Meditation

Patrick McKeown is one of the world’s leading experts on optimal breathing.

In No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh tells us that when he was a young monk he thought the Buddha never suffered.

Elizabeth Blackburn won a Nobel Prize for her research on telomerase — the enzyme that nourishes our telomeres. She wrote a book called The Telomere Effect with another world-class researcher named Elissa Epel in which they tell us just how powerful our telomeres are.

In our last +1, we talked about my new Heroic Mantra Meditation practice.

In our last +1, we talked about the renowned Vipassana meditation teacher S.N. Goenka and his mantra: “Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you’re bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.”

Continuing our theme of S.N. Goenka-inspired wisdom, let’s chat about something he calls “Strong Determination.”

Continuing our fun little recap of wisdom picked up at an S.N. Goenka Vipassana retreat, let’s talk about impermanence.

Viktor Frankl was a remarkable human being.

In our last +1, we talked about Byron Katie’s investment strategy and putting your focus on the most important stock market out there: Your own consciousness.

Meditation.

In our last +1, we talked about meditation’s instant ROI.

In our last couple of +1s, we had fun looking at how to cut 15 minutes off the time it takes us to fall asleep by popping the magical meditation pill.

In our last +1 we talked about those two 50-pound sandbags I got to carry back to the car yesterday after someone decided to go Beastmode on me and borrow my bag for the day. (Hah! Go them!!)

In our last +1, we had fun with our virtual Optimus Medallion. The first batch of medallions hot off the H mint (hah!) will be shipped to our Coaches soon (and available for all Optimizer pockets shortly thereafter 🤓).

In our last couple +1s, we talked about the 11 virtues that show up on our shiny new Optimus medallions and make an appearance in our Optimus meditation.

In our last +1, we chatted about mantras and took (yet!) another trip down Etymology Lane where we discovered that the word mantra literally (!) means “tool of the mind.” ← How cool is that?!

In our last couple +1s, we’ve been having fun working with some tools for the mind—also known as mantras. Today I’d like to tap into another way we can think of the power of mantras.

Have you ever heard about the Invisible Gorilla?

Yesterday I led a session with our Coaches on our fifth Fundamental: Be Present. (Preceded by Eat + Move + Sleep + Breathe and to be followed by Prosper.)

In Life Visioning, Michael Beckwith tells us we need to turn off the Internet and plug into the Inner-net.

Earlier today I wrapped up a few Time Blocks of (pre-inputs) Deep Work (3.9 hours to be precise!) as I finished my Note on Mark Hyman’s new book called Food Fix.

Michael Beckwith coined one of my favorite words: blissipline.

In our last +1, we talked about the power of blissipline. Bliss + Discipline = Boom!

One of my favorite gems from the Buddha is this wisdom: “Little by little one becomes evil, as a water pot is filled with water. Little by little one becomes good, as a water pot is filled with water.”

In our last +1, we talked about the fact that we can’t seize the day per se—we can only seize the moment.

In our last +1, we talked about the fact that Yuval Noah Harari doesn’t have a smartphone. He’s basically written an algorithm that helps him get to the bottom of things rather than be Mr. On Top of Things. (How’re you doing with those algorithms?)

In our last +1, we meditated with Emerson and chatted about the 5 D’s of Meditation: Do it with Dignity and a Defined anchor with strong Determination then Do it again.

Emily Fletcher was a Broadway performer living the dream.

In our last +1, we spent some time with Emily Fletcher and reflected on her meditation wisdom that thoughts are not our enemies.

I’ve been doing a super-simple Qigong practice for years.

In our last +1, we tapped into some wisdom from Brené Brown’s Braving the Wilderness as we wrote ourselves a permission slip and then hopped on the bus.

The other day I was taking a little napitation and I thought to myself, “Self, you should do a +1 on Napitations.”

In our last +1, we talked about the new sexy: vagal tone.

Not too long ago we spent some time with the brilliant neuroscientist Ian Robertson, discussing some Ideas from his great book The Winner Effect.

In our +1 on the Top 10 Sleep Kryptonites, we briefly discussed the fact that “Anxiety” is one of the top reasons people give for Why We DON’T Sleep.

In our last +1, we hopped off the bus driven by Vice sponsored by the casino and hopped on the bus driven by Virtue packed with our favorite heroes including Socrates, Epictetus and Hercules himself!

In our last +1 (#1,000!!), we celebrated our gritty Heroes who have hammered all 1,000 +1s.

Sam Harris is a very smart and very wise man.

In our last +1, we talked about getting really good at recovering from our inevitable glitches.

Last night I got to hang out with 23 Heroes in their virtual Heroic Local Zoom hangout.

Not too long ago, we shared a +1 on what I called “Thought Alchemy.” It was all about “How to Change One Thought for Another.”