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The Optimal Prime Podcast. — 831 episodes
My Happy Song/Playlist #816
Re-Mind Yoursef #815
Persistence Without Insight #814
Kill The Hate #813
Moneyball! #812
Cows Do Not Give Milk #811
The Drunk, The Policeman, and The Priest #807
Let’s Win Together #806
Get In The Life Boat #802
The Two Ways of Doing Things #801
The Strongest Man #800
Imagined sadness/sickness/stress #799
Start Lookin In, Stop Acting Out #797
I’m alive and kicking! #796
Stop Acting Out, Start Looking In #796
Progress Over Perfection #791
The Constitution of YOU #790
You vs. Wild #789
Reflection of The Past Requires Clarity of The Future #788
You’ll Lose “Friends” For a While #787
Drinking From Murky Water
National Day of Service and Remembrance #785
Cavities #784
Its All About Your IMPRESSION!!! #783
Depression Invites Repression Oppression #782
Expression Suppression leads to Depression #781
Modern Day Holmgang #780
The Boy From Tap #779
I’m just a “commoner” #778
Double Break The Trail #777
Tree Avalanche #776
Double Break The Trail #775
Tree Avalanche #774
Bashi-bazouk #773
The Janissaries #772
Are You Addicted? #771
The Grief Cycle: Acceptance #770
The Grief Cycle: Depression #769
The Grief Cycle: Bargaining #768
The Grief Cycle: Anger #767
The Grief Cycle: Denial #766
Getting Off The Grid #764
The Eternal Flame #764
Imagery Rescripting #763
Subscription Boxes #762
The Play is Cancelled! #761
The Three Branches of Mechanics. #760
Less Is Now #759
Strength Makes All Other Values Possible #758
If You Stay Ready, You Don't Have To Get Ready #757
Alasklan Gold #756
Psychology: The Five Primary Factors of Change #755
Physiology: The Five Primary Factors of Change #754
Input: The Five Primary Factors of Change #753
Output: The Five Primary Factors of Change #752
Environment: The Five Primary Factors of Change #751
What Kind of Pioneer Are You? #750
The School of Fools #749
Solitude is a Necessity #748
Tender Mercies #747
Lesson from Alaska #746
Peacetime Warriors are ready for War #745
Voluntary Confrontation of Stress #744
Are you a bee or a fly?
Are you a bee or a fly? #743
Automation and habits #742
The purpose of a vacation #741
Mo tech, mo technical difficulties 🤙🏽
3 year anniversary!!! #738
Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness #737
Spontaneous socialization #736
Out of the mouths of babes #735
Eat Your Vegetables #734
It's Tupacs Birthday! #733
732 part 2! (Cutting the end off your ham)
Cutting The End Off Your Ham#732
Raise your flag! #731
The Connection Bond #730
The "I AM" Bond #729
The Loss (Aversion) Bond #728
The Obstacle Bond #727
Master Yourself with a Ulysses pact #726
Stop PHUBBING people #725
Health and wealth are skills #723
Modify as needed #722
Memorial Day 2021 #721
Multi channel multi tasking #719
The solution is simple #717
Distraction is Driven by Pain #715
The past does not define us #714
Hedonic Adaptation #713
The "definition" means nothing #712
The Queens Gambit #711
Replacement behaviors #710
When to train #709
The four agreements #708
Accountability and responsibility #707
Becoming world class #706
Residual beneficiaries #704
Be remembered by your teaching, not your temperament #705
Be your own placebo #703
Shorten the learning curve #702
The exchange rate on excuses #701
How many of us have them... friends #700
Debate ideas #699
The expense of being risk aversive #698
NO #697
Are you a Robot? #696
Oath of allegiance #695
Respect your time #694
Measure your results #693
Expecting change without changing #692
The Blooming Cacti #691
Where will you be in 3 years? #690
Feed the Mind and The Body #689
Happiness is NOW #688
Addiction VS Connection #687
Stop Waiting for things #686
The monk mindset #685
Forget "Cause and effect" #684
The story of Tantalus #683
Mo money, mo problems #682
Snoop Dogg's greatest hit! #681
#680 Girl Scout Cookies
The lost episodes 673-679 #680
Think with pen and paper! #672
Stability and flexibility #671
You need more vitamin D #670
"If a story is in you"#669
Luck of the Irish #668
You have to pay DOUBLE the price to be great! #667
The mark of the beast! #666
You’ve got this! #665
To the “Worryers”
Learn unlikely skills #663
People will hate you anyway #662
The Equipment Manager #661
Find what you need, not what is easy #660
Don't Major in Minor Things #659
Busy or Progressing? #658
How to be above average #657
It’s not about the hours #656
Studying LIFE! #655
Admit the mistakes #654
Two choices #653
Your life, your way #652
What is courage? #651
Where there's a WHY there is some WORK #650
Stop pursuing and start attracting #649
Plant in the spring, or beg in the fall #648
Mind your 3P’s #647
The world is your library #646
Motivation is temporary #645
(Body) Is your brain a record, or a map?
Is your brain a record, or a map? #644
If you stop fighting for what you want #643
You cant see the picture when you're in the frame! #642
Let it go so you can grow (the body)
Let it go, so you can grow #641
Reading as a skill #640
No JOB is menial #639
Who do you get your "poison" from? #638
We are born with only two fears #637
Psychological Scotoma #636
Exercise is a therapy, not a procedure #635
Respond to challenges instead of bracing for attack #634
Uphill dreams with downhill habits #633
Quantum theory #632
There is only one kind of personal growth that is guaranteed #631
Stop WASTING time on social media #630
Behind on your bills, behind on your dreams #629
The 5th Moron #628
Holding on to the biology of your past #627
Time to have a heart attack #626
Voluntary separation #625
Are you an influencer? #624
Stud Dud #623
Vision and di-vision! #622
Pay taxes to yourself first #621
Wages versus Profits #620
If you can make a brick, you can build a house! #619
The transference of emotion (everything is "sales") #618
Confidence is the core of charisma #617
How to reflect on the past; not dwell #616
And the cycle begins #615
Write your New Years Thesis #614
My new favorite quote! #613
Do you have a torch I could use? #612
It’s all in the planning #611
Christmas traditions #610
Relax, and enjoy yourself #609
Dogs don't bark at parked cars #608
Pack up and move! #607
Episode 606
Increase your reach #606
Comparison is a joy thief... Unless #605
Why we like conspiracy theories #604
Podcast year in review #603
Beginners are many, finishers are few #602
Our brain wants to do TWO things! #601
Misreading the label #600
The process, the process, the process #599
A quote from my Aunt #598
A good morning starts at 2 PM #597
Dream, struggle, Victory #596
Flashbacks #595
Pick the low hanging fruit #594
Dollar Store Simplicity #593
Stop Playing Small - The Jumping Flea #592
Steal The Round! #591
When 'No' means 'Know' #590
Thankful Throwback poem number two #589
You can help 1000, BUT... #588
Inform, Educate, EMPOWER #587
Are you a thermometer, or a thermostat? #586
Make-believe media #585
Throwback Thursday poem #584
Two kinds of vulnerability #583
Keep flipping those cards #582
Getting handed the solution #581
Building the tallest building #580
No shoes #579
Who’s who? #578
It’s rains for a reason #577
Make 2020 harder! #576
Daily chicken? #575
Life lesson 3 from my dad #574
Life lesson 2 from my dad #573
Life lesson 1 from my Dad #572
A great Totara has fallen #571
Step five of the scientific method #570
Step four of the scientific method #569
Step three of the scientific method #568
Step two of the scientific method #567
Step one of the scientific method #566
The road of life is paved with a flat squirrels. #565
Beginning with the end in mind. #564
A beast OR Obese? #563
Expect the best, but plan for the worst #562
A lesson from the Highlands #561
Scope it out! #560
Nerves! #559
Start or Stop NOW #558
Intentional omission #557
Just do what you can do! #556
The eagle and the crow #555
Another lesson from Yellowstone national Park #554
Be like “old faithful” #553
When someone asks for the time #552
Finished is better than perfect #551
Life Thesis #550
The last quarter #549
Death by 1000 cuts #548
Are you a Hobbyist or a professional? #547
Hyped up expectations #546
Do the thing #545
Accidents happen! #544
There’s cool & cool #542
Watch your posture #543
Suffer quickly #541
We all need coaching and accountability #540
Find the Wins! #539
100 days away! #538
What is vulnerability (to me)? #537
It’s all out there! #536
We are the world #535
Shaking negative labels #534
A job well done #533
Zero-sum happiness #532
“Rest” from your labors #531
Your Chateau d’if #530
Be life the deaf little frog #529
Leave it better #528
Rules versus Patterns of Behavior #527
Passion won’t pay the bills... but #526
How will you measure your life? #525
The double or triple threat! #524
Are your books collecting dust? #523
Be a good ancestor #522
Choosing yourself #521
Do more by planning less #520
More knowledge = more uncertainty #519
Is it better to be a pessimists , a realists, or an optimists? #518
Stop and stare #517
“DE OPPRESSO LIBER” #516
Always judge a book by its cover #515
Seagulls in Alaska #514
With great mobility comes great accountability #513
Is winning all that matters? #512
Fail forward #511
Life is an “assault bike” #510
Accompany, don’t save #509
The OODA loop #508
Control your amygdala #507
Strength and Discipline #506
How long to form a habit?! #505
Survival of the friendliest? #504
Enjoy “the process” #503
Health is Wealth #502
The need for contradicting yourself #501
Episode 500! #500
Habit 7: Sharpen the saw: #499
Habit 6:synergize #498
Habit 5: seek first to understand, then to be understood #497
Habit 4: Think Win-Win #496
Habit 3: Put first things first #495
Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind #494
The 7 Habits of Highly effective people Habit 1: Be Proactive #493
Dream board #492
Stop “should-ing” on yourself #491
Gold and silver #490
Be like Bridger #489
The only easy day... #488
Perspective will determine your future #487
Take stock, take aim, be better #486
The Screwtape letters #485
Unfolding before our eyes #484
“Scared straight” doesn’t work #483
Do you have insurance? #483
Linear Periodization versus Undulating Periodization #482
The invisible Gorilla #481
Be like Togo #480
The shopping cart test #479
One mistake #478
What if? #477
When you’re really in trouble #476
When all you have is a hammer #475
Lava monster!!! #474
You don’t know where you’re going... #473
Can I get a little help? #472
Beyond the reef #471
If you want to be world class... #470
The Semmelweis Reflex #469
Be different #468
Being romantically pragmatic #467
A less words, more action #466
Stop serving the day #465
Spray tanned happiness
We know the way #463
Hot shower #462
IFEED-AV reinforcement strategy #461
Throw the goat #460
Allowing good to stay good is irresponsible #459
Surveys and horoscopes #458
What willpower is #457
Even the best have help #456
Labels #455
Finding the path #454
Fact Checking #453
You’ll see what you’re looking for #452
Brain Dump #451
Mother’s Day #450
S.O.A.P note yourself #449
Victory or Valhalla #448
It didn’t work... This time #447
Stop aiming small #446
Intentional procrastination #445
Which hobbit are you? #444
Rx medication for mental health #443
Born that way
The top of the mountain #441
Review the Pareto principle #440
Seek outside your circle #439
Paradoxical intention #348
Only good at two things #437
Getting better #436
Quarantine = 40 #435
Perform a pre-mortem #434
Routine and habits #433
More important than “winning the morning” #432
Supercompensation #431
Account your time #430
Essential? #429
There’s always “something” #428
Shave half of your head #427
Words from Aslan #426
What’s your Logo? #425
Things to be grateful for #424
Use this time wisely #423
Overcoming sorrow #422
Use this time to practice #422
More of a good thing does not always equal a better thing #421
Just pretend #420
Aspiration VS Motivation VS Inspiration #419
Are you a potato or an egg #418
Abracadabra! ##417
Nothing new #416
What’s the point? #414
Waiting to be rich #413
The obstacle is the way #412
Help someone #411
Fear incites fear #410
Focus on the process and the outcome will take care of itself #409
Just run with it! #408
Changing history #407
How people create problems, then offer the solutions #406
Reactive attachment disorder #405
Self -AEIOU (awareness, esteem, improvement, opportunity, and understanding) and Social I.Q #404
ADHD & Behavioral Management #403
Anxiety and depression #402
Substance Abuse and addiction #401
What I wish everyone knew about Mental Health #400
“This is me” #399
Self diagnosis #398
How to ACTUALLY be productive #397
What is a leader? #396
Bootstrapping #395
The voice in your head #394
We’re losing the social aspect of social media #393
Enjoy failing today #392
It’s just a season #391
Same goal, new strategy #390
Emotions impact on information #389
What’s in your daypack? #386
Be yourself but be aware #385
Success Porn #384
Emotional Jet lag #383
Oh the places you’ll go #382
How to deal with Toxic people in your life #381
Talent needs trauma #380
The best books, movies, and shows to dive deeper into topics #379
Seneca and Nero #378
Issues with Body image #377
The 3 stonecutters #376
The question “why” #375
The First Amendment to S.M.A.R.T Goals #374
How to help a wayward family member #373
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc #372
Appealing to false Authority #371
The Red Herring Fallacy #370
The Straw Man fallacy #369
The Ad Hominem Fallacy #368
MJ is still a loser #367
A pre-requisite for setting sustainable goals #366
What to do when you’re disliked #365
Now is the time #364
A (literal) new beginning #363
The Optimal Prime Podcast. (Trailer)
Regaining focus #362
In the nick of time #361
DNF #360
Boring #357
500 piece puzzle #358
Sit in silence #357
Holy SHIfT #356
New Year, Same me #355
Growth zone #354
Go with a question in mind #353
Changed perspectives #352
The Focus Funnel #351
Be a Shepherd #350
Is Santa real? #349
Communication #248
The Bismarck #347
Push through #347
6 simple steps to starting something #345
How the Kiwi lost its wings #344
Christmas lists #343
3 weeks until failure #342
Deepening relationships #341
Measure twice, cut once #340
Massage your ego #339
Finish through failure #338
CEU’s #337
Cardio first #367
Post holiday/event blues #366
Over complicating #365
Act quickly #364
The pink elephant always wins #363
The main thing #362
5K Eve #361
Do a complete 360 #360
The “coldest” hour #359
Feelings as facts #358
Midday ritual #357
The “one” thing #356
Becoming is better than being #355
Competition with yourself #354
Attaining Victory #353
Overcoming Adversity #351
Success leaves clues #351
Paralysis by analysis #350
We need all kinds of Veterans #349
Not getting credit #348
The goods #347
Cheating the Workout #346
Waiting till New Years #345
Grief and loss #344
Reverse trick or treat #343
Failing #342
“Get to” instead of “have to” #341
3 “easy” daily goals (almost) anyone can do! #340
Internal Pharmacy summary #339
Oxytocin #338
Serotonin #337
Dopamine #336
Endorphins #335
Internal Pharmacy #334
Run up the scoreboard #333
Use your blinders #332
Forced meditation #331
Tough and smart #330
Prices Law#329
The last 200 miles #328
Maps + Coaches/mentors #327
Using maps #326
Train to be a “Titan” #325
The Pout pout Fish #324
Who moved my cheese? #323
Full immersion #322
Always learning #221
New isn't always improved #320
Never give up #319
Good tools #318
Tabata! #317
Travel through life #316
Willpower #315
Wake up hacks #314
In the arena #313
Scroll and unfollow #312
A little about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy #311
Your “Response Ability” #310
“Get to” instead of “have to” #309
Your shield #308
Be “The Guardian” 307
Don’t jump ship #306
Throwback Thursday #305
What is Priming? #2
The Optimal Prime #1
Remembering #304
Small payoffs #303
Failed Missions #302
Q&A Pt 2
Q&A #300
Split testing #299
Do your Recon #298
B.L.A.T #297
🤦🏽♂️ The audio for “Find your Algorithms!”
Practice #295
Grateful complaining #294
Giving up #293
Saying yes, then No #292
Get things done #291
Genuine Values #290
Care and Candor 2.0 #289
Balancing care and candor #288
Minimalism game update #287
The golden rule #286
Value all people #285
What level of leadership am I(are you)? #284
Level 5 of Leadership: The Pinnacle
Level 4 of Leadership: People Development.
Level 3 of Leadership: Production.
Level 2 of Leadership: Permission
Level 1 of leadership: Position #279
Try and fail #278
I met expectations #277
Minimalism Game #276
Criticism and Advice #275
Availability bias #274
Paddle boarding #273
The single FUNdamental #272
Making versus taking #271
Purpose and Motivation #270
Expand the Gap #269
The 6 Basic Human Needs #267
Finding excuses #267
3 steps to transform #266
Time shuffling #265
Use a template #264
Be a pioneer #263
Your Cup #262
Remember who you are #261
Opposite reactions #260
Through the cracks #259
Cheap seat feedback #258
Be like Your favorite brands #257
Don’t ASSume #256
What’s the cost #255
Give #254
GROW #253
Grit #252
Perceived Value #251
What is your story? #250
Be like cauliflower! #249
The First Saturday Episode #248
Micro break #247
Declare your Independence! #246
Ecological Psychology #245
Exposure therapy #244
What it takes #243
Kaizen #242
Just to clarify #241
How to REALLY fake it till you make it #240
Take a nap! #239
Your vibe #238
With the ups come the downs #237
3 seconds till procrastination #236
An absolute MUST to Maximize #235
Confidence requires clarity #234
The easiest way to increase mental strength #233
Choosing what to see #232
Saying yes (and sometimes no) #231
Beast mode! #230
Getting Trunky #229
New information, new paths #228
Don’t TGIF#227
Multiple regressions #226
Do it poorly #225
Unearned wisdom #224
Reflect #223
Sleep #222
It’s Groundhog Day again #221
Parkinson’s Law #220
Stop confusing aggression for anger #219
Remember #218
Give it 100% #217
Simple meditation #216
When you fall #215
Fill your own shoes! #214
Remember the basics! #213
Social Steroids
Making changes
Get outside!
Correlation versus Causation #209
Cause An effect! #208
The grass is always greener #207
Increase your creativity #206
The commission bias #205
Why superheroes? #204
Family #203
Sunk cost fallacy #202
Compound movements #201
Thank you! #200
When the sea is calm #199
Sitting in silence #198
Practice what you post #197
Ideal life #195
Lowering standards #196
Going live #194
Fair weather fans #193
The Dunning-Kruger Effect #192
75% Psychology 25% Physiology #191
The Morning 3 #190
Decision fatigue #189
Find your FIT #187
The individual #186
Craving a salad #185
Multiple anchors #184
Do what you can #183
Herd mentality #182
Being Present #181
Rest #180
Stress + Rest = Progress #179
Everybody plays the fool #178
Why mindset matters #177
One foot in front of the other #176
Polarizing #175
Maui and the Sun #174
Kaizen #173
Movie previews #172
Proximity to the prize #171
Guaranteed path to being unhappy #170
The Intensity dial #169
The ease of the way #168
Extremism #167
Black diamonds #166
Focus on your strengths #165
Top 10 dreams #164
Amateur hour #163
Repetition #163
Pacing #162
Technical difficulties #161
Test and retest #160
You are enough! #159
Equifinality #158
Why outcome goals are harder long term #157
Growing pains #156
Microwave versus Slow cooker #155
Forced perspectives #154
Cut the cord #153
Bored with the basics #152
Jab jab jab, LEFT HOOK! #151
Look in your own back yard #150
Hand up or out? #149
KIA NGAWARI - Re-grounding #148
Imitation #147
Grand gestures #146
Your FITness
The 80/20 principle #144
Grounding techniques #143
Airport Security #142
Baggage #141
Strengthen the Arch #140
The End Game #139
Thinking out loud #138
Clean versus Dirty motives #137
Write out Your ideal day #136
Lots of people #135
Culture shifts #134
Be productive #133
Work #132
Small conversations #131
Increasing your window of tolerance #130
For Frodo! #129
Assign meaning #128
Own your own actions #127
A little step of courage #126
Change the toilet roll #125
The second wind #124
Playing out of position #123
Value of systems #122
#121
The mess drawer #120
My reading list #119
Group think #118
Use it or lose it #117
Compare and contrasting with competition #116
Fundamental Attribution Error #115
Resolutions #114
Make 2019 the HARDEST year of your life #113
Environmental effects #112
Small wins #111
Back on the horse #110
Grow to give #109
The eve #108
Ya don’t know what ya don’t know #107
Write it down #106
Giving #105
Water quality #104
Play the hand you are dealt #103
High Performance for Teams #102
Loss Aversion #101
The morning routine #100
Mental rehearsal #99
Two ways to learn #98
Plant today #97
Saving Coconuts #96
Practice your craft #95
The man at the gates of Rome #94
Waiting for “the right time” #93
The number one ability #92
In the trenches #91
Narcotics anonymous #90
One engine at a time! #89
Thank you notes #88
Black Friday
It’s Thanksgiving! #86
Grateful for the hard times #85
The two kinds of gratitude #84
Gratitude
Self care/self improvement #82
Trials #81
Change is hard! #80
Combinations #79
A little Update #78
The Fourth Agreement #77
The Third Agreement #76
The Second Agreement #75
The First Agreement #74
The 4 agreements #73
Osmosis! #72
#71
What is your anchor?
Confirmation Bias
Know the path #68
MJ the Loser #67
Lose your Pride #66
The real losers #65
Stop being such a LOSER! #64
Why losing is so important #63
Desire versus Ability #62
Unconditional Positive Regard #61
You are going to fail #60
Rolling on an empty tank #59
Real intent #58
Digging deep #57
You’ll never “find” the time #56
Psychosomatic symptoms (clarification) #54-2
Psychosomatic symptoms
Active patience #53
To pee or not to pee #52
Eat your own dog food #51
Update #50
A lesson from Walt Disney #49
Multiple Streams of Fitness and Happiness #48
Parallels between Fitness and Happiness #47
Get new friends/be a new friend #46
The HIIT Mindset
Adjusting your sails #44
The one degree #43
Starting something #42
Stop chasing likes #41
Self Diagnosis #40
Fitness is Freedom #39
Be sold on yourself #38
Episode 37
Do the basics better #36
Leave things better than you found them
Attitude of Gratitude #34
Be a fountain, not a drain #33
Reach out to somebody from the past!
Break the mold, be yourself! #31
Things going wrong #30
Prepare to be unrelatable #29
In a rush to nowhere #28
Swallow your sword! #27
Episode 26
Stare your problems in the face #25
Sacrifice #24
Cheerleader vs Coach #23
Same ol same ol #22
What supplements do I use? #21
Occams Razor #20
Fall down 7 times, get up 8 #19
Airplane mode #18
Scarcity #17
Adaptability #16
Your nature #15
Being Genuine and Authentic #14
Who are you? #13
Sharpening the Saw #12
Progressive Overload #11
Your environment #10
Goals #9
Winning The Morning #8
Going the extra mile #7
Feedback #6
Setting Realistic Expectations #5
Consistency over Intensity #4
All or Nothing #3