OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson | More Wisdom in Less Time

In our last +1, we talked about my first burpee post surgery. (I’m laughing at myself as I type that… Who loves something like burpees that much?! Yep. I’m weird. And proud of it. “That’s like me!!”)

As we’ve discussed, I am now bionic. (Go me!) Today I’d like to give you a fun little update on a very important subject: Burpees!! (And then, of course, shine the spotlight back on you.)

Way back in the day, we talked about Rick Snyder’s wisdom on The Science of Hope.

The other day I went to see the new Avengers: Endgame movie. Of course, I’m a fan of (super)hero stories and I also love flipping my brain off as I enjoy a well-produced movie with a well-told story.

Not too long ago, Emerson lost his first tooth. As any parent of a missing-tooth child knows, it’s pretty epically cute and awesome. The tooth fairy might have visited and we celebrated the wonderful gap in his mouth.

This morning on the Trail I was thinking about Mister Rogers and his challenges creating (recall our “tortures of the damned”!) along with Dr. Seuss and all his creative challenges.

At this stage, most of us know that JK Rowling was rejected twelve (!) times before she finally found a publisher who believed in her and her wizard Harry Potter.

Continuing our trip through Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky’s brilliant brains and equally brilliant book Make Time, Today we’re going to have fun with a little history lesson combined with a super-simple way to start chipping away at all those twitchy smartphone touches.

In our last couple +1s, we've been having fun hanging out with Jake and JZ and their wisdom on how to Make Time.

In our last +1,  we talked about Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky’s 4-step process to Make Time and Focus on What Matters Every Day.