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#1: Let's take a walk! (Visit the Johnson Trail. lol) (#15) Aug 18, 2020

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In Today's #1, we go for a little walk on the Trail around our property. lol. Emerson makes a surprise cameo as we give you a little tour of our Trail and pond-turned-puddle along with an invitation to join us for Optimize Coach - Class III—which launches in less than one week!!! Learn more, sign up, etc: https://www.optimize.me/coach Love and let's do this! -bri

+1: #1230 The Magic Spot in Our Mouths Aug 17, 2020

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In our last +1, we Optimized our oral posture. Bet you didn't think we'd be talking about that when you signed up for Optimize! (Hah.) I know I didn't but here we are! Recall: We want to turn our S-shaped bodies into a J-shape and then close our lips and gently place our tongues up toward the front of the roof of our mouths. As it turns out, my favorite breathing expert, Patrick McKeown, wrote an awesome kid's book in which he gives us a name for that spot. He calls it "The Magic Spot." So… Teaching ourselves AND our kids how to breathe properly is SUPER important. (As in: WAY more important than we may realize.) Patrick's book is called Always Breathe Correctly. I highly recommend it. The book features a wizard who teaches kids how to breathe. Of course, he teaches us that the nose is for breathing and the mouth is for eating while teaching us to breathe gently into our bellies, etc. And… He teaches us how to find that "Magic Spot"— with our tongues gently touching the area on the roof of our mouth right before our front teeth. When we hit that spot, we automagically close our lips and breathe through our nose. Which is why if I ever see Emerson with a gaping mouth, I'll say, "Magic spot, buddy!" He'll immediately smile, close his lips, and proudly breathe through his nose as I give him a thumbs up and a quick sign-language "Love you, buddy!" So… As you go through the day Today, if you ever happen to find yourself with a mouth gaping open and air going in through the wrong hole, perhaps you can playfully hear me say to you: "Magic spot, buddy!" Then we'll smile together and celebrate our little win as we get our shine on. Together. One breath at a time. TODAY.

#1: Be So Good (and Energized and Awesome) They Can't Ignore You (and a bunch of other little ideas) (#14) Aug 17, 2020

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This morning we take the quick look at the ol' Oura score and briefly reflect on the imperfect nature of sleep (especially when your wife stops breastfeeding and you sleep in a family bed! lol) then hit a ton of little things I thought might be interesting—ranging from thoughts on my pre-inputs creative process and systems and wrapping up with Being So Good and Energized and Awesome That They Can't Ignore Us but they can Feel Us and Adore Us! Hope you enjoy and Happy Monday. Let's do this!!! -bri

#1: Driven? Let's harness that drive!! (Here are some thoughts on how...) (#13) Aug 16, 2020

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This morning (after the 1-2-3!) I spent a few minutes going through the 100+ PhilosophersNotes on which I'll be doing PNTVs soon (YEEHAH!) and then got to work on my PN on Driven by Doug Brackmann. Here are some thoughts on Optimizing in general (Measure! Consistency!) and also on how to harness our drives in particular. Hope you enjoy. Let's do this. TODAY! -bri

#1: A master in the art of living... (#12) Aug 15, 2020

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Quick one this morning. 1-2-3, PNTVs are coming back—in black and white! lol—and this gem: "A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself he always seems to be doing both. Enough for him that he does it well." ~ Lawrence Pearsall Jacks Hope you enjoy and here's to dissolving the apparent dichotomies between our work and our play! TODAY! -bri

#1: Did you know… Loneliness = 15 cigarettes?! Let's Optimize TOGETHER! (#11) Aug 14, 2020

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This morning I did the normal 1-2-3 (x2) and celebrated completing the Mastery Series. Then I got to work on reading a book called "Together." It's by Vivek Murthy, who was the 19th Surgeon General of the United States. It's AMAZING. I share a few of my favorite ideas from chapter #1 and also give a little behind-the-scenes look at how I read a book, mark it all up and get ready for a PhilosophersNote. Hope you enjoy and let's make sure we write that social prescription TODAY! Love and high fives, -bri

#1: Ever heard of "The Audience Effect"? (Eyeballs = enhanced performance!!) (#10) Aug 13, 2020

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Today I had fun hammering out the Introduction Module for the Mastery Series. Fired up. Done!! YES!! I also filmed this #1 on the fascinating Audience Effect and another test. 9 hours in bed for 8 hours of sleep for the win!! :)

#1: Feeling a little less than awesome? Use the data!! (Here's how I am...) (#9) Aug 12, 2020

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This morning I ran a little experiment and got out of bed a little earlier than I normally do. It's always fascinating to see the data from experiments and use it to get a little better! In this case: I really like 8 hours of sleep so, note to self: Be in bed for 9 hours and get that little extra bonus kick of REM, yo! Hope you enjoy and here's to crushing the fundamentals and making Today and awesome day!

#1: APPLY THIS! APPLY THIS! APPLY THIS!! (Aka: Practice your philosophy!) (#8) Aug 11, 2020

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Today we're going to take a quick look at THE Ultimate Algorithm for Optimizing. But, first, we drool over Alexandra's RIDICULOUSLY awesome Oura #s. lol. Then we have fun with some wisdom from two Phils: My Coach, Phil Stutz, and NBA great, Phil Jackson. Guess what? They both say the EXACT same thing about how to win the game of life. As Phil Jackson puts it (in The Last Dance ← awesome): "You're only a success in the moment you perform a successful act. You have to do it again." ← And again. And again. btw: THAT is what our Optimize Mastery Series is all about. Join us for Optimize Coach - Class III? Kicks off in less than 2 weeks!!! https://www.optimize.me/coach/ That is all. That and LET'S DO THIS! Today.

#1: How to be Prosperous (Hint: Go forward with hope!!) (#7) Aug 10, 2020

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This morning I worked on the "Prospering" session for our Mastery Series (which is the foundation of our Optimize Coach program). After a 1-2-3 / 1+2+3! Breakfast of Champions (including savoring some *more* SEAL mojo), we move on to a quick overview of how to get your Prospering on—starting with the etymology lesson on the fact that the word "prosper" LITERALLY means "to go forward with hope." The opposite isn't "to be be poor" per se—unless we're talking about "poor in spirit." The opposite of "prosper" is "despair"--to be WITHOUT hope. Then, of course, we talk about how to get our prospering on. Hope you enjoy and hope you have an awesome day! More on Sleep at: https://www.optimize.me/sleep/ More on Coach at: https://www.optimize.me/coach/

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