Tim Shurr’s High Performance Newsletter Hi Reader, When you're happy, do you ever catch yourself thinking, "This is too good to be true. Something bad is going to happen"? Often, we're not afraid of happiness itself, but of losing it and crashing. Some even unconsciously decide to allow themselves to feel relaxed or joyful because they don’t want to ‘then be blindsided.’ “Keep your expectations low and you won’t be disappointed.” The motto of those who achieve little in life because they are...

Tim Shurr VIP NewsletterHi Reader, I met bestselling author and psychologist, Dr. Wayne Dyer on five separate occasions. I still have a photo of the two of us together. He once told a story that I still think about today. Imagine someone hands you a million dollars and says you can walk into any store and buy whatever you want. So you find a rug you think is hideous, pay ten thousand for it, and have it delivered. Then you go to a dealership, pick out a car that's ugly and uncomfortable, and...

Hi Reader, Dr. Marty Seligman spent decades studying learned helplessness, depression, optimism, and happiness. One of the questions he became fascinated with was this: Why do some people go through incredibly difficult circumstances and shut down, while others go through equally difficult circumstances and somehow become stronger? His early research on learned helplessness showed something profound. When people repeatedly experience situations where they feel they have no control, no choice,...