Novel experiences can even stimulate growth of new neurons. When was the last time you tried something totally new?

Pick one of these activities, try it out, and then write about it in your Possibilities Journal: Go to a local newsstand and intentionally buy and read a handful of magazines you’ve never read before—and that previously never appealed to you. If you like science magazines, buy a publication with short stories. If sports is your regular read, take

life. The next time you are at the airport, instead of buying a business magazine or a lifestyle one, read Scientific American, or vice versa. My mother, the medievalist, reads the Harvard Business Review at the airport. The next time you meet a person who is interested in something you find boring or obscure or hard to understand, see if you can

Doing even a small experiment is scary, but the payoff can be profound. When I hosted a group coaching session in New York, I was extremely nervous. I had never done anything like it before, but by the end of the night, I knew that bringing together curious people around questions I was excited to explore was something worth being uncomfortable

Novelty: there’s something different from the same old, same old. Diversity: a wide range of attention and emotion is deployed. Challenge: life is more difficult and complex than usual. Memorable: life is vivid. Above all, you learn something new. You gain some new perspective.