OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson | More Wisdom in Less Time

In our last +1, we talked about some wisdom from Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness’s great book The Passion Paradox. Recall: We can have either a healthy “Harmonious Passion” in which we seek mastery and experience the joys of mindfully embracing our passion or… We can have a less-than-healthy “Obsessive Passion” in which our lives go off the rails in pursuit of outcome goals that become toxic.

Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness have written a couple great books together. First, they gave us Peak Performance. Then The Passion Paradox.

Back in the day, we had a +1 on “The Optimizer in the Arena” in which we reflected on Teddy Roosevelt’s epic “Citizenship in a Republic” speech that became known as “The Man in the Arena” speech.

Continuing our brief trip through Marie Forleo’s brilliant brain and equally wise book Everything Is Figureoutable, let’s redefine one more f-word. We started with Can’t vs. Won’t. Then we moved on to upgrading fear to FEAR by “Facing Everything And Rising.”

Continuing our exploration of Marie Forleo’s four-letter wisdom, let’s take another moment to mine some gems from her astonishingly good book Everything Is Figureoutable. In our last +1, we crossed out the “I can’t”s in our lives and replaced them with a more honest “I won’t.”

Over the last handful of +1s, we’ve had some fun with Marie Forleo’s wisdom from her GREAT (!) book Everything Is Figureoutable. (Seriously. Highly recommend it.)

In our last +1, we did our best Boss impersonation as we reinterpreted our sweaty palms and racing hearts as a sign we’re EXCITED and READY TO GO rather than as a sign that something’s wrong.

A couple +1s ago, I briefly mentioned the fact that Marie Forleo is the one who introduced me to the idea of “’Friend Power.” (Thanks, Marie!)

In our last +1, we took a moment to celebrate the power of friends as we had fun with our new favorite phrase: “Friend Power.” I’m in love with the idea.

In our last +1, we made history with Eliud Kipchoge (and a BUNCH of his friends) as we broke through “the last barrier of modern athletics” by running a marathon in less than two hours. (Go us!)