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)
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Optimize Interview: Everything is Figureoutable with Marie Forleo
My wife Alexandra has been a huge fan of Marie’s for a long time. I knew she was awesome. But... As I told Alexandra: “I had no idea Marie was THAT awesome!!!” My excuse: I’ve been in hermit-mode an…
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Fri 18 Oct 2019
+1: #925 C.A.N.O.E-ing
One of the core themes of our work together (in these +1s and in our Coach program, etc.) is the power of constantly (!) experimenting as we find little ways to Optimize. All day. Every day.…
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Thu 17 Oct 2019
+1: #920 Borrowed Energy
In one of our very first Notes, we took a quick look at Brendan Brazier’s The Thrive Diet. I read the book when it came out nearly a dozen years ago. Loved it. Then Brendan and I met at an event,…
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Sat 12 Oct 2019
+1: #910 Sweeping Our Own Porches
Today is, of course, October 2nd, 2019. Let’s hop in a time machine. Destination: 150 years ago: 1869. Cars don’t exist yet. Neither do phones. (Let alone a smartphone.) So… Im…
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Wed 02 Oct 2019
+1: #905 The Origin of Disease
In our last couple +1s, we’ve been hanging out in our guts. (Good times!) Surprisingly, that’s where we discovered 90% (!) of our serotonin and 70-80% (!!) of our immune systems. Crazy, e…
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Fri 27 Sep 2019
+1: #895 Got Glymph?
Dr. Steven Gundry is Tony Robbins’ doctor. He’s a former world-class heart surgeon. These days he focuses on longevity. His new book is called The Longevity Paradox. Sub-title: “How to Die Youn…
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Tue 17 Sep 2019
+1: #890 Profound Service
This morning I was doing my normal thing. In the process, I came up with a little insight I’m excited to share. First, the quick recap of what led to the insight. Of course, my day started yes…
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Thu 12 Sep 2019
+1: #885 Equanimity Anchors
In our last +1, we talked about the Fundies and how (ahem) fundamental they are to our Optimizing and Actualizing. Eat! Move! Sleep! Breathe! Be Present! Prosper! As I said, if I could …
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Sat 07 Sep 2019
+1: #880 Jesus on Motes and Beams
In our last +1, we talked about lint on the projector’s lens and the fact that, as per Byron Katie, “every perceived problem appearing ‘out there’ is really nothing more than a misperception with…
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Mon 02 Sep 2019
+1: #875 FIRE: The Big 3
Continuing our series on how to build a bonFIRE, today we’re going to chat about The Big 3 of creating Financial Independence (and Interdependence) as we win the ultimate game of life, Realizing Eu…
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Wed 28 Aug 2019
+1: #870 How to Stop Worrying
At this stage, most people have heard of Dale Carnegie’s uber-bestselling book How to Win Friends and Influence People. It was originally published in 1936 and has sold 15 million copies. It hel…
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Fri 23 Aug 2019
+1: #865 Pilot + Co-Pilot + Autopilot
In our last couple +1s, we talked about Seneca’s wisdom on the importance of “fortifying our pertinacity” until our will to do the right thing becomes a disposition to doing the right thing. …
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Sun 18 Aug 2019
+1: #860 You and Your Gordion Knots
Skipping the longer philosophical chat about the ethics of being a conqueror, Today we’re going to chat about Alexander the Great. More specifically, we’re going to talk about him and a knot. T…
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Tue 13 Aug 2019
+1: #855 The Comparison Game
We’re kinda on a roll with the whole envy-squishing theme, so why not one more? In our last +1, we talked about the fact that if we’re going to compare ourselves to others (please don’t! lol) w…
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Thu 08 Aug 2019
+1: #850 Aurelius on Death
In our last +1, we reflected on the idea that little (and big) oopses provide us with opportunities to appreciate that we’re still alive as we practice gratitude that something much worse didn’t ha…
00:03:49 |
Sat 03 Aug 2019
+1: #840 Happy Artists
This morning on the Trail I was thinking about Mister Rogers and his challenges creating (recall our “tortures of the damned”!) along with Dr. Seuss and all his creative challenges. Then I was…
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Wed 24 Jul 2019
+1: #835 Got Watch?
Continuing our trip through Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky’s brilliant brains and equally brilliant book Make Time, Today we’re going to have fun with a little history lesson combined with a super-sim…
00:03:21 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
+1: #830 Swimming with Mister Rogers
A couple +1s ago, we hung out with Mister Rogers in his barrelful of songs. Today I want to hop in the pool with him and then do something extra special. First, some more wisdom from The Worl…
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Sun 14 Jul 2019
+1: #825 An Enraged Mister Rogers
In our last +1, we talked about being the change we want to see in the world. I asked: What change DO you want to see? (Well… What is it?! And… Are you being it?!) That makes me think of ano…
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Tue 09 Jul 2019
+1: #820 My New Job
Today I’d like to let you know that I officially have a new job. It’s one I’m quite excited about. First, a little context. You know that Ferrari pit crew guy I’ve been obsessing about? You kn…
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Thu 04 Jul 2019
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