OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson | More Wisdom in Less Time

In our last +1, we talked about conquering fear. Specifically, we soaked our minds in Stan Beecham’s epic wisdom that’s worth tattooing on our consciousness: “Fear is keeping you from reaching your potential. Conquering fear should be your primary goal in life.”

A few +1s ago, we spent some time swimming with Abraham Maslow. As you may recall, he told us: “If I was dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was 1,000 miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the ones who gave up.”

Gary Taubes wrote a great book called The Case Against Sugar. Basic idea: If you were a detective in charge of figuring out a series of crimes and you noticed a common pattern among those crimes, you’d be smart to put the pieces together and see if you could narrow your search down to a single suspect. Right?

In our last +1, we talked about taking a 1,000-mile swim with Maslow. Today I want to talk about what Robert Lustig describes as “the best deal in health.”

In our last +1, we talked about Abraham Maslow’s intense wisdom regarding the fact that every (!) single (!) thing we do “registers” on some unconscious level.

Not too long ago, we took a quick trip to hell. I think that exercise is helpful because it helps us shine a very bright light on the potential pain of getting to the end of our lives and realizing that we left our lives unlived.

In our last couple +1s, we talked about Michelangelo and his studio. Today we’re going to step back and chat about some historical facts regarding his ACTUAL studio.

In our last +1, we took a quick trip to Michelangelo’s studio and saw the Optimus You sitting there in the uncarved marble. Then we did a little chiseling at some behaviors that might be getting in the way.

In our last +1, we took a quick trip to hell in which (in the last moment of your life!) we met the version of you that you COULD have been. D’oh. Gulp. Yikes.

In Greatest Year Ever 2019, we kicked the party off by reminding ourselves of the ultimate game we’re playing—leaning into Aristotle’s wisdom (yet again!) that the summum bonum of life (the highest good!) is to experience the joy of flourishing by having a great relationship with our inner soul.