OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson | More Wisdom in Less Time

The other day we took a quick look at my Gratitude journaling. I shared my “Thank you, God for blessing me with…” reflections for Energy + Work + Love. As you may have noticed, my love gratitude-prayer was: “God, thank you for blessing me with my beautiful family. You did a great job with my Soul Mate and our two precious gifts: Emerson and Eleanor.” I actually laugh with joy every time I give God a high five for doing a fine job finding me a Soul Mate. (Thank you, God! lol.) (Seriously. Thanks!)

In our last +1, we spent some more time with Robert Emmons as we talked about a new gratitude journaling practice I’m integrating into my daily Carpe Diem journaling.

Not too long ago, we spent some time with Robert Emmons—the leading scholar studying the science of gratitude. Once again: “Thank you, Dr. Emmons!” Seriously. Wow.

Mark Divine is a former U.S. Navy SEAL Commander with twenty-five years of experience as an entrepreneur. He's the author of the incredible books The Way of the SEAL, Unbeatable Mind, and Staring Down the Wolf. In this conversation, we explore strategies for navigating challenges (and helping others to do the same), how to be uncommon, why anyone in a leadership position is a "Coach," why training the breath is so important, and more.

Not too long ago we talked about how to operationalize Antifragile OMMS via a 1-2 then 1-2-3 process. Start with Wisdom + Self-Mastery then throw in some Gratitude, Hope and Zest and voila!

In our last +1, we spent some time with Carlos Castaneda and his Toltec Warrior. Today, we’re going to spend a little more time with this eccentric teacher.

In our last +1, we talked about committing to closing the gap between who we’re capable of being and who we’re actually being—LIKE A WARRIOR!

The other day we kicked off our Mastery Series.

It was awesome.

As I was prepping for that first session, I knew that (of course) I’d be giving an overview of our 250-day program featuring our 7 Modules and all that.  But… As I prepared, I knew that the REALLY important thing to get across for that session was just how important it is for us to flip the switch in our heads and TRULY (!!!) commit to being our best selves.

In our last +1, we talked about my impulsive little foray into a Dropbox Paper chat—allowing myself to get distracted reacting to some inputs BEFORE doing my (pre-inputs!) Deep Work.

This morning I did my normal thing. Starting last night with shutdown complete, etc. You know the drill. My #1 AM1 Deep Work goodness was clear: Create +1s. Note: That’s supposed to be pre-inputs. Only… That’s not what I did.