OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson | More Wisdom in Less Time

As we’ve discussed, I absolutely love Love 2.0 by Barbara Fredrickson. As a super-introverted guy, it’s easy for me to get lost in my own thought bubbles and forget to exit what Barbara calls our “cocoon of self-absorption.”

A little while back we had fun taking a quick tour through James Clear’s brilliant brain and equally brilliant book Atomic Habits. We forgot to chat about one of my favorite Ideas from that must-read book: The Sorites Paradox. Let’s invite James back to the party.

In our last +1, we had some fun soaking our minds in some epic “To Dare or Not to Dare” wisdom. We kicked that party off with a Søren Kierkegaard gem.

In Greatest Year Ever - 2019, I wrapped up the class by reading some quotes that were guiding me to step up and into the next-best version of myself.

Not too long ago, I interviewed Dr. David Perlmutter. We chatted about brain health. As you may know (and as we discuss in all the Notes in which we feature his wisdom), Dr. Perlmutter is one of the few medical doctors in the world who is both a Board-Certified Neurologist and a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition.

In our last +1, I made the case for why the virtue of encouragement should be elevated to its proper status in the pantheon of how to best express our love for people in our lives.

Not too long ago, we talked about the shiny new Optimize Virtue Meditation we’re working on as part of our Optimize Coach program. I’ve been thinking a lot about the virtues in general and the meditation in particular—especially a sub-virtue to Love that I’d like to talk about Today.

In our last +1 we talked about the fact that, as per legendary tough guy Vince Lombardi, “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.”  Then we operationalized a super-simple antidote to cowardice via a super-simple PM Bookend routine. (How’d that go for you?)

In Conquering Fear 101, we talked about how important it is to honor our fundamentals if we want to conquer our fear. Although the quality of our nutrition, exercise and sleep may not seem to be intimately related to the quality of our courage, IT IS!! And… As committed Optimizers, we’d be wise to make the connection.