OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson | More Wisdom in Less Time

In our last +1, we talked about the fact that we are the superheroes of our own lives. Our ultimate supervillain? Technology. (At least when used sub-optimally.)

A few +1s ago we spent some time with Jim Qwik and his brilliant book Limitless. Jim is a huge fan of superheroes.  As a kid, he suffered a brain injury that made it challenging for him to learn how to read. He found solace in comic books as they were both easy to read and packed with inspiring models.

A couple +1s ago, we referenced Steven Kotler’s line from The Rise of Superman. Recall that he said: “To put it another way: flow is the telephone booth where Clark Kent changes clothes, the place from where Superman emerges.”

In our last +1, we talked about how to tap into our Flow Superpowers. We referenced Steven Kotler’s gem from The Rise of Superman and then connected that to our (always evolving) Astonishing Productivity equation.

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 is one of the keys to tapping into our (Limitless!!) superpowers.

In our last +1, we talked about baby elephants and you. Recall that a baby elephant is often tethered to a stake that it can’t pull out when it’s young. Then it puts on 10,000 pounds en route to becoming the strongest land animal on the planet—capable of carrying the equivalent of over 100 (!) adults on its back.

Jim Qwik is one of the world’s leading peak performance gurus.  His specialty is memory improvement, brain optimization and accelerated learning and he’s “served as the brain coach to a who’s who of Hollywood’s elite, professional athletes, political leaders, and business magnates.”

In our last +1, we talked about Jesus, Tolle and You and your House on the Rock. I mentioned the fact that Tom Morris leaned on Jesus’ wisdom in his great book on how to deal with life’s inevitable lemons appropriately called Plato’s Lemonade Stand.

The other day I ran into my friend Michael on the Trail. Well, technically, we did a 6-feet-apart virtual elbow tap as it was the start of the COVID-19 crisis. He asked me if I’d seen Eckart Tolle’s recent talk on how to deal with crisis. I told him I hadn’t. (I read books, folks! lol.)

The basic idea: You can get a TON of high quality work produced when you Focus your best Energy.