuum (#272)

Time Management Drucker Style: The 1 + 2 + 3 for Effectiveness (#273)

The Power of Micro Wins: Wisdom from the Head of Research at Harvard Biz School (#274)

First Things First: Second Things? Not at All (#275)

What’s Important Now? (Part 2): How to Win 28 Olympic Medals (#276)

Chasms vs. Sidewalk Cracks: Jump! It’s Not As Wide As You Think (#277)

Get to the Starting Line: The Most Challenging Part of a Race (#278)

Teflon vs. Velcro: We’re Wired to Hold On to Negative Stuff (#279)

How to Flourish: Science Says: PERMA (#280)

How to Learn Optimism: Enter: The 3 P’s: Permanence + Pervasiveness + Personalization (#281)

How to Be Charismatic: Science Says: Presence + Power + Warmth (#282)

Micradian Rhythms: The Rhythms of Life: Circadian + Ultradian + Micradian (#283)

How’s Your Genius?: High Fives From Me to You Guys (#284)

How Are You Intelligent?: The 2 Steps to Getting in Your Element (#285)

Genius Dress Code: Save Your Brain Cells for Stuff That Matters (#286)

Decision Fatigue: Put Your Basal Ganglia to Work (#287)

Just Get Started!: vs. Just Do It (#288)

“It’ll Only Take a Minute”: Yah, Right. (#289)

Self-Determination Theory: The Science of Intrinsic Motivation (#290)

How to Add 11 Years to Your Life: Count How Many Times You Check Your Phone Today (#291)

The Happiness Archetype: vs. Rat Racer + Hedonist + Nihilist (#292)

The Fun Meter: Your Ticket to a Fortune of Joy (#293)

Newton's First Law: As Applied to Your Life (#294)

Newton's First Law: Fine Print: Eliminate Distractions to Stay in Motion (#295)

Carpe Momentum: Execute the Task at Hand & High Five Mr. Mo (#296)

Percussus Resurgo: “Struck Down, I Rise Again!” (And Again.) (#297)

How to Make Good Decisions: Think: Boundary Conditions (Thanks, Drucker!) (#298)

The Inner-net vs. The Internet: One Has All the Real Answers (#299)

Play Well the Given Part: Be an Artist of Your Life (#300)

Just a Drop: Little by Little We Fill Our OptiPot (#301)

A Drop of WD-40 for Your Mind: Sanskrit Says: Dukkha vs. Sukha (#302)

Starve Fear: Of Its Favorite Food (#303)

Farts and Facebook Likes: How’s Your Ratio? (#304)

Spiritual Farts: Let’s Move from Theory to Practice (#305)

You and Your Donkey: A Parable on Trusting Yourself (#306)

You and an Elephant: A Parable About Blind Guys and Perspective (#307)

Flea Baths: Need to Give Yourself One? (#308)

The Definition of Hell: Meeting the Person You Could Have Become (#309)

The 2nd Arrow: Quit Shooting Yourself with It (#310)

Ideal Performance State: Emotional Consistency and Peak Performance (#311)

5 Steps to Success: Ray Dalio’s Model for Supercrushing (#312)

Riddikulus!: Harry Potter on How to Deal with Fear (#313)

Got a Fear?: Name It to Tame It Harry Potter Style (#314)

Expecto Patronum!: How to Deal with the Dementors in Your Life (#315)

Phoenix Rising: How’s Your Burning Day Going? (#316)

Quantum Optimizing: Big Things Come Through the Little Things (#317)

The Voice of Consistency: vs. The Angel vs. The Devil (#318)

You Think You’re at an 8: But You’re Really at a 2 (#319)

You, Buddha and Your Fundies: Why Buddha Kept Meditating Post-Enlightenment (#320)

How to Center Yourself: Make It a Game - Here’s How to Play (#321)

A Wealth of Information: Creates a Poverty of Attention (#322)

Why We Err: Necessary Fallibility + Ignorance + Ineptitude (#323)

Masterpiece Day Checklist: How to Reduce Masterpiece Day Mortality Rates by 47% (#324)

The Psychology of Hope: Goals + Willpower + Waypower (#325)

Napitations: Nap + Meditation = Magic (#326)

1-Minute WOOP: Inhale. Exhale. W O O P! (#327)

Mental Toughness Training: Here’s a 100-Second Workout for Your Mind (#328)

Warren Buffett on Goal Setting: Three Steps to Clarity (#329)

Hit the Rock: A Parable on How to Get Clarity (#330)

How to 100,000x Your Performance: 2 AI’s + 100 Algorithms (#331)

Meet Mr. Royal H. Burpee: Your BFF for Energy (#332)

The Empowerment Dynamic: vs. The Dreaded Drama Triangle (#333)

Victim vs. Creator: The Question that Separates the Two (#334)

Meet Your Telomeres: Your New BFFs - Think: Aglets + Offensive Linemen (#335)

Threat vs. Challenge: How to You Respond to Life’s Stressors? (It Matters!) (#336)

Cancer-Fighting Mindset: Pulling Levers in Our Lives (#337)

Anticancer Levers: Pull These Four (#338)

Genes vs. Habits: Which Matters More for Cancer? (#339)

How to Win the Cancer War: Cut Off Cancer’s Supply Lines (#340)

Anticancer Nutrition: Our 80/20 Strategy = Do These Three Things (#341)

Cancer Statistics & You: Information vs. Condemnation + Target: Long tail (#342)

Cancer’s Roots & Leaves: Modern Medicine: Strengths + Weaknesses (#343)

Crisis: = Danger + Opportunity (#344)

No More Ice Cubes, Please: More on Root Causes vs. Symptoms (#345)

The SCIENCE of Behavioral Change: Optimize These 7 Psychological Forces (#346)

Neurohacks: How to Program Your New Identity (#347)

The Four Agreements: In Less Than Four Minutes (#348)

Spiritual Economics: Your New Wealth Vocabulary (#349)

Wealth thru Profound Service: Three Mindsets: Passion + Craftsman + Servant (#350)

Psychological Billionaires: The Science of How to Become One (#351)

The Affluenza Virus: Four Ways to Inoculate Yourself (#352)

Entelechy: Aristotle Says: It’s the Life Force Pushing You to Actualize (#353)

Musterbation: + Shoulding on Yourself (#354)

The Decade View: What’s YOURS look like? (#355)

5 Core Habits: How to Consistently Create GREAT Days (#356)

Big 3: Decade View + Core Habits: Energy + Love + Work ← Yours? (#357)

Psycho-Cybernetics: How to Guide Your Life Like a Missile (#358)

Self-Image 101: How to Create the New You (#359)

Isn’t That Extreme?: No, It’s Not — This Is (#360)

Resurrections and Crucifixions: Can’t Have One without the Other (#361)

How to Deal with Either/Or Situations: Step Back. Think. Get As Much of BOTH As Possible (#362)

Fear & Expectations: How to Move from Fear to Excitement (#363)

Ink Blobs & Emptiness: What Do You See When You Look at That Blob of Ink that Is Life? (#364)

Fingers and Lectures: Remember: Attend Your Own Lectures (#365)

How to Child-Proof Cover Your Trigger Buttons: Annoyed? Ask: How Am I That? (#366)

Optimize = Optimus: = The Best Version of You (#367)

Zero-Based Thinking: What Goes if You Started at Zero? (#368)

Endlessly Evolving Process: The Essence of a Good Life (#369)

Mistake-Learner’s High: Enjoy It as You Pursue Audacious Goals and Endlessly Evolve (#370)

Eat that Frog: The Secret Ingredient for a Great Day (#371)

Single-Mindedly One Touching: What’s Important? Start. Finish. (Repeat.) (#372)

How to Get Rid of Your ADD: Hint: Get Rid of Your Other ADD (Addiction to Digital Devices) (#373)

Make the Connection: What’s Working? What Needs Work? (#374)

You, a Farmer and His Horse: A Zen Fable on Good and Bad Luck (#375)

What to Do When You’re Flowing: Stay in the Zone - Keep Hammering (#376)

Parkinson’s Law + 80/20 Principle: = Productivity Magic (#377)

Seneca on How to Give Advice: Like One Patient to Another (#378)

Stoic Spas: Are More Like Hospitals (Check Yourself In Yet?) (#379)

Seneca Says: Be Harsh with Yourself at Times: (With Self-Compassion, of Course) (#380)

Seneca: The Worse a Person Is the Less He Feels It: Aurelius: Don’t Like Yourself? Why Would I Care Whether or Not You Like Me? (#381)

Conquering Cancer: Part II: Shocking Stats + Rethinking Cancer: Theory + Therapy (#382)

Bad (Cancer) Math: $100 Billion + $100 Billion = 0 (#383)

Genes vs. Habits: Part II: Pop Quiz: What % of Cancer is Genetic? (#384)

Two Theories on the Origins of Cancer: Genes vs. Metabolism <-- What’s the REAL Cause? (#385)

Otto Warburg and PET Scans: And Hot Spots of Glucose Metabolism (#386)

Genes vs. Habits Part III: Making the Connection Between Habits and Metabolism (#387)

Recon Cells + Cybrids: Cytoplasm vs. Nucleus: Which Drives the Cancer Show? (#388)

The 80/20 180°: First Steps in Moving from Theory to Therapy (#389)

Cancer’s Achilles: How to Exploit: Metabolic Inflexibility: Ketones + Glucose (#390)

Radical Remission: Exemplars, Long Tails and The Science of Self-Efficacy (#391)

Blissipline: Bliss + Discipline = Secret Sauce (#392)

Work Diligently, Patiently and Persistently: And You’re Bound to Be Successful (#393)

Start Again: And Again and Again and Again… (#394)

Strong Determination: How’s Yours? (#395)

Impermanence: “Anicca, Anicca, Anicca” (#396)

Seeds of (Metaphorical) Corn: You Planting Yours? (#397)

The Parable of the Talents: Using Yours? (#398)

Bonzai Trees, Goldfish, and You: How to 100x Your Awesome (#399)

How to DDR Like a Ninja: Here’s What 11 Looks Like (#400)

Love 2.0 (vs. Love 1.0): Ready to Upgrade Today? (#401)

Oops to Optimizing: Squeezing a Little Lemon on Your Life Salad (#402)

Capacities Clamoring to Be Used: Answering Your Soul’s Cries (#403)

Caterpillars, Butterflies and You: (And Maslow, Aristotle, Stoics and Others) (#404)

The Dreaded “U-Lag" on Your Heroic Quest: And How to Conquer It (#405)

The Inverted U: And You, Rats, Caffeine, Etc. (#406)

Styrofoam Weights: And Your Optimize Gym™ Membership (#407)

Gandhi and Sugar: And You and… _______________ (#408)

It Is What It Is: The Power of Loving What Is (#409)

Command & (/or) Obey: It’s Always Your Call, Boss (#410)

Livestreaming Your Life: Smile. You’re on Candid Optimizing Camera! (#411)

“This is my way; where is yours?”: “… For the way — that does not exist.” - Nietzsche (#412)

Are You a Should-Head?: Yoda, You and the Extra Degree that Burns thru Ambivalence (#413)

Inspiration Clock: What Time Does It Strike for You? (#414)

Your Grand Purpose: How to Turn Apparent Misfortune into Great Fortune (#415)

The Paradox of Choice: Maximizer vs. Satisficer <- Which Are You? (#416)

Patient vs. Conqueror (+ Doctor): Submit vs. Conquer (+ Teach) (#417)

Vulnerability Hangovers: Ever Had One? (#418)

Motivation Equation (Yet Again!): It’s Hammer Time (#419)

WOOPy WOOP!: WOOP! There It Is … Again! (#420)

WIN! WIN! WIN!: What’s Your Next Most Important Thing? (<- Crush That. Repeat.) (#421)

Levity + Gravity = Buoyancy: To Sell Is Human — The New ABCs (#422)

Self-Talk: Interrogative Style: Ask Yourself Questions Lately? (#423)

Antifragile Buoyancy: How’s Your Barbell? (#424)

It’s Always Hard: Before It’s Easy (#425)

Bouncers and Lawyers in Your Head: Pay Them Well to Keep the Optimizing Party Going (#426)

Tibetan Word for “Guilty”: <- Doesn’t Exist — Here’s the Closest Thing (#427)

Antifragile Affirmactions: How to Use Micro-Moments of Frustration to Grow (#428)

Are You an Ambivert?: Extroverts, Introverts, and Ambiverts (#429)

Chewing on 100k Words Per Day: Lions, Kings, Monks and Original Thoughts (#430)

Going the Second Mile: Jesus Says: It’s the Way to Roll (#431)

Compete? Nah. Create!: A Key to the Science of Getting Rich (#432)

Unilaterality: Think: Extreme Ownership Relationship Style (#433)

The Principle of Correction: Think: Needs Work for Mis-takes (#434)

Other Image 101: What Do You See in the Faces of Those You Meet? (#435)

Railroad Spikes: Are Good for Pounding (#436)

Stephen King’s Spikes: Hammering Rejection to the Wall (#437)

Jesus Said: Who Shall Inherit the Earth?: Was It the “Meek” or the “Disciplined”/”Tamed”? (#438)

Rat Poison: Eat Any Lately? (#439)

Exercise vs. Zoloft: Feeling Depressed? Pop Your Exercise Pill! (#440)

The Two Goddesses of Wealth: Which One Are You Pursuing? (#441)

WARNING: Noisy Environments: Can Diminish Your Performance (#442)

“The Good Life Is a Process: It Is a Direction, Not a Destination.” - Carl Rogers (#443)

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation: Want to be Psychologically Stable? Focus Here. (#444)

Sentence Completions: If I Brought 5% More Awareness to… (#445)

The Law of Psychological Reactance: The Importance of Reinforcing Autonomy (#446)

FEAR -> DARE: ACT on How to Make the Switch (#447)

Your New Taste Buds: Just Give ‘em 2 Weeks (#448)

Rule #1 of Nutrition: Fountain of Youth vs. Poisons (#449)

Food Poisons Part 2: What You Might Want to Consider Eliminating (#450)

451°: Here’s to Your Burning! (#451)

The Space: Between Stimulus and Response (#452)

Forest Bathing: Give Yourself a Nice Bath Lately? (#453)

90% Done?: Paulo Coelho Says: Consider Yourself Halfway There (#454)

The Master: vs. The Dabbler, the Obsessive and the Hacker (You?) (#455)

The (Lucky) Master’s Path: Walk 1 Mile and Destination Is 2 Miles Farther Away (#456)

The Master’s Plateau: Let’s Learn to Love It (#457)

The Master’s Steps: Two Forward, One Back (Sometimes Vice Versa) (#458)

25 Min = 2 YEARS: Your #1 Time Waster? Keep that Math in Mind (#459)

Delete THAT App: Yah. That One. (Remember: 25 Minutes = 2 YEARS) (#460)

How NOT to Show Up for a Meeting: Hint: Don’t Be Drunk (Lessons from a World Leader) (#461)

The Thread Thru Your Head: Pull It Up for Poise and Relaxed Power (#462)

Doing What You Love: How Can You Get Paid to Do It? (#463)

Aristotle’s “Happiness”: Isn’t Quite What You Think (#464)

Virtuous Activity of the Soul: Aristotle on How to Be Happy (#465)

Aristotle’s Doctrine of the (Virtuous) Mean: vs. The Vices of Excess and Deficiency (#466)

Buddha on: Making Arrows Straight: Carving Wood and Irrigating Water (#467)

Are You Pusillanimous?: Much Better to be Magnanimous (#468)

We Are What We Repeatedly Do: Excellence, then, Is Not an ACT but a Habit (#469)

How to Win the Olympic Games: Hint: Compete (#470)

When Things Go Wrong: Appreciate How Rarely They Do (Optimizade Style) (#471)

Confucius Says: The Original Optimizer on Intensity (#472)

Confucius on the Long Game: Play It with Intensity (#473)

Confucius's #1 Tip: The Way of the Master Consists of… (#474)

Want Recognition?: Focus on Being WORTHY of It (#475)

How to Make Progress: Confucius Says It’s Simple: Just Keep Going (#476)

Virtuous, Charismatic Power: via Effortless Effort (Wu-Wei + De) (#477)

Trying Not to Try: 4 Different Approaches to Wu-Wei + De (Yours?) (#478)

How to Bottle Up Your Worries: You, Fog and Some Elevation (#479)

Put Your Name on a Sheet: For an Immediate Surge in Clarity and Energy (#480)

Reclaiming Lost Hours: By Making Everything (!) Our Practice (#481)

Digital Sabbath: The Johnson House on Sundays (Yours?) (#482)

Vagal Tone: The New Sexy (Meet Your 10th Cranial Nerve) (#483)

Your Optimal Breathing Rate: You Know It? Science Says… (#484)

The Rules of Breathing: The Big 3: Nose + Belly + Exhale (#485)

Want SuperWillpower NOW?: Here’s the Fastest Way to Get It (#486)

Breath Control = Emotional Control: See: Navy SEALs, All Elite Performers, YOU! (#487)

The Golden (+ Platinum!) Rule: How’re You Treating Others? AND… Yourself? (#488)

Nappuccino, Anyone?: Zambonis for Your Brain (#489)

Begin Before You Begin: How to Transition to the New You (#490)

Jobs, Careers, Callings: Which Do You Have? (Here’s How to Make It All Three) (#491)

Sweeping Streets with Martin Luther King: Like Shakespeare, Beethoven and Michelangelo (#492)

The Supercomputer in Your Head: And How to Turn It On (#493)

Science of Daydreaming: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (#494)

Conquering Hero vs. Suffering Martyr: Which Are You When Your Mind Wanders? (#495)

An Indestructible Mind: The Creation Of (#496)

Poison into Medicine: The Ultimate Alchemy (#497)

How to Discover Your Mission: 3 Steps to Clarity on Your Life’s Work (#498)

Batting .300: Is Hall of Fame Material (in Life + Baseball) (#499)

Thrown a Perfect Game Lately?: 210,000 Games Over 140 Years = How Many Perfect Games? (#500)

Gravity, Dark Energy and YOU: Plus: Contraction, Expansion, Entropy and Syntropy (#501)

Collecting Turnarounds: At the Speed of the Universe (#502)

For Whom the Siren Wails: Don’t Ask … It’s for You (#503)

Rehearsing Your Death: As a Way to LIVE (Seneca Says…) (#504)

Solvitur Ambulando: Latin for: “It Is Solved by Walking” (#505)

Father, Bless Me: For I Have Been Awesome (#506)

Avocados and Abundance: And You Joining Life’s Hall of Fame (#507)

Task Switching Is Expensive: A Super-Quick Exercise to Calculate the Costs (#508)

Eckhart Tolle on Food Poisoning: And on Thought + Behavior Poisoning (#509)

Demonstration vs. Instruction: Which One Do YOU Think the World Needs More Of? (#510)

CANI! + Kaizen!: Constant and Never-Ending Improvement (#511)

A Brief History of Lawns: Iconoclastically Expanding our Horizon of Possibilities (#512)

How to Revolutionize Your Life: Hint: Become an Ignoramus (#513)

The Two Maps of Your Life: Which One Are You Using? (#514)

Running Experiments: Like Good Scientific Sapiens (#515)

How to Live Forever: The Quest for Immortality (#516)

“Algorithm”: <- It's “Arguably the Single Most Important Concept in Our World” (#517)

Getting to the Bottom of Things: Vis-a-Vis Staying on Top of Things (#518)

How to Create a World-Class Mind: Hint: Train It for 10,000+ Hours (#519)

The $7 Trillion Mind-Hacking Industry: Addicted Users vs. Smashing Luddites vs. Optimizites < How Are YOU Showing Up? (#520)

Your Digital Addiction: Ancient Rome Says: It’s a Form of Slavery (#521)

To Sculpt or To Be Hacked?: < THAT Is the Question (Two Lists for Your Digital Optimizing) (#522)

The Power of Solitude: Clarity + Creativity + Emotional Balance + Moral Courage (#523)

Ambition + Routine: “Routine, in an Intelligent Person, Is a Sign of Ambition.” (#524)

Work or Play?: Masters in the Art of Living Dissolve the (Apparent) Dichotomy (#525)

The Science of Play: What’s YOUR Play Personality? (#526)

Bliss + Pain: Campbell on How to Find the Right Path (Hint: YES to Both) (#527)

Unicorns and Where to Find Them: Hint: On Mt. Everest (+ How to Give Your Stress Meaning) (#528)

Merpeople and Where to Find Them: Hint: Next to the Corral Reefs that are Challenged and Tested Daily (#529)

Hagfish Are Pretty Freaky: Got Any in Your Life? (#530)

Wisdom from My Mom and Thomas Carlyle: God Gave You Gifts. Give Them to the World! (#531)

Making Yourself Proud: How Will You Do So Today? (#532)

Your New BFF: Mine’s Named “Optimus” — Yours? (#533)

Dominating Your Life: It’s What You Do If You’re Powerful (#534)

Dominate = To Rule: Who’s Ruling Your Life? (#535)

How Byron Katie Does Her Dishes: Hint: She Dominates Them (#536)

Squirrels, Einstein and You: Two Mindsets: Training vs. Trusting (#537)

Working: Hard and Smart: How to Win Life’s Tournament (#538)

Jack Nicklaus Never Missed a 3-Foot Putt: Nor Did He Ever Three Putt on the Final Hole (#539)

Meet the 250-Foot Tall You: How to Connect with Your Infinite Self (#540)

Making (Life) Music with Jerry Garcia: Key Lyrics: Be You (#541)

You and Houdini: Slipping Out of Psychological Knots (#542)

Meet My New Watch: Mr. Suunto: What Direction Are You Headed? (#543)

Becoming a Champion: What’s Your Best REALLY Look Like? (#544)

Being a Champion: Is Way More Important Than Becoming a Champion (#545)

Catching Excellence: As We Chase Perfection (#546)

“Meh, I’m Good Enough.": Enter: Vomit in Mouth (#547)

Just Execute Your Game Plan: Wooden and Lombardi and You (#548)

Social Comparison Is Toxic: <- Science Says (#549)

Envy Begone: Antidote? Bless That Which You Want (#550)

Maximizing Minutes: Ben Bergeron + Dan Millman on Mastery (#551)

Positivity, Science of: For Peak Performance in Sports and in Life (#552)

The Golden You: Just Chip Away at the (Not-so) Bonus Layer (#553)

The Fastest Way to Optimize: Think: -1 -1 -1 = Infinite You (#554)

Strong Ego = Ticket to Divine: An Optimized Approach Your Ego + Id + Superego (#555)

How to Live with Radiant Enthusiasm: Hint: Create a Nice Home for God (#556)

How to Reclaim Lost Time, Energy + Brainpower: Pro Tip: Practice Saying “I Don’t Know” + “I Don’t Care” (#557)

How to Get Over Your FOMO: Hint: Get Clear on What You’re REALLY Missing Out On (#558)

A Cognitive Athlete Who Smokes: Let’s Not Be One (#559)

Full Effort = Full Victory: Gandhi, Matt Damon and Will Smith on Winning (#560)

We’re All Athlētēs: What Contest Are YOU In? (#561)

The Sound of Joy: You: The Wise Optimizing Mechanic (#562)

Artifice + Bliss: Remove One to Get the Other (#563)

Kamiwaza: Or, How to Be Godlike (#564)

The Icarus Deception: The Missing Part of the Myth (#565)

Memento Minima (+ Infinitus): Remember: We’re Tiny (+ Infinite!) (#566)

Dare to Be Healthy at 100: Party Planning + Birthday Invitations (#567)

How Old Would You Be: … If You Didn’t Know How Old You Were? (#568)

Goals Are for WINers: Except When They’re for Losers (#569)

Champ Champ Champ: Conor McGregor and the Big 3 (#570)

Pankration = "All Strength": Q: What Kind of Boxer Are You? (#571)

The Optimizer in the Arena: Daring Greatly Daily (#572)

Love 0.0 + 1.0 + 2.0 + 3.0: Optimizing our Love Operating Systems (#573)

Love Kryptonite: Strikes 8 Billion Times Per Day (in the US Alone) (#574)

You, Horseshoes & Autonomous Cars: Elon Musk and Yuval Noah Harari on Your Future (#575)

Soul Force: How’s Yours? (#576)

Transparent to the Transcendent: Joseph Campbell Asks: Are You? (#577)

Creating a Confident, Dignified Life: Via Buddha and Confucius at the Local Grocery Store (#578)

Zen in the Art of Spartan Spear Throwing: Choosing a Practice As a Portal to Optimizement (#579)

Average vs. Elite: How to Practice: Right vs. Wrong (#580)

You, Odysseus, Emerson & Icarus: The Pages Left in Your Hero’s Journey (#581)

How to Think About Your Flaws: Hint: Alchemize Them into Marginal Gains (#582)

The Little Things: Aren’t So Little (#583)

The Inside of an Apple: Is as Beautiful as the Outside (You?) (#584)

You and the Swami Spartan: Sri Swami Satchidananda on Life’s Obstacle Course (#585)

The Factory of Life: Two Gurus on How to Build the Best You (#586)

Making the Impossible Possible: How to Make It What’s for Breakfast in X Tomorrows (#587)

Flow Junkies: How to Attain Superyou Mastery Sans Misery (#588)

Deep Play: Have Fun Training Your Recovery! (#589)

The 4-Hour Workday: Zambonis for Your Brain (#590)

Morning Routines: The Keystone for Your 4-Hour Workday (#591)

Cog vs. Linchpin: Which Are You? (#592)

You and Jay-Z in the Studio of Life: 10,000 Daily Micro-Hero’s Journeys (#593)

10,000 Micro-Hero’s Journeys: The Phone Is Ringing All Day Every Day (#594)

The 1-Hour (Deep) Workday: 4 Hours Too Much? OK. Let’s Do 1!! (#595)

20,000 for 1: Having Fun Paying the Price (#596)

The Price of Success: Let’s Figure It Out and Pay It (#597)

How to Use Our Optimizing Tools: Hint: Practice THE MOMENT You Need It (#598)

Mirror Mirror on the Wall: I Shall Cover You So I Don’t Fall (#599)

Ballet, Anyone?: Head Threads + Power Poses + Being True to Form (#600)

The Mystery of the Hairy Fingers: You’ll Laugh About It in 5 Years So Why Wait? (#601)

The Ultimate Anabolic (Pseudo)Steroids: Aka: Training Your Recovery (#602)

The Golden Buddha: Part II: The Historical Reality + The Parable (#603)

Interleaving: A Key Way to Learn (#604)

Genius Is Self-Bestowed: Mediocrity Is Self-Inflicted (#605)

Parenting: 3 Tips: Lessons on How to Be a Great Dad (#606)

IQ vs. Willpower: One Is a Much Better Predictor than the Other (#607)

Running Your Willpower Offense: Strategic Considerations + Odysseus Contracts (#608)

The Optimize Teacher: Meet Mrs. Kristie Kuehnast (#609)

The Greatest Stock Market: Byron Katie’s Investment Strategy (#610)

AI vs. HC: A Quick Accounting (#611)

Obstacle Immunity: How’s Yours? (#612)

Useful Feedback and Trolls: How to Deal with Both (#613)

Trust Thyself: Every Heart Vibrates to that Iron String (#614)

There Are No Perfect Relationships: And Alexandra and I (or YOU!) Won’t Be the First to Have One (#615)

Editing Our Lives: And the Quest for Authenticity (#616)

Touchdown, Jerry Rice!: When? Every Time He Caught the Ball (#617)

Breaking Records: Then What? Get Back to Work (#618)

How to Win Forever: After Losing for Over 15 Years (#619)

Spiritual Sports: Rumi on Living with Intensity (#620)

How to Be Like Mike: Go All In (Skip the Gatorade) (#621)

The Growth Mindset: Jordan, Picasso and You (#622)

Depressed? Two Ways to Respond: Science Says: One Is Better than the Other (#623)

Depressed? Dan Millman Says…: Do Something! (Might As Well Have a Clean House, eh?) (#624)

Unfortunate vs. Unforgivable: Wasted Time and Waiting Any Longer (#625)

Driving with Your Brakes On: Anthony de Mello on Letting Go of Some Fear (#626)

“If I Had Zero Fear…”: I Would Do THIS! (#627)

A Fist Full of Fear: Dissolving into Joy as You Make the Leap (#628)

Sleeping with Tom Brady: And Roger Federer and LeBron James (#629)

Want to Be Great?: Find the Time. Find the Energy (#630)

Your Golden Seeds: Take Them Out of the Packet and Plant Them! (#631)

Your Seeds of Potential: Where Are You Planting Them? (#632)

Burning a Hole Through Your #1 Goal: What’s Most Important to You? Are You Focused on It? (#633)

Jason and the Argonauts (+ Pema Chödrön): Another Strategy to Deal with the Sirens (#634)

Daimon, Meet Genius: High Fives All Around (#635)

The Royal You: Wake Up and Find Yourself a True Prince(ss) (#636)

Ownish vs. Victimese: Learning a New Language (#637)

Yes Lives in the Land of No: Want a Big YES from Life?! Embrace the No’s. (#638)

Goeswith: Our New Wisdom Word (Thanks, Alan Watts!) (#639)

Campfires and Chairs: Remember: Spiritual Ones Need to Be Recreated Every Day (#640)

Your Soul’s Fire: The Spark Is Always There (#641)

Nietzsche’s Formula for Happiness: And: Hope and Goals, Science of (#642)

Super-Quick Hope Building Tip: How Have You Rocked It Lately? (#643)

The Optimal Work-to-Rest Ratio: 50 to 90 minutes ON + 7 to 20 minutes OFF (#644)

Boundaries or Burnout: 100% On + 100% Off <- Repeat (#645)

The iPhone Effect: Part 3: Want Connection + Power + Productivity? (#646)

Alarms: Work-Down vs. Wake-Up: One’s (at Least!) 10x Better than the Other (#647)

Making Money BECAUSE You Sleep: Sleeping with Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett (#648)

Atomic Habits: Tiny = Mighty: You, a Quadrillion Times Better (#649)

Your Escort of Angels: How to Recruit Them (#650)

How to Predict Where You’ll End Up in Life: Hint: Observe Trajectory of Daily Choices Compounded for 20 Years (#651)

The Plateau of Latent Potential: An Important Concept to Understand (#652)

Want Better Habits? Start With Who: Identity = “Repeated Beingness” (#653)

Your Identity = ?: Whether You Think You Can or Think You Can’t… (#654)

Michael Phelps’ Golden Gene-Inseam: Swim Gods and Your Destiny (Pool) (#655)

The 4 Laws of Behavior Change: Make It: Obvious + Attractive + Easy + Satisfying (#656)

How to Build a Good Habit: Easy as 1, 2, 3 (#657)

How to Break a Bad Habit: Easy as 1, 2, 3 (#658)

“Hi, Optimus!”: How to Invite Him or Her to the Optimizing Party (#659)

How Clark Kent Becomes Superman in 11 Seconds: Flipping the (Superhero) Identity Switch (Then Reflipping/Ducktaping It So It Sticks All Day Every Day) (#660)

Navy SEAL Cookie Jars: David Goggins on Becoming Superman (#661)

The Goggins Process: Your Job: Push Past Your Normal Stopping Point (#662)

How to 800x Your Performance: aka How to Run 205 Miles Like Superhero Goggins (#663)

The Optimize Master’s Program: aka Moving from Theory to Practice (#664)

Turning on the Light: Two Thoughts on the Subject (#665)

Light and Darkness: And the Time Between the Two (#666)

EXPECT the Occasional Darkness: <- A Key Way to Deal with It (#667)

Emotional Stamina - Part 2: Execute Protocol: The Worse You Feel AND the Better You Feel (#668)

Three Forms of Discipline: Yoda Says: 1. Reactive + 2. Structural + 3. Expansive (#669)

Meditation’s Instant ROI: Trouble Falling Asleep? Cut It in Half! (#670)

The Magic Pill of Meditation: Do You Take It? (Science Says…) (#671)

Just Brush Your Brain: Meditation’s 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 (#672)

How Long Do I Have to Wait?: Patience + Perseverance = Commanding Weapon (#673)

Meet Leo(nidas): The Ultimate #OMMS Symbol (#674)

Meet My New Sweatband: Leonidas: What’s a Symbol for YOUR Jumbo-Commitments? (#675)

100 Pounds of Sand: The Story of Two Sandbags (#676)

Interbeing: Qi Gong, Thich Nhat Hanh, You, Me, and Rain Drops (#677)

A Quick Trip to Hell: How to Avoid That As Frequent/Ultimate Destination (#678)

A Quick Trip to Michelangelo’s Studio: Sculpting the Epic Version of You (#679)

The Moment of Decision: Is Where It’s At (#680)

The Perfectly Imperfect MasterpieceYou: Michelangelo's Imperfect Marble (and Rain-Soaked Studio) (#681)

Crimes Against Your Nature: Maslow on the Punishments of (#682)

1,000-Mile Swims: Maslow Says: Get to Work! (#683)

The Best Deal in Medicine: How to Get a 64,000 (!!!) Percent ROI (#684)

The Case Against Sugar: Is Very Strong #caseclosed (#685)

Conquering Fear: Your #1 Job (#686)

To Seek Fear: Is Step 1 in Conquering Fear (#687)

Fear: Stop or Go?: Which Sign Pops Up in Your Head? (#688)

Fear: Stop or Go? (Part II): Step on the Gas and Let’s Do This! (#689)

Your Engine: V-12 or V-Lawnmower?: Which Will It Be? (#690)

Fear Is Excitement: Without the Breath (#691)

JOMO vs. FOMO: Time to Make a Upgrade? (#692)

Channeling Mia Hamm: The Vision of a Champion (#693)

(Heroically) Fierce Ambition: What Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and FDR Had in Common (#694)

Lincoln’s Response to (Epic) Failure: “I must die or be better.” (#695)

Fear Doors - Part I: Walked Through Any Lately? (#696)

Fear Doors - Part II: The Really Scary Thing About Them (#697)

Fear Doors - Part III: Need to Walk Through One Today? (#698)

Hero Bars: Your Fuel for Fear Doors (#699)

UPERSIST!: How to Be Unstoppable (#700)

Reasons to Believe in Yourself: What Are YOURS? (← Eat Those Hero Bars!) (#701)

NEGU!: Never Ever Give Up (#702)

How Bad Do You Want It?: Mind Over Obstacles (#703)

The Fire Walk of Life: How Far Will You Go Today (and Tomorrow and..) (#704)

The Psychology of Pain: Want to Endure More Pain? Science Says: Brace Yourself (#705)

The Unreachable Walls: aka: Don’t Be a (Crazy) Perfectionist (#706)

The Audience Effect: Science Says: Eyeballs Optimize (#707)

The Optimus Medallion: Coming Soon to a Pocket Near You! (#708)

The Optimus Meditation: Aka the Optimize Virtue Meditation (#709)

Virtue Mantras: (Super Helpful!) Tools for the Mind (#710)

More on Mantras: via Eknath Easwaran (the Indian Joseph Campbell) (#711)

How to Train Your Mind: Remember the Elephant’s Trunk (#712)

Your Genius Zone - Part 2: What Is It You Can Uniquely Do? (#713)

Noli Timere: <- “Be Not Afraid” (= The #1 Phrase in the Bible) (#714)

Ambi vs. Heroic Valence: Multi-Faceted Strength for Two (#715)

Leonidas + Little Leo: The (Johnson) Optimizing Game (#716)

Your Daimon Zone: See You There!! (#717)

Shakespeare and Spartans: Laconic Poets Say: “Brevity Is the Soul of Wit.” (#718)

Instant Coward Recipe: Lombardi Says: Just Add Fatigue (#719)

Broken Monitors: Sometimes We Need to Ignore the Data (#720)

Encourage: To Inspire with Hope, Courage and Confidence (#721)

Encourage - Part 2: Making the Case for Elevating Its Status (#722)

When to Fix the Roof: Hint: When the Sun Is Shining (#723)

To Dare or Not to Dare: Whaddya Say… Shall we? (#724)

Your Marching Orders: Our Purpose Here on Earth (#725)

The Sorites Paradox: How to Get a Big Heap of Golden (You) Coins (#726)

Looking for Love (2.0): Finding Those Micro Moments of Positivity Resonance (TODAY!) (#727)

Meet My Bionic Arm (20 Screws Anyone?): Antifragile Response-Ability: THIS Is What We Train For! (#728)

Use It or Lose It, a Case Study: Aka: Where’d My Left Forearm Go? (#729)

Exiting the Cast of Our Comfort Zones: And Letting the Surge and Power of Life’s Challenges Fuel our Optimizing (#730)

The Best Deal in Medicine Part II: 1 + 10 + 100 + 1,000 + 10,000 + YOU (#731)

You, Me, Rabbits…: And Lopsided Arms Races (#732)

Ambition + Routine Part II: Fire Walking Our Way Through a Well-Organized #carpediem Day (#733)

Severe Pruning: Need To Do Any? (#734)

Grow Lights: On What Will You Shine Yours? (#735)

Pre-Wins: Yoda’s Laws of Action: Part 1 (#736)

Stringing Pearls: Yoda’s Laws of Action: Part 2 (#737)

Bring It On! (Punching Bag Style): Yoda’s Laws of Action: Part 3 (#738)

Grateful (Love) Flow: Yoda’s Laws of Action: Part 4 (#739)

To Read on an iPad at Night: Or To Read a Printed Book? ← That Is the Question (#740)

Sleep Q: How Little Light Is Too Much?: A: Not a Lot! (#741)

Think You Can Get By on Little Sleep?: Science Says: Think Again (Struck by Lightning Lately?) (#742)

Optimizing Z’s: 12 Tips: Your #1? (Tonight the Night?) (#743)

Sleep: Even Worms Do It: Plus: One-Eyed-/Half-Brained-Bird Sleep (#744)

Sleep: The Miracle Drug!: Let’s Pop The Metaphorical Pills to Reduce the Real Ones (#745)

Baselines: Best vs. Meh: Resetting vs Optimizing (#746)

Sleep: Crazy Stats: To Make Your Heart Skip a Beat (#747)

Sleep, Work, and Boiling Water: Medium vs. High Heat (You?) (#748)

Shelf Life vs. Your Life: Know This: Longer = Shorter (#749)

Food Rule #57: “Don’t Get Your Fuel from the Same Place Your Car Does” (#750)

The Two Facts of Nutrition: And the One Thing You’ll Do About Them Today (#751)

Food Rule #1: Eat Food: vs. Edible Foodlike Substances (#752)

Low Fat Made Us Fat: Really? Michael Pollan Says: Yep. (#753)

How to Make a Pearl: To Go with our Diamonds (#754)

How to Make Grit: Sand on Paper Applied to Your Life (#755)

How to Make a Life Omelet: Remember: Important Step = Break Some Eggs (#756)

Watering the Things That Matter: What Needs Some TLC Today? (#757)

Appreciate: Two Meanings: Want Things to Grow? Appreciate Them! (#758)

Whineysaurus Part X: Got a Name for That Whiney Guy/Gal Within? (#759)

Mr. Roger’s Creative Neighborhood: Won’t You Be a Creator? (#760)

Shaz-Optimus!: Superwords and Superpowers: “OPTIMUS!!! LET’S DO ARETE!!!” (#761)

The Art of Living: The Philosopher-Optimizer’s Canvas and Paints (#762)

The Happiness Diet: vs. The SAD + MAD Diets (#763)

Turning Frowns Upside Down: One Bite at a Time (#764)

Your Idiosyncratic Dharma: Honoring Our Sacred Duty (Yours?) (#765)

Your Deep Gladness: And The World’s Hunger (Where Do They Meet?) (#766)

Work and Worship: Praying with Every Second of Our Lives (#767)

Sir Ken’s Element: Love + Good x 2 (#768)

Living in a Dream World: It’s Nice to Remember (#769)

Perpetual Optimism: Colin Powell Says: It’s a Force Multiplier (#770)

Colin Powell on Hope: “It’s a Bad Supper, but Makes a Good Breakfast” (#771)

Let’s Try to Be Optimists: But Try Not to Be Stupid (#772)

The Physics of Success: Dominoes - Part 2 (#773)

Goal Setting to the Now: Someday > 5 Years > 1 Year > 1 Month > 1 Week > Today > NOW! (#774)

Embracing the Mess: A Key Feature of Your Hero’s Journey (#775)

Zigs and Zags: Emerson on Your Voyage of a Hundred Tacks (#776)

Stepping Stones to Success: Daniel Amen on Mistakes (#777)

Defeat I Shall Not Know: Stepping Stones - Part II (#778)

An Increasingly Healthy Mind: Sam Harris on the Real (Near) Goal (#779)

The Greatest Predictor of Anxiety: Can You Guess It? (#780)

Health Is a Vehicle: Not a Destination (#781)

Destiny + Destination: Where Are You Headed? (#782)

Ferrari-Optimizing Pit Stops: Who’s in Your Crew? and… Who’s Crew Are YOU On? (#783)

Silent Gifts: Waking up to Them All Day Every Day (#784)

WD-Optimizing40: Squirt a Little on Your Challenges Today? (#785)

Edison on Failures: And a Bunch of Other Stuff (#786)

A Learning Mindset: Is a Wise Mindset (#787)

The 5 Second Rule: 5… 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … BLASTOFF! (#788)

5… 4… 3… 2… 1…: Now What Needs to Be Done? (#789)

5… 4… 3… 2… 1…: Now What Needs to Be Done? (Part 2) (#790)

Why Your Snooze Button Sucks: … the Life out of Your Day (#791)

How to Throw Away Your Alarm Clock: Super Complicated: Go to Bed Earlier (🤓) (#792)

Best Hours for Your Brain: Science Says… (#793)

Your Diet Dartboard: Throw Your Dart and DO IT! (#794)

Agency, Agency, Agency: And Secret Agent DoubleO-You (#795)

Antifragile Confidence: ← = Agency Squared (#796)

Agency = Doing: Wonder Where Your Power Comes From? ACTION!! (#797)

Building Agency: Step #1: Control Stimuli (Or Else!) (#798)

Building Agency: Step #2: Mirror Mirror in My Brain (and in Yours!) (#799)

Building Agency: Step #3: Move!! (Aka: Energize!!) (#800)

Oh, the Places You'll Go!: Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel (#801)

SOUL Goals: Vis-A-Vis SMART Goals (#802)

Castles in the Air: And the Foundations Beneath Them (#803)

Optimus Jet Packs: Strap Yours on Today and GO! (#804)

The Alchemist Says: The Universe Is Conspiring to Help You (#805)

Soul Pit Stops Part 2: And Playing Our Roles Well (#806)

Harmonizing Our Uniqueness: Mr. Rogers on Your “Song to Sing” (#807)

Aurelius on Life’s Great Harmony: And How to Stay in Tune (#808)

The Creative Habit: The Philosophical Tug of War (#809)

Peter Drucker on Creativity: Make That… on Plodding (#810)

Want to Create a TON?: Have a Very (!) Big Waste Paper Basket (#811)

Covey’s Big YES!!: Makes It Easier to Say “No” (#812)

Covey Discipline Quiz!: 1? 2? or 3? (You Might Be Surprised!) (#813)

Reading and Thinking: The Two Go Together (#814)

Archeological Reading: ← Aka How Twyla and I Read a Book (#815)

Rituals of Preparation: A Cab Ride with Twyla Tharp (#816)

Look for the Helpers: And BE a Helper (Today!) (#817)

Want to Change Your Life?: Change Something You Do Daily (#818)

Do It Now: Do It Now. Do It Now. Do It Now. (x50 in AM) (+50 in PM) (#819)

My New Job: Changing Your Front-Right Tire (#820)

The Bridge: Between Goals and Accomplishments (#821)

Undo-It-Yourself Project: Dear Abby Says (via John Maxwell) (#822)

Love 1.5: Right There Between Love 1.0 and Love 2.0 (#823)

Being the Change: YOU Want to See in the World (#824)

An Enraged Mister Rogers: Channeling His Fierce Love (#825)

Aristotle (+ Adam Grant) on Anger: And Channeling It Virtuously (#826)

Do That Which Is Assigned to You: And You Cannot Hope Too Much or Dare Too Much (#827)

A Barrelful of Songs: Is Your Barrel Overflowing with Goodness? (#828)

Do You Think You Can?: Well… If You Have the Guts… (#829)

Swimming with Mister Rogers: Then Stepping on the Scale to See… 143! (#830)

How to Make Time: 4 Steps: Highlight + Laser + Energize + Reflect (#831)

N = 1: Bring the Lab into Your Life (#832)

Distraction: It Can Be a Full-Time Job (Is It Yours?) (#833)

(Quit!) Touching Your Phone: How Many Times Will You Today? (#834)

Got Watch?: Installing a Portable Chronometer on Your Wrist (#835)

Time Craters: Remove the Distraction-Asteroids from Your Life (#836)

Want a Rose?: Respect the Thorn (#837)

I S-E-R-V-E H-E-R-O-S: 155 = My Magic # (Yours?) (#838)

Rejected Lately?: Dr. Seuss, JK Rowling and YOU (#839)

Happy Artists: I Found One!! (#840)

Growing Teeth: “It’s Not Growing!” “Oh… There It Is!” (#841)

The Gita-Avengers: The Battlefield in Our Hearts (#842)

Power x3: Wantpower + Willpower + Waypower (#843)

9 to 12 Months?: No Thanks. I’ll take 3, Please! (#844)

“Do What You Can…: … with What You Have, Where You Are” (#845)

Diagnosis vs. Prognosis: Believe One, Question the Other (#846)

You and Gandhi: Making History (#847)

Statistics Show Trends: They Can’t Predict Your Life (#848)

At Least THAT Didn't Happen: Something to Consider (#849)

Aurelius on Death: And Appreciating the “Uncovenanted Surplus” That Is Life (#850)

Stoic Negative Visualization: A Practice in the Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (#851)

Envy: The Ulcer of the Soul: Socrates Says (And Science Agrees) (#852)

Mudita: The Antidote to Envy: How to Cure Your Soul Ulcer (#853)

False Comparison: One More Antidote to Soul Ulcer (aka Envy) (#854)

The Comparison Game: You Will Always Lose It (Here’s Why) (#855)

Practicing with Kobe (At 4am): Wonder What We’ll Work On… (#856)

Practice: When Can I Stop?: Great Ones Say… (#857)

You: Athlete + Scientist + Director: The Personas of Habits + Mastery (#858)

The Invisible Gorilla: And the Spotlight of Your Attention (#859)

You and Your Gordion Knots: Conquering Our Super-Tricky Challenges (#860)

Got Firm Determination?: Resolving to Untie the Knots in Our Lives (#861)

You, Seneca and Alexander the Great: On Philosophy (#862)

A Disposition to Good: Pleasant + Honorable = the Same = Blissipline (#863)

Fortify Your Pertinacity: Seneca Says: “Until the Will to Good Becomes a Disposition to Good” (#864)

Pilot + Co-Pilot + Autopilot: The Art and Science of Installing Good Habit-Algorithms (#865)

Got Good Ideas?: Capture Them! (#866)

Counting Pearls vs. Stringing Pearls: Yoda Says: One’s Better Than the Other (#867)

On a Roll?: Keep Creatively Shooting! (#868)

I Like You: Just the Way You Are (#869)

How to Stop Worrying: And Start Living (Hint: Spit on Your Hands and Get Busy!) (#870)

Your Money: Or Your Life (Which Will It Be?) (#871)

Building a BonFIRE: Financial Independence, Realizing Eudaimonia (#872)

Financial FREEDOM: “The Condition of Not Being Imprisoned or in Captivity” (#873)

The Four FIs: Intelligence + Integrity + Independence + Interdependence (#874)

FIRE: The Big 3: No Debt + Save at Least 50% + Invest in Index Funds (#875)

How (Not!) to Kill Your Feet: Left Foot. Left Foot. Left Foot. Right! (#876)

Empty Feet: Ink Blobs and Emptiness on the Trail (#877)

Empty Feet (Part 2): One More Time: It’s ALL Empty! (Fill It Up Wisely) (#878)

Lint on a Projector’s Lens: Got Any on Yours? (#879)

Jesus on Motes and Beams: Ignore One, Focus on the Other (#880)

Prescribing Medicine for Your Neighbor: ← Is Crazy. YOU Need It! (#881)

How to Win Friends and Influence People: Rule #1 (STOP Criticizing!) (#882)

Not Kicking Over Beehives: Part 2 (Featuring Lincoln + Franklin + You) (#883)

The Fundies: Eat + Move + Sleep + Breathe + Be Present + Prosper (#884)

Equanimity Anchors: The #1s x 3 (#885)

You, the Lightbulb: Turning Up Our Wattage (#886)

Lightbulbs in the Temple of God: Less Graffiti, More Shining (#887)

The Pearl in My Pocket: Irritant → Awesome (#888)

Are You Intexticated?: A Friendly Optimizing PSA (#889)

Profound Service: Getting to the Bottom of Our Life’s Work (#890)

The Daily Stoic Kid: What Coin Will YOU Pick Today? (#891)

Stoic Shipwrecks: And Kids at the Park Biting You (#892)

How to Melt Obstacles: Hint: Boldly Step Through Freedom Doors (#893)

All Roads Lead to Eudaimon: Antifragile Optionality - Part II (#894)

Got Glymph?: How to Wash Your Brain (#895)

Glymph for the Win: Crazy Stats from My Oura Ring (#896)

My Readiness Scores (Yours?): A+, Please (#897)

Antifragile Fuel: Aurelius on How to Make Flame and Brightness (#898)

How Is This Making Me Stronger?: Well, How Is It? Add Fuel to the Fire! (#899)

Swallowing Demons: And Getting Their Power (#900)

Whatever Your Fate Is: Say, “This Is What I Need!” (#901)

Tolle Says: Whatever Happens: Accept It and Act Like You Chose It (#902)

Got Serotonin?: Hide and Seek: Brain vs. Gut (#903)

Got Immunity?: Hide and Seek Part Deux (#904)

The Origin of Disease: Hippocrates Says: Check the Gut! (#905)

Hanging out with Confucius: Learning from the Good and the Bad (#906)

“How Am I THAT?”: Well, How Are You? (#907)

Hedonic Eudaimonia: A Close Relative of Flow Junkies (#908)

Creative Hiccups: How to Cure Them (#909)

Sweeping Our Own Porches: (And: Happy 150th Birthday, Gandhi!) (#910)

Foundation vs. Pillars: Our #1 Fundie? Sleep! (#911)

Why We DON’T Sleep: The Top 10 Sleep Kryptonites (#912)

Sleep Efficiency: Want 8 Hours? Be in Bed for 9! (#913)

Reasons to GET UP: vs. Reasons to STAY Up (#914)

A Brief History of (Blue) Light: Save It for the Daytime (#915)

Training Tranquility: Today for TONIGHT for Tomorrow (#916)

Sleep Curfews: Caffeine + Exercise + Eating + Screens + Work (#917)

Don’t Feed the Demon: A Lesson from Olloch the Glutton (#918)

Demons vs. Daimons: What to Feed Them (#919)

Borrowed Energy: Where’s the Energy-Mint App to Track It?! (#920)

Cool- (+Kid-)ifying Investing: Rather than Spending Every Dollar We Have (#921)

Compounding Cash (for Kids): The Magic of Money Multiplying (#922)

Prosper = “to Go Forward Hopefully”: Not so Much a CONDITION OF Life as It Is an ATTITUDE TOWARD Life (#923)

Prosper + Prospectus: The Two Go (Forward Hopefully!) Together (#924)

C.A.N.O.E-ing: On the Optimizing River of Flexibility (#925)

Gains: Micro + Jumbo: Aggregate/Compound + Combo Locks (#926)

Aristotle’s Yoga: Which Way Do YOU Need to Bend? (#927)

Got Hormesis?: And The Inverted U - Part Deux (#928)

Etiology vs. Teleology: Freud vs. Adler (and Campbell and Me and…) (#929)

Micro Prospectus: Moving Forward with Hope Carpe Diem Style (#930)

Got Watch? Part 2: Decades of Work to Tell Time (#931)

Rome Wasn’t Built In a Day: Neither Was Any Other Great Thing (#932)

Illnesses: Acute vs. Chronic: Strategies: Checkers vs. Chess (#933)

A World Without Heroes: Let’s Choose This Day to Be One (#934)

The Eternal Feast: Exoneration and Rejecting the Invitation (#935)

Why Be Petulant…: When We Can Be Pearl Makers? (#936)

Grateful Pearl Makers: What Luck! More Irritants = More Pearls (#937)

Calm Determination: And One-Pointedness (#938)

Life’s Washing Machines: Helping Us Get Rid of the Grimy Stuff (#939)

Stress Curfews: When's Yours? (#940)

The 5 D’s of Meditation: Do It with Dignity, a Defined Anchor and Strong Determination Then Do It Again (#941)

Moment to Moment to Moment: to Moment to Moment to Moment… (#942)

Past → Present → Future: The Power of NOW! (#943)

Mental Concrete: Let’s Not Get Stuck In It (#944)

Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.: Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. (#945)

Thought Alchemy: How to Change One Thought for Another (#946)

Despair vs. Prosper: Etymological (and Psychological) Opposites (#947)

Despair --> Hope: The Best Bridge? (#948)

Nietzsche on Shedding One’s Skin: Me, You and Mr. Little Lizard (#949)

Natural Born Heroes: Plutarch (via Christopher McDougall) on True Heroism (#950)

Deepak on Superheroes: The Buddha, Bodhisattvas and You (#951)

Be Fit to Be Useful: Says the Founder of Natural Movement (#952)

Doing Everything Possible: To Create Vibrant Health to Give Back (aka: Be Fit to Be Useful) (#953)

Grow! Grow! Grow!: Our Inner Evolutionary Imperatives Exhorting Us to Optimize (#954)

Falling on Your Butt: Approximately 20,000 Times (#955)

Your Learning Zone: vs. Your Comfort and Panic Zones (#956)

When the Facts Change: What Do You Do? (#957)

How to Prosper: Some “Pro” Tips (Via a Visit with my Dictionary) (#958)

Science Says: Words Matter: A Lot More Than You May Think (#959)

Capturing a Richer Mindset: Via the Power of Placebo-Words (#960)

Placebo vs. Nocebo: “I Shall Be Pleasing” vs. “I Shall Cause Harm” (#961)

How to Fix Your Knees: Aka: An Astonishing Study on the Power of Placebos (#962)

Words Matter - Part II: With What Words Are YOU Priming Yourself? (#963)

You, Batman & Dora the Explorer: Time to Put on Your Heroic Costume? (#964)

Asking for Qualities: A Quick Way to Flip the Switch (#965)

Problems vs. Conblems: Throw Challenges FORWARD Not Backward (or Under the Rug!) (#966)

Consistency vs. Prosistency: Standing Together Is a (Very!) Good Thing (#967)

Antifragile Propellant: Flip the Switch for Fast and Furious Goodness (#968)

Optimal Capitalism: The Economist on: What Are Businesses For? (#969)

Business as a Force for Good: A Quick Look at Public Benefit Corporations (#970)

Investment Strategies: To Optimize Global Culture (#971)

Bless Your Bills: Louise Hay Says: Stamp Your Checks with a Kiss (#972)

Practice Balls: Make that: PRACTICE Balls (#973)

Animal Nutrition: You at the Zoo (#974)

The Tenth of an Inch: Of Difference Between Heaven and Hell (#975)

Finish Strong: Got a Finish Line in Sight? Hit It! (#976)

Start Strong!: Got Any Starting Lines in Your Life? (#977)

The Race I Almost Didn’t Do: You Got Any? (#978)

What’s Your Excuse?: RISE UP! with Spartan Hero Kacey McCallister (#979)

The Master Fails More Times: Than the Beginner Even Tries (#980)

The Last Barrier: And the Friends Who Help Us Break Them (#981)

Friend Power: Will Power? Soul Power? Awesome But… (#982)

Love Power: The Heartbeat of All Power (#983)

Springsteen Says: “I’m Excited!”: Epic Wisdom from The Boss (#984)

Operating at the Highest Level: Nature Says: Here’s Some Energy-Juice! (#985)

Can’t vs. Won’t: Two Four-Letter Words (#986)

Fear Alchemized to FEAR: How to Deal with the Grandmaster of Mediocrity (#987)

Fail Alchemized to FAIL: Fail = Faithful Attempts In Learning! (#988)

The Peanut Gallery: vs. Fellow Heroes in the Arena (#989)

The Passion Paradox: Obsessive vs. Harmonious (#990)

The Peak Performance Equation: Stress + Rest = Growth (#991)

How to Avoid Being Miserable: William James on Habits (#992)

Spiritual Windshield Wipers: Eudaimonia, Journaling, and the Science of Writing Down Our Goals (#993)

My Two Favorite Joes: Joseph Campbell and Joe De Sena (#994)

10 Spartan Core Virtues: Self-Awareness + Commitment + Passion + Discipline + Prioritization + Grit + Courage + Optimism + Integrity + Wholeness (#995)

Carpe Destiny: Let’s Seize Our Destinies TOGETHER… TODAY! (#996)

Eudaimonology: The Study of a Good Soul (#997)

Going thru the Motions : vs. Going for Mastery (#998)

The Decade of the Hero: As in: YOU (and All of Us!), the Modern Hero (#999)

The Optimize +1 Hall of Fame: Thank You, Thank You, Thank You (#1000)

Start Again (and Again...): And Again... And Again... And... (#1001)

The Stoic Paradox: The Stockdale Paradox - Part 2 (#1002)

Traction vs. Distraction: Which Way Are You Being Pulled? (#1003)

The Cardinal Virtues: Of Stoicism + Science + Optimize (#1004)

Thoughts + Heartbeats: Meditating? Thoughts Are NOT Your Enemy! (#1005)

Brushing Our Brains: Here’s Your Brainbrush (#1006)

PM Counts Twice: PM → AM + DAY + PM = #carpediem (#1007)

SEALs and WIRMs: Witness + Interdict + Redirect + Maintain (#1008)

The Psychology of Possibility: Celebrating with 300 Burpees (#1009)

Virtue Management: vs. Time Management vs. Energy Management (#1010)

Soul Force Forge: How’s Yours? Join Ours! (#1011)

Your Limitations: Idea: Stop Arguing for Them (#1012)

The Puzzle of Life: And How to Build It (#1013)

The Optimize Coach Diploma: Want One? Come and Get It! (#1014)

It’s Day 1: But Only Always (#1015)

Stoic Love Advice: Musonius Says: Compete in Giving Care (#1016)

Theory vs. Practice: Musonius Says: One Is More Important Than the Other (#1017)

True Philosophy: Is the Practice of Noble Behavior (#1018)

Pythagoras’s PM Review: Via His Golden Verses (#1019)

Learning Cycles: And How to Optimize Them (#1020)

Brain Wash: Time to Give Yourself One? (#1021)

Take T.I.M.E.!: Time (Restricted) + Intentional + Mindful + Enriching (#1022)

Your Visceral Fat: How’s It? (Know: It’s the #1 Predictor of Ick) (#1023)

WHtR ← Waist to Height Ratio: How’s Yours? (<.5 Here We Come!) (#1024)

Exercise: It’s a Well-Being Tool: Not a Weight-Loss Tool (#1025)

Connection over Perfection: A Big Idea from Public Speaking 101 (#1026)

Mindful Presentations: Ellen Langer on How to Give Them (#1027)

Serving vs. Pleasing: Goeswith Hatred and Misunderstanding (#1028)

The Pen Is Mightier: Than the Keyboard (Science Says re: Taking Notes) (#1029)

Want to Make It Stick?: Explain Like I’m 5 (#1030)

Death's Interest Rate: Schopenhauer Says: It’s Paid by Sleep (#1031)

The Big 2 Virtues: Can You Guess What They Are? (#1032)

Building an Epic Bridge: I Hereby Challenge You to Have a Series of Really Bad Days (#1033)

Moral Authority: The Highest Form of Leadership Influence (#1034)

Yesterday’s Home Run: Won’t Win Today’s Game (#1035)

The Choice of Hercules: Vice Dressed up as Virtue (#1036)

Getting out of Bed and High-Fiving Hercules: Aka: Moving from Theory to Practice (#1037)

Welcome to Freedom: The Bus Driven by Arete (#1038)

Frankl on Freedom: See That Gap Between Stimulus and Response? (#1039)

Don’t Aim at Success: Dedicate Yourself to a Cause Bigger Than Yourself (#1040)

Your Specific Mission in Life: You Have One… What Is It? (#1041)

Team Work: Makes the Dream Work (#1042)

The Speed Limit Game: Driving Toward Mastery (#1043)

The Riddles of Life: Giraffes, Skunks, Pearls and… Heroes (#1044)

What’s 1 + 1?: Well… Whaddya Say? (#1045)

What’s +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 …: +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 …? (#1046)

Zeno’s Paradox: Time to Reverse It (#1047)

“I Found Something!”: The "I Love You” Game (#1048)

The Optimus You Empire: How to Create a Flourishing Civilization (#1049)

Galileo on Optimizing: Measure What Is Measurable (#1050)

The Greatest Invention Ever: Can You Guess What It Is? (#1051)

Warriors’ Ascent: Serving Those Who Serve (#1052)

Hope & Zest - Part 2: The Science of Spartans (#1053)

On Humility: Thinking of Ourselves Less (#1054)

When 1 + 1 = 4: Let’s Pull Together! (#1055)

How-to-Change-the-World Math: +1 +1 +1 x 1 + 1 + 1 = !!! (#1056)

Exploding Fist Bumps of Love: 🤜💥🤛 → 🤟💥🤟 (#1057)

Have a Firm Grip on Reality?: You and Zeno’s Clenched Fist (#1058)

Your Most Profitable Journey: Stoic Antifragile Origin Stories (#1059)

Facing a Challenge?: What Virtue Can You Practice?! (#1060)

The God of Medicine: Prescribing Hardships to Cultivate Our Virtue (#1061)

This Rep’s for YOU!: Remembering Why We’re Training in the Character Gym (#1062)

The Big 2 (x2): 1. Develop + 2. Serve (+ 3. Repeat + 4. Forever) (#1063)

How to Sidestep Depression: Did You Know There’s a Magic # of Steps? (#1064)

A Quick Ticket to Ick: Go from Active to Sedentary and… VOILA! (#1065)

The Mountain-Races of Life: And How to Win Them (#1066)

The Ultimate Gift: Existence Itself (#1067)

Science Says: Gratitude Works: Some EYE-POPPING Stats (#1068)

How to Cultivate Gratitude: Science Says: #1 Practice = … (#1069)

Taking Things FOR GRANTED vs. AS GRANTED: Let’s Choose Wisely (#1070)

The #1 Obstacle to Gratitude: And Its Remedy (#1071)

Memento Privilege: The Science of Memento Mori (#1072)

Memento (Time) Flies: 28 Days Later (#1073)

OMMS Journaling: Science of: Gratitude, Suffering, and Redemption (#1074)

What Went Well? (And Why?!): Proven Way to Pump up the ‘Ol Gratitude Muscles (#1075)

Gratitude Letters: Write One Lately? (Science Says…) (#1076)

How We Endure: Olympic Moments: When Last Place = Historic Place (#1077)

Success Doesn’t Matter in This World: Commitment Does (#1078)

Real Enthusiasm: Passing Through the Worst and Realizing It’s the Best (#1079)

How You React: Small Things vs. Dramatic Things (#1080)

How We All Spell Love: T.I.M.E. (#1081)

#1 Tip for Life Puzzles: Just Find the Next Piece (#1082)

Altruism Back in the Day: Was Just How People Lived (#1083)

Efficient vs. Effective: One’s Good for Time the Other’s Good for People (#1084)

Relationship Bid Math: How's Yours? (#1085)

Bid Math Part 2: Addition by Subtraction (#1086)

Kid Bid Algorithms: Our Ticket to Mom or Dad of the Year Ceremonies (#1087)

Flashlight vs. Hammer: How Are You Using Life's Data? (#1088)

Curiosity: Actualized the Optimizer (#1089)

We’re Only the Light Bulbs: Our Job Is to Remain Screwed In! (#1090)

My New Energy Identity: A Screwed-In Light Bulb (#1091)

The Paradox of the Ego: Ironically: We Need a Strong Ego to Let Go of Our Ego (#1092)

Life’s Great Question: Can You Guess What It Is? (#1093)

Purpose 2.0: Time for a Purpose Upgrade? (#1094)

How to Meaningify Your Work: In One Simple Step… (#1095)

How to Fall Upward: Embrace “Necessary Suffering” (#1096)

Legitimate Suffering: Let’s Allow It and Stop Multiplying It (#1097)

How to Be a Perfect Person: Hint: Embrace the Imperfections (#1098)

Perfection: Hold It in Contempt: It’s the LOWEST Possible Standard (#1099)

Confronting Fear: It’s the Destiny of a Jedi-Optimizer (#1100)

How to Make Easy Hard: Hint: Have No Idea Where You’re Headed (#1101)

Blueprinting: How’s Yours Going? (#1102)

Staring Down the Wolf: Which One Are YOU Feeding? (#1103)

The Two Wolves: Let’s Name Them (To Tame Them) (#1104)

Helplessness vs. Optimism: Wolves, Dogs, and Us (#1105)

Fall Down Seven Times: Get Up Eight (OMMS!) (#1106)

Semper Gumby: Always Flexible, Optimus! (#1107)

The 1, 2, 3 of Antifragility: How to Operationalize OMMS (#1108)

Hunting with Carlos Castaneda: And Some Bird Watching, Too (#1109)

What Great Performance Looks Like: Look! Up, Up in the Sky! (#1110)

Crossing Bright Lines: And Getting Back on Track (#1111)

How to Make Yourself Miserable: And How Not to Waste Brain Cells (#1112)

A Warrior’s Commitment: To Optimizing (#1113)

The Toltec Warrior: Winning the (Inner!) Battle of Life (#1114)

The Path with Heart: Trust Thyself, Every Heart Vibrates to That Iron String (#1115)

How to Make an OMMS Sandwich: Start with the Meaty-Obstacle + Add Goodness (#1116)

The Language of Gratitude: Gifts, Blessings and Humility (#1117)

How to Carpe Diem Journal (v2): Let’s Seize the Day → TODAY! (#1118)

Soul Mates 2.0: How to Find One and How to Be One (#1119)

Love in Action: Leo Buscaglia and the Johnson Love Story (#1120)

Let’s Not Underestimate the Power of…: A Smile, a Kind Word, a Listening Ear… (#1121)

You’re Not a Big Deal: And That’s a VERY Liberatingly Big Deal (#1122)

Gotta Do It?: Might as Well LOVE It! (#1123)

May I Speak With Your Supervisor?: I Want to Tell Them How Awesome You Are! (#1124)

Practicing Gratitude: Right Before That Chat With the Supervisor (#1125)

The Good Life: vs. The Good Mood (#1126)

How to Get Perspective: And Meet Life’s Biggest Challenges (#1127)

The Optimize Compass: And How to Make One (#1128)

Your Secret Weapon: Thank You, Epictetus and Hermes (#1129)

Alchemizing Adversity: Into Exceptional Opportunities for Growth (#1130)

Your Philosopher’s Wand: Goes Well with Your Philosopher’s Stone (#1131)

The Courage Quotient: How’s Yours? (#1132)

Courage Tools: Here Are My Favorites—Yours? (#1133)

How to Act Boldly: Choose Courageous Roles (#1134)

Be Willing to Fail: Edison, Churchill and YOU! (#1135)

Creating Your Life Documentary: Note: It’s All an Important Part of the Process (#1136)

A New Take on Mis-takes: Using Them as Fuel for Our Antifragile Fires (#1137)

Playing to Win: vs. Playing Not to Lose (#1138)

In Case of Extreme Challenges: Break Glass! (#1139)

How to Say “I Love You”: In Squeezy-eze (#1140)

To Say “I Love You”: One Must Know First How to Say the “I” (#1141)

Memento Aristotle’s River Creatures: Getting Perspective on Life and Death (#1142)

Virtuegong: Qigong + Virtue for the Win! (#1143)

Balloon Breathing: For Kids (and Their Parents) (#1144)

Hero Breathing: For Kids (and Their Parents) (#1145)

Cosmic Math: 28 Days vs. 28,000 Days vs. 6,825,500,000,000 Days (#1146)

The Three Quests + U: Universal + Unique + Ultimate (#1147)

The Patron Letter of Heroes: <- The Letter U (#1148)

Permission Slips: Time to Write Yourself One? (#1149)

Cover It All in Leather: Or… Just Wrap Leather Around Your Feet (#1150)

The S → R Game: Old Stimulus → New Response (#1151)

Disaster =: Virtue’s Opportunity (#1152)

Before All Else: Try to Be Consistent (#1153)

Operationalizing Antifragile Confidence: If… Then… Repeat. BOOM! (#1154)

Make Progress: By Making Every Effort to PRACTICE OUR PHILOSOPHY (#1155)

Planting Trees with Kennedy: It’ll Take 100 Years? So... Start TODAY! (#1156)

Moonshots with Kennedy: What Goal Is Organizing and Measuring YOUR Energy and Skills? (#1157)

You Can Achieve Greatness: Here’s a Two-Step Process (#1158)

Tim Ferriss on Unusually Large Goals: And the Collective Insecurity of the World (#1159)

High-Hanging Fruit: Your Fuel for 10x Thinking (#1160)

Want to Live Long?: Nuns + Crazy Stats (#1161)

Optimism’s Longevity Power: → NOT Smoking Two Packs a Day (#1162)

“The Most Robust Strategy”: To Cultivate Optimism Is… (#1163)

"The Tyranny of Positive Thinking”: And How to Avoid It (#1164)

Eudaimonic Treadmills: Note: There Aren’t Any (#1165)

Eudaimonism vs. Hedonism: Don’t Want to Be Depressed? Science Says… (#1166)

What Doesn’t Kill Us: The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth (#1167)

The Shattered Vase: Tape + Glue vs. Mosaic (#1168)

The Art of Precious Scars: Kintsugi & You (#1169)

The Snow Globe: In Your Brain (Quit Shaking It!) (#1170)

“Shut-Down COMPLETE!”: Not “Shut-Down ALMOST Complete!” (#1171)

Roman Masterpiece Days: AMs and PMs Featuring 45- to 75-min Hours (#1172)

Cortisol and Melatonin: Teeter Totter Buddies (#1173)

Shaping Our Brains: Millisecond by Millisecond (#1174)

Sugar & Depression: Some Crazy (And Crazy-Making!) Stats (#1175)

Taking Out the Carbage: How to go from MAD to Flourishing (#1176)

Cancer Candy (Aka Sugar): And All It’s Secret Identities (#1177)

Sugar Math: It Adds Up. Fast! (#1178)

High Quality Work Produced =: Time Spent x Quality of Energy x Intensity of Focus (#1179)

Astonishing Productivity: Some Math on How to Create It (#1180)

Jesus, Tolle, You and Your House on the Rock: The Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders (#1181)

Changing Times: Call for Unchanging Principles (#1182)

Learned Limitlessness: Baby Elephants and You (#1183)

LIEs + BS: Limited Ideas Entertained That Wreak Havoc on Our Belief Systems (#1184)

Clark Kent’s Changing Room: The Flow Telephone Booth (#1185)

Astonishing Connection: And How to Create It (#1186)

Superman’s Kryptonite Bath: How to Destroy Your Power Tonight (#1187)

Superhero, Meet Your Supervillain: The 5 Digital D’s: Deluge + Distraction + Dementia + Deduction + Depression (#1188)

Limitless Steps: How to Moonwalk Around the Earth 2 Dozen Times (#1189)

The INFINITE Power of CONSISTENCY: (Energy x Focus x What’s Important Now)Consistency (#1190)

Genius Work vs. Mediocre Work: High Fiving Your Inner Genius (#1191)

The Oak Sleeps in the Acorn: Sprouting Genius Work (#1192)

Building Chainsaws: vs. Sharpening Saws (#1193)

How to Learn FASTER: Forget + Act + State + Teach + Enter + Review (#1194)

Tree-Climbing Fish: Einstein Says: Everybody Is a Genius But… (#1195)

Strong People: ALWAYS Have Strong Weaknesses, Too (#1196)

Comcourage: A New Word for Our Optimizing Dictionary (#1197)

B = MAP: The Behavior Design Equation (#1198)

How to Delete a Behavior: Remove the Prompt and Make It Hard! (#1199)

You = Sugar Cookie: Life's Not Fair--Drive On! (#1200)

Rocky on How Winning Is Done: Wisdom on Eating Sugar Cookies (#1201)

Rise to the Occasion: Be Your Very Best in the Darkest Moments (#1202)

Make Your Bed: And Maybe Change the World (#1203)

When You’re Neck Deep in Mud: Sing! (#1204)

The ABCs of Tiny Habits: Anchor + Behavior + Celebration (#1205)

Celebration: As Powerful as Mindfulness and Gratitude? (#1206)

How to Celebrate: Hint: IMMEDIATELY + INTENSELY (#1207)

The Neuroscience of Seneca: Pleasant + Honorable = The Same (#1208)

Shine: The Result of Skillfully Celebrating our Successes (#1209)

Pearl Habits: How to Create Something Valuable from an Irritant (#1210)

The Fastest Way to Delete a Bad Habit: Hint: Remove the Prompt (#1211)

Prompt Begone!: No Behavior Happens Without a Prompt (#1212)

The Weed: A Case Study in Habit Creation (#1213)

Character Flaws vs. Design Flaws: Note: There’s a BIG Difference (#1214)

The (Neuro) Trail: Carving New Behavioral Pathways (#1215)

Pearl Bites: Alchemizing the Inevitable Chigger-Triggers (#1216)

Bliss, Pain & Unicorns on Everest: Pearl Bites Part II (#1217)

One Evolution at a Time: How to Get Through Hell Week (#1218)

SEALs and Hoosiers: Get Your Tape Measure Out and Let’s Go! (#1219)

Peak Performance You: Flip the Switch—TODAY! (#1220)

Mission Algorithms: Binary Pre-Commitments (#1221)

Goldilocks Goals: Setting Targets That Are Juuuuuust Right (#1222)

The Mystery of the Oscars: Plus: Cookie Jars and Highlight Reels (#1223)

The Upward Spiral: And How to Get on It (#1224)

Make Decisions: But Only If You Want to Feel Better (#1225)

The Power of Others: Rely on It! (#1226)

The Greatest Predictor of Longevity: Genetics? Diet? Exercise? Nope… Try: Lung Capacity! (#1227)

The Perfect Breath: 5.5 + 5.5 + 5.5 (#1228)

Oral Posture ← How's Yours?: High Fiving the Magic Spot in Our Mouths (#1229)

The Magic Spot in Our Mouths: High Five It and Shine! (#1230)

Breathe Less: To Breathe Right (#1231)

How to +3 It: When -1 → +1 = +3 (#1232)

How to Delete a Bad Habit (Again!): One Way: Make It Harder (#1233)

A Wandering Mind: Is an Unhappy Mind (#1234)

Meet My New Favorite Bird: Can You Guess What It Is? (#1235)

Opening Hero Doors: Cardinals, Campbell, Rohr and You (#1236)

Your (Heroic) Destiny: How’s It Going? (#1237)

Q: Do You Pray?: A: Every Second of My Life (#1238)

E: “What Does ‘Sin’ Mean?”: Me: “To Miss the Mark.” (#1239)

What’s Worse Than “Sinning”?: Not Having a Target in the First Place (#1240)

Breathing Together: Inspiring → Conspiring to Optimize (#1241)

Breathing Together (Part II): Inspiring → Conspiring to Optimize (#1242)

Eudaimantra: How to Extend Sovereignty Over the Mind (#1243)

Your Food Label: Is It Lying to You? (#1244)

Junk Food’s Junk Science: Did You Know…? (#1245)

Independent (Non-Junk) Science Says: The Energy-Balance Theory Is Dead (#1246)

Don’t Drink Sugar: “The Single-Biggest Thing You Can Do to Improve Your Health” (#1247)

The Soul Force of Consistency: 300 Zeroes for the W.I.N. (#1248)

What’s Your 0?: Let’s Turn It Into a φ (#1249)

The 100,000 Game: Join Me? (#1250)

The Heart Rate Game: The Ultimate Family Fun (#1251)

Exhale Through Your Nose: Increase Pressure → Increase Oxygenation (#1252)

How to Create Time: And Put It to Work for Us (#1253)

Einstein’s Baggy Trousers: And His Creative Genius (#1254)

The Jonah Complex: Quit Running from Your Destiny (#1255)

Conscious Competence: Is Where It’s At (#1256)

“That Works!”: Let’s Do It Again (And Again) (And Again) (#1257)

The Cleanup Game: How to Drop Into Flow (-> Bored to Awesome) (#1258)

Neutral Thinking: vs. Positive and Negative Thinking (#1259)

Your Stinkin’ Thinkin’: Chickens, Poop, and Neutral Thinking (#1260)

The Flat Tire: And the Ultimate Question: What Do You Want? (#1261)

Goats and G.O.A.T.s: Game-Winning Touchdowns and Home Runs Gowith Game-Losing Interceptions and Strike Outs (#1262)

The Illusion of Choice: Want Greatness? There Is No Choice (#1263)

Learn to Love Constraints: And Get Your Freak On (#1264)

Want to Be the Best?: Godin Says: You Really Can’t Try to Do Everything (#1265)

“Wow! That Must’ve Worked!”: What’s Working for YOU?! (#1266)

Targeted Thinking: What Do You Want + Now What Needs to Be Done? (#1267)

Stop Saying Stupid Stuff: It’s Not Helping the Cause (#1268)

Food Prescriptions: Are More Effective Than Prescriptions for Medicine (#1269)

Spray Painting Leaves: Wise Gardening for Mind Body and Soul (#1270)

Food As Medicine: Science Says: “Wow! It Works!” (#1271)

How to Solve the Health Care Crisis: Starting With Our Next Meal (#1272)

The Catalytic Force Multiplier: To Changing the World (#1273)

Shall We Pray Together?: The Optimize Virtue Prayer (#1274)

Am I Working or Playing Right Now?: The Master in the Art of Living (#1275)

The Gorillas in Our Midst: See Them Once, See Them Everywhere (#1276)

Draw Your Line in the Dirt: And Get to It. Repeat. Forever. (#1277)

Maslow on Glumness and Grimness: When It’s Actually a Good Sign (#1278)

How to High Five God: And Plug Into Divine Power Today (#1279)

How to Be a Success: Wisdom from Two World-Class Coaches Named Phil (#1280)

Be So Energized and So Awesome: That They Feel You and Adore You (#1281)

Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Origin Stories Featuring Cal Newport + Steve Martin (#1282)

The Inventor of the Telephone: Refused to Have a Telephone in His Study (#1283)

Jimmy Kimmel: “Take That, Mr. Mills!”: When “Weakness” Becomes Strength (#1284)

The Optimize Food Rules: The Big 3 (+1!) (#1285)

“The Purgatory of the Idiot”: vs. The School of Genius (#1286)

Numbing Our Souls: Let’s WAKE UP and Stop Doing That (Today!) (#1287)

Spiritual Windshield Wipers (Part II): They Do a Soul Good (#1288)

10,319 Days: It’s +1 Day 1 Again. And Always! (#1289)

My All-Time Favorite Hero (Yours?): Here’s Their (and YOUR!) Superpower (#1290)

Soul Force: An Origin Story: Gandhi’s Great Soul (+ Yours!) (#1291)

A (Single-Word) Mantra for Your Meditation: Here It Is… (#1292)

Heroic Meditation: Breath + Heroes + Virtues + Stillness + Quest (#1293)

Go 0 for 12 Lately?: Who Cares? Work Your Protocol, Hero! (#1294)

Dorfman and Stutz: On Action, Action, and More Action (#1295)

Action: Yet Again: Gandhi, the Gita, Bagger Vance, and YOU (#1296)

The Game of Life: And… How to Make Yours Heroic (#1297)

Happy the Rooster: Alchemizing Bread Crumbs, Dishes and Legos (#1298)

The Toilet Paper Roll: “Why Is It on the Ground Again?!” (#1299)

The Most Powerful Practice: To Get What You REALLY Want (#1300)

Target Practice in 3 (+0 +1) Steps: An Update on Our Targeted Thinking Protocol (#1301)

Big Wave Riding: With Yoda and Laird (#1302)

THIS Is What We’ve Trained For: Stay in the Ring and Let’s Go! (#1303)

Punched in the Face Lately?: What to Do the Next Time That Happens (#1304)

A + S + GOYA = R: Break Arrows with Your Neck Lately? (#1305)

One Percent Better: Close the Gap TODAY (#1306)

The +1% Math: Want to Get 998,822,690,009,590 Times Better? (#1307)

Why Be Average?: The Best of the Worst and Worst of the Best (#1308)

Raise the Basement: You Don’t Rise to the Occasion, You Sink to… (#1309)

Stay Plugged In: And Notice When You’re Not (#1310)

Two Kids on a Trail: Stoic Negative Visualization Part Deux (#1311)

My All-Time Favorite Temperature: What’s Yours? (#1312)

Low-Hanging Fruit: Opportunities to Practice (#1313)

Singer’s Stoicism: “True Surrender” = “The Art of Acquiescence” (#1314)

Goals: Telescopes + Microscopes: And Heroic Apps to Dominate the Day and Decade (#1315)

How to Flip the Switch and GO!: Red Lights? GREEN LIGHTS! (#1316)

The Hero Code: McRaven’s Ten Core Virtues (#1317)

Feeling Fear?: Take JUST ONE STEP Forward Today (#1318)

Courage Is Calling: Answer the Call, Hero! (#1319)

On Perseverance: Did You Know That George Washington… (#1320)

101 x 1M → 51 | 2051: In Permanent Ink Somewhere I’ll Never Miss It (#1321)

My Top 3 Energy Targets: It’s Hard to Have a Bad Day When I Hit These (Yours?) (#1322)

A 2:43 Heroic Meditation: We Love You… Let’s GO! (#1323)

Your Obsession?: Past? Future? Present? = Depression, Anxiety, Optimal Performance (#1324)

The Secret to Being Miserable: And Its Antidote (Found in Spit!) (#1325)

Day-Tight Compartments: The Place to Live to Dominate the Day (#1326)

How I Read a Book: And I Pick Books I Read (#1327)

Self-Concordant Goals: Do a Gritty, Flourishing Hero Good! (#1328)

How I ACTUALLY Read a Book: I Read Archeologically (Like Twyla Tharp) (#1329)

Level 5 Leadership: Personal Humility + Indomitable Will (#1330)

The Three Disciplines: Of Self-Mastery: Reactive + Structural + Expansive (#1331)

Are You Getting Better or Bitter?: Which Will It Be, Hero? (#1332)

Mom Says: “Be Virtuous”: Abigail Adams and Heroic Mothers Unite (#1333)

You Are a Weirdo: At Least I Hope You Are, Hero! (#1334)

Tolerant with Others: Strict with Yourself (#1335)

Tolerant with Others (Part II): The Most Frequently Asked Question in Heroic Coach (#1336)

Afraid of Ghosts?: Here’s What to Do… (#1337)

From Icky to Awesome: Wisdom From Another Indian Sage and His Grandmother (#1338)

Starve the Ghosts: Feed the Good Guys (#1339)

The Law of Karma: How to Apply the Law of Cause and Effect (#1340)

Want Grapes or Figs?: Thorn Bushes and Thistles Won’t Do the Trick (#1341)

Growing Heroic Fruit: Horticultural vs. Clock Time Revisited (#1342)

Immediate Gratification: From Doing the Right Thing for the Win! (#1343)

Me, You and The Sun: 93 Million Miles + 8 Minutes 20 Seconds (#1344)

Traveling at the Speed of Light: For 4.2 Years Just to Get to the Next Star (#1345)

A Brief History of the Universe: 13.8 Billion Years Ago to NOW (#1346)

My Top 3 Work Targets: What Are YOURS? (#1347)

The Sacred Vow: Here’s Mine… What’s YOURS? (#1348)

Vow > Kinda Sorta Committed: The Foundation for Greatness (#1349)

My #1 WIN (Yours?): If All You Did Today Was This… (#1350)

The Office Is Closed: “Shutdown Complete!” for the Target Swipe Win (#1351)

Napitate Lately?: Nap + Meditation Does a Hero Good! (#1352)

A Cold Shower a Day: Keeps the Doctor Away (#1353)

"Consistency Is a Superpower": How to Activate Your Soul Force (#1354)

Soul Force: The Equation: Superpower Math (#1355)

Moral Charisma: Your Virtuous Soul Force in Action (#1356)

“HEY DADDY!”: Responding to Bids (#1357)

My Top 3 Love Targets: What Are YOURS? (#1358)

Your Socks: This Is How You Put Them On, Hero! (#1359)

Can You Get Back Up?: Even the Strongest Will Suffer (#1360)

Mental Toughness for Families: The 10 Rules for Resilience (#1361)

Heroic Self-Encouragement: Moving Beyond Self-Compassion (#1362)

On Death: Embracing Its Reality Does a Hero Good (#1363)

Do Your Job, Hero: You Have a Responsibility to Serve (#1364)

Failures: Should Arouse Determination (#1365)

Fighter A and Fighter B: Yogananda Says: Throw ONE More Punch, Hero (#1366)

Wooden’s 29 Years: Did You Know… (#1367)

Effort and Attitude: Focus on the Two Things You Can Control (#1368)

Command AND Obey: Nietzsche Says: Will Is the Joy Bringer (#1369)

Meet Your Guide: With a Capital “G” (#1370)

To Play Any Game: You Have to Start AND Keep Going (#1371)

What We’re Made to Do: Life Is Way Too Long AND Way Too Short… (#1372)

The Home Run King: Is Also the Strike Out King (#1373)

Believe in Yourself: Wisdom from the Circus (#1374)

Believe with All Your Heart: That You Will Do What You Are Here to Do (#1375)

Hope Revisited: It STARTS with Belief (#1376)

The Odds of Being Alive: 1 in 10 to the 2,685,000 Power (#1377)

Of Mice and Women: Eating: When Not What (#1378)

2,617 Times: Average American Phone Touches (#1379)

It's 11:59:30 on 12/31: On the Cosmic Calendar (#1380)

New DAY’s Resolutions: It's Day 1 (Again!) (ALWAYS!) (#1381)

Stutz: The Netflix Documentary by Jonah Hill (#1382)

Hard → Easy: Goethe, Snapping, and Pooping in the Toilet (#1383)

Singer’s Formula for Success: Do Whatever Is in Front of You With… (#1384)

Be Part of the Solution: vs. Part of the Problem (#1385)

I Vote!: So Do You: All Day, Every Day (#1386)

The Everyday Patriot: Casting Votes Every Second of Every Day (#1387)

Until One Is Committed…: Are YOU Committed? The First Step (#1388)

Buying Your Ticket: Time to Put Your Name on a Notice? (#1389)

Wake Up in the Middle of the Night?: Here’s What I Do (#1390)

If the Wind Will Not Serve: Take to the Oars (#1391)

Old School (Latin) Inspiration: For Our Modern Heroic Quests (#1392)

Rise Again: And Again. And Again! (#1393)

The Call of Our Time: Let’s Answer It, Hero! (#1394)

High-Sounding Words: And Actions That Correspond to Them (#1395)

Control Your Habits: If You Want to Be Free (#1396)

Hero on a Mission: That Would be YOU! (#1397)

How to Ruin a Good Story: Hint: Play the Role of a Victim, Hero! (#1398)

Pleasure vs. Meaning: Choose Wisely, Hero (#1399)

Resistance With a Capital R: Aka: Part X, The Demon, Etc. (#1400)

This (!) Is the Day: There Is NO Other Time (#1401)

The Pickax: Releasing Spiritual Strength (#1402)

4 Wise Elders: On What to Do With Challenges (#1403)

Programming Your Mind: To Show Up Heroically Energized, Productive and Connected (#1404)

The Path to Self-Realization: Sit Quietly and Create Calmness (#1405)

Calm Confidence: The Two Virtues in Each of My Big 3 (#1406)

Roar, Lion, Roar!: And Quit Bleating Like a Weak Sheep, Please (#1407)

Do Not Be Afraid of Anything: Navigate the Storm, Emerge Stronger, Fulfill the Mission (#1408)

Heroic the Stoic: Meet Our New Cat (#1409)

"I Love PUH!" (You?): Pain, Uncertainty and Hard Work (#1410)

32 Days Is How Long It Takes: For the Average American to Give Up On... (#1411)

Inspiration Exists: But It Has to Find You Working (#1412)

Endless Effort: Is a Force (Kinda Like Speed Is a Force) (#1413)

Pro Tip from Picasso: Look for a Situation in Which… (#1414)

Picasso Wasn’t Perfect: And THAT’s Perfect (#1415)

How to Be a Psychological Success: Maslow Says ANYONE Can Do This (#1416)

To Become a Master: We Must Start as a Beginner (#1417)

Raising Heroes: To Win or Learn! (#1418)

Hanging Out with Confucius: And Winning or Learning (#1419)

Let’s Talk About Heroes: With Vice Admiral James Stockdale (#1420)

You Are Your Brother’s Keeper: The Flip Side of What’s in It for Me? (#1421)

Chiseling Our Integrity: Delight with Life! (#1422)

Living in Integrity: Requires Clear Standards—You Clear? (#1423)

Is It Within Your Control?: Have This Wisdom Ready at Hand (#1424)

The Heroes and the Bums: And How to Sort Them Out (#1425)

Attack Each Day: With Joy and Enthusiasm (#1426)

Wisdom-Declarations: From Five Legendary Coaches (#1427)

Old School Grit: Backed by Modern Science (#1428)

Modern Science Grit: Featuring Angela Duckworth and Caroline Adams Miller (#1429)

The 15 Rules of Grit: Via Darrin Donnelly’s Old School Grit (#1430)

Champions Finish Strong: So Do Heroes. Do YOU? (#1431)

Don’t Waste a Day!!: Pretty Please with Stevia on Top (#1432)

MJ + Stuart Smalley: How to Forge Antifragile Confidence (#1433)

Relentless Optimism: And Targeted Thinking (#1434)

Failure Is a L-I-E: Here’s the (Scientific!) Truth (#1435)

Feeling Depressed?: Might As Well Have a Clean House! (#1436)

What Happens When You…: Hit 150 and 137 Heroic Targets (#1437)

Where’s Your Focus?: Clear Targets = Good for Golf and Life (#1438)

When Dreams Come True: La Piñata’s Heroic Story (#1439)

The Last Lecture: What’s Yours? (#1440)

The Elephant in the Room: Might as Well Name It (#1441)

The Last Letter: I Wrote to My Brother (#1442)

Earnest > Hip: Which Are You Aspiring to Be? (#1443)

Think Negatively: To Create Powerfully (#1444)

The ULTIMATE Practice: The Magic of the Creative Process Is… (#1445)

Someday Isle: Not Where We Want to Spend Our Time, Hero! (#1446)

You’re Teleological: Start Acting Like It! (#1447)

Successful People: Are Long-Term Thinkers (#1448)

The Battle Within: Wolves and Lawyers in Combat (Who’s Winning?) (#1449)

Practice-Confidence: Is the Source of True Self-Confidence (#1450)

DWYSYWD Part Deux: Do YOU Do What You Say You Will Do? (#1451)

Build Streaks: Do the Work Every Single Day (#1452)

The Best Reason to Say "No": Have a Bigger "YES!" (#1453)

Talent vs. Skill: Know the Difference (#1454)

The Power of... YET!: Growth and Grit Mindset 101 (#1455)

Me + Toe Nail Polish: As an Act of Love (#1456)

Make It a Game: Turning Chores Into Gifts and Into Games (#1457)

Cognitive Smoking: Are You Addicted? (#1458)

9 Things Successful People Do Differently: How Are YOU Doing with Them? (#1459)

Aristotle on Success: We MUST Realize Our Aims (#1460)

Yogananda on Success: Be on Fire with Purpose (#1461)

Success!: A Treasure Trove of Wisdom (#1462)

Greatness of Spirit: Activate Your Soul Force, Hero! (#1463)

The #1 Success Principle: The Event + Our Response = The Outcome (#1464)

Your Purpose: Clarified: Principle #2: Be Clear Why You’re Here (#1465)

Ty Cobb Playing Baseball at 70: He’d Only Bat .290, Maybe .300 (#1466)

An Inverse Paranoid: How to Become One Today (#1467)

The Magic Seeds of Adversity: Inverse Paranoids See the Benefit in the Obstacles (Do You?) (#1468)

Deciding to Conquer Fear: Here’s How to Learn to Love Thunderstorms (#1469)

WARNING: Maslow Says…: What’re Your Plans? (#1470)

The Curse of Perfection: And How to Exorcise It (#1471)

Promises vs. Excuses: Make One So You Don’t Have to Make the Other (#1472)

Got Health Challenges?: Appreciating Someone Who’s Served Our Loved Ones (#1473)

Who Has Supported YOU?: The Great Supporters Beside the Great Ones (#1474)

Facing Nolan: Breaking Records in Peaks and Valleys (#1475)

The Common Denominator of Success: You Know What It Is? (#1476)

Goggins on Belief: It’s a Gritty, Potent, Primordial Force (#1477)

The Savage: How to Maximize Minimum Potential (#1478)

“Roger That”: What to Say to the Heroic Gods (#1479)

Going Through Hell?: Churchill Says: Keep Going (#1480)

How to Deal With Fear: Use It as Fuel, Hero (#1481)

A Leader’s Role Is…: Is Problem Solving So… (#1482)

Are You Functionally Illiterate?: How Many Books Have You Read? (#1483)

Q: Hard Work or Luck?: A: YES! (#1484)

The Paratrooper’s Prayer: “Give Me What No One Wants from You” (#1485)

The Monthly Audit: Turning L’s into W’s (#1486)

Interruptions?: They’re Often the REASON for the Routines (#1487)

A Bowl Full of Coffee Beans: A Lesson on Focused Attention (#1488)

Lucky #13: The Philosopher’s Favorite Number (#1489)

WHEN to Eat (vs. What): Time-Restricted Eating Is ...! (#1490)

6:00 P.M. to Midnight: Tonight’s the Night! (#1491)

Move Your Body!: Plus: The Wolverine Diet (#1492)

Learning-Wins: How to Operationalize Winning or Learning (#1493)

Sacred Moments: The Highlight of Our Weekend (#1494)

Parenting Champions: The Question(s) to Ask (#1495)

Circadian Chickens: They’ve Got the Rhythm… Do You? (#1496)

THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT Interview: I’ve Ever Done (#1497)

Got Psychological Challenges?: Check This Out! (#1498)

My All-Time #1 Recommended Book: Brain Energy by Chris Palmer, MD (#1499)

What Is Metabolism?: The One-Sentence Answer (#1500)

Sleep, Light, and Circadian Rhythms: Step #1 in Getting Your Mitochondria Optimized (#1501)

Food, Fasting and Your Gut: Remember NOT to Eat! (#1502)

Purpose in Life: How’s Yours? (It Matters! A Lot.) (#1503)

Victory Favors the Fearless: Fear and Laziness and You (#1504)

The 7 Fears: We Must Conquer (#1505)

Faith & Fear: Feed One, Starve the Other (#1506)

Critics: Will Never Stop Criticizing (#1507)

Attack and Adapt: Then Attack and Adapt Some More! (#1508)

Confidence vs. Arrogance: The Difference Between the Two (#1509)

15 Secrets of Time Management: That Successful People Know (#1510)

Two Awesome Hours: How Are YOU Using Them? (#1511)

Hitting Your #1 WIN: All Day, Every Day (#1512)

The 80/20 Mindset: Applying It to Our Lives TODAY (#1513)

Touch It Once: Dominating WINs (#1514)

Energy Is Everything: How’s Yours? (#1515)

To Be Victorious in Life: Is to Engage in the Ultimate Battle (#1516)

Can’t Consciousness: And It’s Antidote (#1517)

Heroic Self-Compassion: Here’s Your Flashlight AND Your Hammer (#1518)

Saints: Study Their Lives: And See THIS Truth (#1519)

What I See in My Heroes: Staring at Me from My Wall (#1520)

If…: By Rudyard Kipling (#1521)

Not Getting What You Want?: Here Are Two (Potential) Reasons Why (#1522)

Dreams…: By Langston Hughes (#1523)

Advance Confidently!: Thoreau on Dreams (#1524)

The Road Not Taken: By Robert Frost (#1525)

Invictus: By William Ernest Henley (#1526)

A Recipe for a Good Life: By Muhammad Ali (#1527)

The Soul of a Butterfly: Truly Great People in History (#1528)

A Gold Medal in 1960: But No Meal In Your Hometown Restaurant (#1529)

Black Superheroes: In a White World (#1530)

Fight the Fear: We Can’t Be Brave Without the Fear (#1531)

The Will Must Be Stronger: Than the Skill (#1532)

Mattis's Instinct Cycle: “You Must Decide, Act, and Move On” (#1533)