You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson
You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson features the best big ideas from life-changing books and practical tools to help you move from Theory to Practice to Mastery and flourish in Energy, Work, and Love. Get more wisdom in less time so you can activate your best, every day—so that we can change the world, one person at a time, together, starting with you and me and us, today! (Learn more about Heroic Public Benefit Corporation at https://heroic.us)
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 2359
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
+1: #1215 The (Neuro) Trail
A couple +1s ago we spent some time pulling some weeds together as we created some new habits. How? By STARTING SMALL and MAKING IT EASY! (Am I repeating myself AND yelling?! Lol. Yes and …
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Sun 02 Aug 2020
+1: #1205 The ABCs of Tiny Habits
Today we’re going to revisit BJ Fogg’s Behavior Design Lab at Stanford. We’ve already talked about his equation: B = MAP. (Recall: “Behavior happens when Motivation & Ability & Prompt con…
00:04:08 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
+1: #1200 You = Sugar Cookie
Admiral William H. McRaven is a Retired U.S. Navy SEAL who served for thirty-seven years and commanded at every level. As a Four-Star Admiral, his final assignment was as Commander of all U.S. Sp…
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Sat 18 Jul 2020
+1: #1195 Tree-Climbing Fish
Today we’re going to go back to Jim Kwik and his great book Limitless one more time. One of the key themes of the book is that we all have a unique blend of background and passions and skills. …
00:02:28 |
Mon 13 Jul 2020
+1: #1190 The INFINITE Power of CONSISTENCY
In our last +1, we talked about the fact that, if we could figure out how to take 30 EXPONENTIAL steps, we’d be able to hop in a rocket and go around the Earth two DOZEN times. Rather than get 90 …
00:05:42 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
+1: #1185 Clark Kent’s Changing Room
Continuing our brief foray through Jim Qwik’s brain and book, let’s talk about the power of getting into Flow. Jim tells us that being able to flip the switch and drop into a powerful Flow state …
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Fri 03 Jul 2020
+1: #1180 Astonishing Productivity
In our last +1, we had some fun playing with Cal Newport’s Deep Work equation. We modified it from:
- High Quality Work Produced = Time Spent x Intensity of Focus
- High Quality Work Produc…
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Sun 28 Jun 2020
+1: #1175 Sugar & Depression
Continuing our brief tour through Kate Hefferon’s textbook on Positive Psychology and the Body, let’s flip open to the chapter on “Positive Nutrition.” Hmmmm… I wonder what science has to sa…
00:04:31 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
+1: #1170 The Snow Globe
In the last couple +1s, we talked about The Shattered Vase (and the power of taking those pieces and making a beautiful new mosaic) then we practiced The Art of Precious Scars (as we chatted ab…
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Thu 18 Jun 2020
+1: #1165 Eudaimonic Treadmills
Have you ever heard of “hedonic treadmills”? We talked about them briefly a few years ago in the context of this +1 on the science of hedonic adaptation. Basic idea: We adapt to all the “t…
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Sat 13 Jun 2020
+1: #1150 Cover It All in Leather
In our last +1, we tapped into some wisdom from Brené Brown’s Braving the Wilderness as we wrote ourselves a permission slip and then hopped on the bus. Today we’re going to spend some more time…
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Fri 29 May 2020
+1: #1145 Hero Breathing
In our last +1, we blew up some belly balloons with our kids. We breathed in through our noses, down into our bellies (can you make that balloon pop?!) then we breathed back out through our nos…
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Sun 24 May 2020
+1: #1140 How to Say “I Love You”
A little over seven and half years ago, Emerson was born at home. We had an amazing midwife (named Mary Jackson) for both Emerson and Eleanor’s births. I’ll never forget the very first moment…
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Tue 19 May 2020
+1: #1135 Be Willing to Fail
Continuing our little series on the science of courage, how about some more wisdom from Robert Biswas-Diener? In The Courage Quotient, he tells us: “Herein lies the intervention related to fail…
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Thu 14 May 2020
+1: #1130 Alchemizing Adversity
In our last +1, we all get issued our magic wand. It can alchemize any and all challenges into fuel for our growth. Thank you, Hermes and Epictetus!! I mentioned the fact that Ward Farnswort…
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Sat 09 May 2020
+1: #1125 Practicing Gratitude
In our last +1, we played the “I want to speak with your supervisor!” game. You play it yet? If not, try it. It’s truly awesome. As you’ll recall, the most important part of the process…
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Mon 04 May 2020
+1: #1120 Love in Action
In our last +1, we upgraded our conception of Soul Mates to Soul Mate 2.0. (At least I did!) Before we jump into the wisdom for Today’s +1, how about some fun Johnson family history?! Once u…
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Wed 29 Apr 2020
+1 #1115 The Path with Heart
In our last +1, we spent some time with Carlos Castaneda and his Toltec Warrior. Today, we’re going to spend a little more time with this eccentric teacher. I’ve always found one passage of his to…
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Fri 24 Apr 2020
+1: #1110 What Great Performance Looks Like
In our last +1, we did some swooping and gliding and hunting with a red-tailed hawk and our bird-watching guide: Carlos Castaneda. Today I want to chat about that hawk again. I mentioned the fa…
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Sun 19 Apr 2020
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