+1 #105: Resistance Breathing
What do you think is the most important, underappreciated muscle in your body? Think about that for a moment. What's your guess? I think this is the most underappreciated muscle in my body: _______...
30 Nov 20173min
PNTV: The Progress Principle by Steven Kramer and Teresa Amabile
Teresa Amabile is the Director of Research at Harvard Business School. It's pretty much impossible to read a book on business, creativity, or happiness at work and not run into her research. She wrote...
29 Nov 201716min
+1 #100: Euthymia
First: Welcome to our 100th +1. It's a special milestone. Kinda excited about it. 😃 Let's celebrate it with one of my favorite words ever: euthymia. Seneca talks about the power of euthymia in his ...
29 Nov 20173min
PNTV: The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (#348)
Atul Gawande is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He's also an extraordinary, best-selling author of a number of books. Short story: Want to get things right? Use a checklist. Sounds to...
29 Nov 201719min
+1 #95: Mediocrity vs. Excellence
In our last few +1s, we've been chatting about reaching the Peak of our potential. What's the alternative? Well, did you know that the Latin root of the word mediocre LITERALLY means to get stuck in...
27 Nov 20173min
+1 #90: Your Declaration of Independence
For those of you in the States celebrating today, Happy Independence Day. For everyone else around the world, Happy 4th of July! 😃 The 4th of July. Of course, today we're celebrating Independence D...
25 Nov 20175min
PNTV: The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Jim Huling, and Stephen Covey
I planned to read this book since Cal Newport referenced it in Deep Work. I finally did so in preparation to teach Productivity 101. It's fantastic. If you're a business leader or entrepreneur I think...
24 Nov 201716min
+1 #85: 50 Pounds = A
Imagine this: It's your first day of art class. You signed up for an intro class on pottery. (Nice! Go you!) The teacher does something a little weird. He points to one half of the class and says, "...
24 Nov 20173min
