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My latest article at Runner’s Tribe looks at doping through a framework called Marginal Thinking. Here’s the intro: The bombshell announcement of Shelby Houlihan’s four-year ban for doping has predictably taken over the news cycle. After watching it unfold for the past couple days, my baseline thoughts are: Most people just see confirmation bias. Whatever …
We’re excited to share that Podium Runner, one of the premier online running media platforms, has published an excerpt from Chapter 3 of Make the Leap. It’s the section dedicated to the Hidden Training Program: what you really need to do to be successful. “Every athlete actually carries out two training programs. The first is …
IS YOUR HIDDEN TRAINING PROGRAM HOLDING YOU BACK? Read More »
Geoff Woods of The One Thing walks Bryan through a simple exercise that connects an audacious North Star goal to an actionable Next Step goal. *********** I had the great fortune to have Geoff Woods, Vice President at The One Thing on the Go Be More Podcast to share the strategies and mindsets used by …
THE SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE GOAL-SETTING STRATEGY USED BY BILLIONAIRES Read More »
Passion and motivation play a critical role in making a leap. They help sustain our effort precisely when the rewards from training are least visible. (NOTE: This was originally published on Bryan’s Make the Leap blog on Feb 28, 2021. Check that blog for more articles and updates related to Make the Leap.) *********** My book, …
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Bryan’s new book Make the Leap: Think Better, Train Better, Run Faster went on sale on December 30, 2020. Get your copy at maketheleapbook.com today! Online store: maketheleapbook.com (where you can get the companion Think Better Workbook as well) Think Better Newsletter: maketheleapbook.com/newsletter Instagram: @maketheleapbook Facebook: @maketheleapbook Update 2/2: Jon and I discussed the book on the …
“Don’t just dedicate a few hours to it…have time where you do more intense focus, but I think immersing yourself into something and having things surrounding you, that has to do with that…you need to reprogram your mind that way.”—Mahdi Gilbert Fooling Penn & Teller with masterful magic is no small deed. But once you …
SLEIGHT OF (NO) HANDS – MAGICIAN MAHDI GILBERT ON OVERCOMING HIS PHYSICAL “REALITY” Read More »
“Do you want to be right? Or do you want to be happy?”—Rick Harrison Sometimes, all it takes to handle the stressors that come our way is a compelling strategy. In fact, it can be the difference between floundering or thriving. Neutral Thinking, coined by Trevor Moawad, is a strategy employed by elite athletes, business …
It’s one thing to set goals. It’s another thing to have a plan for achieving them. Backcasting is a strategy you can use to identify obstacles and make achieving your goals more likely. I’ve never been good at goal setting. I’m not entirely sure what my problem is. No matter what I try to …
We discuss what’s going on at Go Be More HQ, and then how and why to use backcasting, including: Our Updates – How we feel today about one year after deciding to start Go Be More together – Why the podcast was important for us to build around – The growth of the Just One …
We use Clay Christensen’s framework of marginal costs vs full costs to talk about what’s wrong with the way so many Americans are thinking about the coronavirus: – Bryan shares his day-to-day experience of being in Japan and how much more unified the Japanese response compared to America – The bad logic many people use …
THE CURRENT STATE OF THINGS – UNDERSTANDING MARGINAL COSTS AND FULL COSTS Read More »
Studying is a negative feedback loop. Learning is a positive feedback loop. But they are obviously connected. So how does one generate the other? I had an enlightening exchange with my students earlier this semester. I asked them whether learning was a positive or a negative feedback loop. I argued learning is a positive …
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HOW YOU STUDY AND HOW YOU LEARN Read More »
Jon and Bryan dive into Frederick Herzbergs’s two-factor theory of motivation and what makes us happy and unhappy, motivated and unmotivated, and maybe even successful and unsuccessful: – Herzberg researched workers in various businesses and found that there were two types of factors that affected their satisfaction and motivation at work, which he called hygiene …
WHY YOU CAN BE MOTIVATED AND UNMOTIVATED AT THE SAME TIME Read More »
Jon and Bryan dive into a few topics that didn’t fit in last week’s episode about The 80/20 Rule. They also discuss: – Bryan’s use of Just One to maintain his pushup routine – The importance of consistency and tying new habits to existing routines – Using physical objects to serve as reminders of what you are …
Successful people maximize those activities that drive the most value, and minimize everything else. This post explains why the 80/20 rule is so powerful and gives five strategies to help you maximize…and minimize your life. In our last podcast we talk about the 80/20 Rule. You can listen below or subscribe to your favorite podcast …
HOW TO USE THE 80/20 RULE TO MAXIMIZE (AND MINIMIZE) YOUR LIFE Read More »
We dive into the 80/20 Rule. In this episode we cover – the history of how the 80/20 rule came to be (2:30) – how the concept relates to the idea of finding and nurturing your “1,000 true fans” (11:30) – real-world examples of how we’ve used 80/20 thinking in our lives and careers (20:00) …
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