2. James Norris www.jamesnorris.org james@jamesnorris.org blinkBL-NK January 18, 2011 Blu Jaz 10+ Years of Personal Growth in 20 Minutes

3. Self-actualization Transcendence Self-transcendence Secondary integration Happiness/flourishing Spiral wizard Eudaimonia Nirvana Enlightenment ?

4. Who rocks?

5. A few of my experiments Personal development startup Personal development non-profit (19 events/”homework” assignments) One month sabbatical in desert One year quasi-sabbatical Two 7-person mastermind groups, one 4-person Personal Advisory Board One personal advisory board Three mentors (personal development, business, social innovation) 137 serious self-assessments 157 frivolous self-assessments 1,000+ documented pieces of feedback 987 firsts 24 hours/day time tracking (9 months) Daily performance self-assessment (5-20 metrics, 2.5 years) Overload experiment (12 months, 60 academic hours, 4 part-time jobs/internships, 2 senior year capstone projects/quasi-theses, 1 girlfriend) 20 Get Stuff Done Days ROI days Discipline days Three month mobile phone free experiment Hunger fasts Daily training push Frugality experiment Caffeine fasts Facebook fasts Socializing fasts/hermit mode Internet fasts/information diets Computer fasts Courage experiments Artificial deadline experiments Partial vegetarian diet (2 day per week) Essentially giving up TV Essentially giving up video games Essentially giving up non-productive social life for extended periods Moving to a completely foreign country (Temporarily) giving up 80% of my stuff upon moving to foreign country

6. Life snapshot Founded/established 3 social enterprises, 8 organizations, and 5 clubs Helped build 3 other startups Learned from 22 jobs/internships Experimented with 7 microbusinesses Graduated with 3 majors, 4 minors, 2 programs

7. Talk snapshot 1.Happiness is an engineering problem. 2.Happiness is a set of habits. 3.Rap isn’t that bad. :) 4.Triggers first. Then KISS change. 5.Timing really matters. 6.Babies crawl, then walk, then run. You’re a baby. 7.21 days to change is rubbish. 8.You’re a big fat elephant. 9.Love (and all emotion) lasts 6 seconds. 10.Self-control depletes glucose. Eat. 11.Eat well. 12.Grit predicts success. 13.Self-compassion kicks the ass of self-criticism. 14.Reframing rocks. 15.Mindfulness…Mmm mmm good.

10. Biggest Lessons

12. Lesson: Happiness is an engineering problem.

14. Lesson: Happiness is a set of habits.

16. Lesson: Rap isn’t that bad. :)

18. Lesson: Triggers first. Then KISS change.

20. Lesson: Timing really matters.

22. Lesson: Babies crawl, then walk, then run. You’re a baby.

24. Lesson: 21 days to change is rubbish.

26. Lesson: You’re a big fat elephant.

28. Lesson: Love (and all emotion) lasts 6 seconds.

30. Lesson: Self-control depletes glucose. Eat.

32. Lesson: Eat well.

34. Lesson: Grit predicts success.

36. Lesson: Self- compassion kicks the ass of self-criticism.

38. Lesson: Reframing rocks.

40. Lesson: Mindfulness… Mmm mmm good.

41. Personal Growth Resource Kit www.jamesnorris.org/personalgrowthkit 150+ useful files for helping with all areas of your personal development, including career, fitness, setting/reaching goals, life planning, nutrition, productivity, self-awareness, sleep, and time and performance management. Heavily turnkey and focused on immediately insight and progress. No bullshit. All practical. Admittedly a little hodgepodge. Free.

42. www.selfspark.com/beta

44. James Norris james@jamesnorris.org www.jamesnorris.org