OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson | More Wisdom in Less Time

In our last +1, we alchemized an Enervator into an Energizer and did some fancy new math: -1 → +1 = +3 for the win! I mentioned the Enervator I wanted to address: Online news.

Today we spend some time with Abraham Maslow and his wisdom on embracing “misery privileges” in our life as we also connect some ideas from Ray Dalio and his mistake-learner’s high with the inevitable imperfections of life that give us an opportunity to get a little Wiser!

This morning I was preparing for the third session in our Algorithms Module in our Mastery Series for our Coach program. In the first session, we take a Big Picture view and help our Coaches see the fact that Self-Mastery is all about “Using Our Willpower Wisely to Install Habits That Run on Autopilot via Algorithms.”

In Today’s #1, we go for a little walk on the Trail around our property. lol. Emerson makes a surprise cameo as we give you a little tour of our Trail and pond-turned-puddle along with an invitation to join us for Optimize Coach - Class III—which launches in less than one week!!!

Today we’re going to spend another day on the subject chatting about another key concept from James Nestor’s book Breath.

In our last +1, we Optimized our oral posture. Bet you didn’t think we’d be talking about that when you signed up for Optimize! (Hah.) I know I didn’t but here we are! Recall: We want to turn our S-shaped bodies into a J-shape and then close our lips and gently place our tongues up toward the front of the roof of our mouths.

This morning we take the quick look at the ol’ Oura score and briefly reflect on the imperfect nature of sleep (especially when your wife stops breastfeeding and you sleep in a family bed! lol) then hit a ton of little things I thought might be interesting—ranging from thoughts on my pre-inputs creative process and systems and wrapping up with Being So Good and Energized and Awesome That They Can’t Ignore Us but they can Feel Us and Adore Us!

This morning (after the 1-2-3!) I spent a few minutes going through the 100+ PhilosophersNotes on which I'll be doing PNTVs soon (YEEHAH!) and then got to work on my PN on Driven by Doug Brackmann. Here are some thoughts on Optimizing in general (Measure! Consistency!) and also on how to harness our drives in particular.

Continuing our brief foray through James Nestor’s brilliant brain and book, let’s take another moment to focus on the power of our breath. Shall we start with his take on a perfect breath?

Quick one this morning. 1-2-3, PNTVs are coming back—in black and white! lol—and this gem: “A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which.