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: #710 Virtue Mantras
In our last couple +1s, we talked about the 11 virtues that show up on our shiny new Optimus medallions and make an appearance in our Optimus meditation. Wisdom + Arete + Confidence + Purpose + Se…
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Sat 16 Mar 2019
+1: #705 The Psychology of Pain
Continuing our exploration of how to endure the pain of walking over burning (psychological) coals in pursuit of the upper limits of our potential, let’s talk about one of Matt Fitzgerald’s recomme…
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Mon 11 Mar 2019
+1: #700 UPERSIST!
In our last +1, we talked about you feasting on your Hero Bars—using memories of your past success as fuel to walk through fear doors today. (You grab three for Today?) All of those Cookies and…
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Wed 06 Mar 2019
+1: #695 Lincoln’s Response to (Epic) Failure
In our last +1, we talked about the wonderful little book-gift I received from Cal Newport and we reflected on a particular passage from that book (Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns G…
00:04:33 |
Fri 01 Mar 2019
+1: #690 Your Engine: V-12 or V-Lawnmower?
Continuing our theme of seeking/conquering fear, let’s have some fun with Jon Eliot and his wisdom from Overachievement. Here’s how he (brilliantly!) puts it: “Working on techniques to manage…
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Sun 24 Feb 2019
+1: #685 The Case Against Sugar
Gary Taubes wrote a great book called The Case Against Sugar. Basic idea: If you were a detective in charge of figuring out a series of crimes and you noticed a common pattern among those crimes,…
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Tue 19 Feb 2019
+1: #680 The Moment of Decision
In our last +1, we took a quick trip to Michelangelo’s studio and saw the Optimus You sitting there in the uncarved marble. Then we did a little chiseling at some behaviors that might be getting in t…
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Thu 14 Feb 2019
+1: #675 Meet My New Sweatband: Leonidas
In our last +1, we met Joe De Sena’s kettlebell named Leo. (I laugh as I type that.) As you may recall, little Leonidas goes everywhere Joe goes. Traveling around the world? Mr. Leo gets checked…
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Sat 09 Feb 2019
Digital Minimalism 101 (Intro)
Cal Newport joins us as a guest teacher for this class! He is one of my favorite thinkers. He got his Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT and is now a Professor at Georgetown. He’s also a bestselling …
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Tue 05 Feb 2019
+1: #670 Meditation’s Instant ROI
Meditation. At this point, most of us are pretty aware of the fact that it’s been proven to be pretty epic for our well-being. Congrats, high fives, curtsies, etc. if you’re rockin’ a meditati…
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Mon 04 Feb 2019
+1: #665 Turning on the Light
In our last +1, we talked about the Optimize Master’s program (aka Optimize Coach!) and had fun with some wisdom on moving from theory to practice—reminding ourselves that the theory (although imp…
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Wed 30 Jan 2019
+1: #660 How Clark Kent Becomes Superman in 11 Seconds
In our last +1, we talked about our inaugural Optimize Coach program (there’s still a little more time to sign up and join hundreds of other passionate Optimizers in making this the greatest year of …
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Fri 25 Jan 2019
+1: #655 Michael Phelps’ Golden Gene-Inseam
In our last +1, we took a nice stroll down Brian’s Biographical Byway—exploring the power of flipping Identity switches. (You make any distinctions? Flip any switches?) btw: That Seneca quote wi…
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Sun 20 Jan 2019
+1: #650 Your Escort of Angels
In our last +1, we talked about how to make yourself a quadrillion (!!!) times better. The recap there: Just let the magic of compounding 1% gains work for you. Every day. 10 years. Boom! Of cou…
00:02:23 |
Tue 15 Jan 2019
+1: #645 Boundaries or Burnout
In our last +1, we talked about how the Peak Performance guys recommend we craft our optimal work-to-rest ratio. Pop quiz: You recall the ratio? Pop answer: 50 to 90 minutes ON. 7 to 20 min…
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Thu 10 Jan 2019
+1: #640 Campfires and Chairs
Continuing (and concluding) our trip through Steve Chandler’s wise brain (and great book, Reinventing Yourself), let’s talk about campfires. Campfires? Yep. Campfires. So… You’re out camp…
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Sat 05 Jan 2019
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