Getting Things Done. This is like the Bible of personal productivity. And David Allen is our wise sage, walking us thru the powerful systems to help us master the art of stress-free productivity. In the Note, we'll explore how to clear our head

PNTV: Enough Already by Alan Cohen

Dec 31st, 2017 11m 15s

How'd you like to tap into the power of radical contentment? (Sign me up!) Alan Cohen shows us the way to as he teaches us how to quit being a hardaholic and/or a precrastinator as we embrace the three facts of life and eliminate the terrorists

PNTV: Unbeatable Mind by Mark Divine

Dec 30th, 2017 13m 4s

I'm convinced Mark Divine is a superhero. Seriously. And in Unbeatable Mind, the former Navy SEAL gives us the handbook on mental toughness. In the Note, we'll look at the keys to cultivating our confidence, the importance of cultivating our co

PNTV: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

Dec 29th, 2017 13m 37s

Darren Hardy is the Publisher of SUCCESS magazine and knows a thing or 1,000 about success. It's all boiled down into this little manifesto on The Compound Effect. The equation? Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = RADICAL DIFFERENCE. In

+1 #189: States vs. Traits

Dec 28th, 2017 3m 57s

+1 #188: Reduce the Variability of Your Behavior

Dec 28th, 2017 4m 1s

+1 #187: The Zeigarnik Effect

Dec 28th, 2017 4m 13s

PNTV: The Practicing Mind by Thomas M. Sterner

Dec 28th, 2017 13m 40s

The Practicing Mind. It’s the key to true inner peace and contentment. In a world that conditions us to obsess about goals and outcomes, it’s easy to miss the importance of the process. The PRACTICE. Thomas Sterner brilliantly (!) helps us brin

PNTV: The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Donald Robertson

Dec 27th, 2017 15m 53s

Got problems with your soul? These days, you’d see a psychotherapist. But, back in the day, it was the philosopher who’d help you optimize—they were the preferred physician of the soul. This book is about the philosophical roots of modern psych

+1 #186: 100 Questions

Dec 27th, 2017 3m 42s

+1 #185: The Angel's Advocate

Dec 27th, 2017 4m 36s

+1 #184: The Ultimate Jihad

Dec 27th, 2017 3m 23s

PNTV: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

Dec 27th, 2017 12m 30s

Teddy Roosevelt told us that it's not the critic who counts. It's all about the individual who is actually in the arena--whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood... Who dares greatly. Brene Brown takes that spirit and runs with it--show

Conquering Perfectionism 101 (Intro)

Dec 26th, 2017 5m 50s

High standards are great. Perfectionism? Not so much. In this class, we’ll take a look at why it’s so important to embrace the constraints of reality as we have fun incrementally optimizing–aggregating and compounding tiny improvements over tim

+1 #183: How to Get Super Shiny

Dec 26th, 2017 3m 21s

+1 #182: Wings and Lottery Balls

Dec 26th, 2017 2m 53s

+1 #181: Energizers vs. Enervators

Dec 26th, 2017 4m 44s

We know it’s important to take good breaks. We want to work for a certain period of time (NASA says no more than 90 minutes or so) and then take a break. Repeat. Making waves as we oscillate from being on to being off. But, do you know that HO

PNTV: The Emotional Life of Your Brain by Richie Davidson

Dec 26th, 2017 13m 14s

Richie Davidson is one of the world's leading neuroscientists and was the first guy to check out monks' brains in a lab. He founded the affective + contemplative neuroscience fields and is, quite simply, a neuroscientist rock star. In this Note

PNTV: The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday

Dec 25th, 2017 19m 9s

This book combines two of my favorite things: Stoicism + Ryan Holiday’s wisdom. Stoicism was one of the most influential philosophy of the Roman world and has continued to influence many of history’s greatest minds. As Ryan says: It’s time to b

+1 #180: Thinking vs. Doing

Dec 25th, 2017 3m 36s

In one of my coaching sessions with Phil Stutz he told me to write something down. (He often does that. ?) He said, “Draw a horizontal line. Above that line, put ‘Thinking Space.’ Below the line, put ‘Work Space.’” Then he asked me, “You know

+1 #179: Chunk It!

Dec 25th, 2017 3m 36s

In our last +1, we talked about reducing Delay to increase Motivation. I briefly mentioned the power of “chunking” a big goal into small components. Let’s talk more about that. First, this Henry Ford gem: “Nothing is particularly hard if you

+1 #178: Eliminate Delay

Dec 25th, 2017 4m 34s

In our last +1, we revisited the Motivation Equation. Have you gotten that tattooed on your forehead (or at least in your brain!) yet?! I repeat it because Piers Steele won the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in psychology coming up with that e

PNTV: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

Dec 25th, 2017 12m 56s

You're imperfect. (Hate to break it to you!) And that's awesome. Brene Brown, TED-talk rock star and all-around awesome human being also happens to be one of the world's shame and vulnerability researchers who stumbled upon the secrets of what

+1 #177: How to Add a Month to Your Year

Dec 24th, 2017 3m 47s

Let’s go back to our Motivation Equation for Today’s +1(https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/handy-dandy-motivational-calculator/). You may recall that Motivation = Expectation x Value divided by Impulsivity x Delay Again, in short: You will be

+1 #176: Want to Improve? Measure

Dec 24th, 2017 3m 20s

Did you know that one of the easiest ways to optimize any aspect of your life is to simply measure it? Yep. In fact, this effect is so powerful that it’s actually a big issue in research studies. Get this: Simply asking people to pay attenti