OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson | More Wisdom in Less Time

In our last +1, we talked about BJ Fogg and his Behavior Design Equation. Pop quiz: Do you remember it? B = MAP. Behavior is a function of our Motivation + Ability + Prompt.

BJ Fogg founded the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University.  He’s one of the world’s leading authorities on the science of behavior change and has deeply influenced how we think about habit change—on both a product development level and a personal level.

I had a lot of fun preparing for our Carpe Diem session on Love for our Mastery Series. There was a mini-fireworks display of epiphanies as I wrapped my brain around how we can help people become Professional Lovers of Wisdom (and Professional Heros!) while redefining our sense of what Love means with a focus on creating Soul Connections.

In our last +1, we took a moment to shine a flashlight on some of our strengths that we may take for granted that we’d be wise to take AS granted. We talked about Einstein’s brilliant quip: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it’s stupid.”

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.

Today we’re going to revisit Jim Kwik’s brain and book Limitless for some of his wisdom on FASTER learning. Recall that Jim is one of the world’s leading authorities on speed reading and effective learning—which is particularly awesome because, when he was a child, he suffered a traumatic brain injury that slowed down his rate of learning and led one teacher to describe him as “the kid with a broken brain.”

Way back in the day, we discussed the fact that Stephen Covey’s 7th Habit of Highly Effective People is “Sharpen the Saw.”

In our last +1, we talked about doing Genius Work (vs. Mediocre Work) as we reminded ourselves that both the Romans and the Greeks had a word for our inner guiding spirit—that Optimus best within each of us.

In our last +1, we talked about the INFINITE power of Consistency. Recall that our (always evolving) equation for Awesome now goes something like this: Awesome = Time x (Energy x Focus x What’s Important) Consistency (Note: That equation applies to both our Work and our Love.) So… As I was preparing for the Work session of our Carpe Diem module for our Mastery Series, I was thinking about the #1 theme I wanted to bring home.

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.