Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

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Sinopsis

OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson features the best Big Ideas from the best optimal living books. More wisdom in less time to help you live your greatest life. (Learn more at optimize.me.)

Episodios

  • Micro Class: 3:59.4

    18/10/2016 Duración: 06min

    3:59.4. That's less than 4 minutes. Running a mile in that time used to be impossible. Until it wasn't. What impossible thing do you need to reframe into possible?

  • Micro Class: #Repeat

    14/10/2016 Duración: 42s

    John Maxwell tells us that systems are just good strategies repeated. I like that. Nice and simple: Figure out what works. Do more of it. #repeat.

  • Micro Class: Plan A to Z

    11/10/2016 Duración: 07min

    Strong Hope has three things firing: Goals + Agency + Pathways. We need to futurecast a goal that fires us up, believe we can have it and be willing to take infinite Pathways to rock it! Plan A to Z.

  • Micro Class: The Big 7

    07/10/2016 Duración: 06min

    Here are Neil Pasricha's 7 favorite scientifically proven ways to boost our happiness.

  • Micro Class: Kiwi Kaizen

    04/10/2016 Duración: 05min

    The All Blacks are all about getting better all.the.time. Can you find 100 things you can improve 1%? Marginal gains, baby!

  • Micro Class: How to Grow Your Grit

    30/09/2016 Duración: 06min

    Here are the four psychological assets you need to grow your grit: Interest + Practice + Purpose + Hope.

  • Micro Class: Rational Optimism

    29/09/2016 Duración: 05min

    We want to be RATIONAL optimists--not irrational optimists. Here's the difference. (And, how it's kinda like irrational vs. rational visualization WOOP style.)

  • Micro Class: Full-Court Press

    28/09/2016 Duración: 05min

    One way to turn a disadvantage into an advantage? Run a full-court press!

  • Micro Class: Law of Leadership: Foundation = Trust

    27/09/2016 Duración: 07min

    Want to be a great leader? It starts with trust--which starts with character. Here are 3 ways to chisel your goodness.

  • Micro Class: Zig Zags

    26/09/2016 Duración: 04min

    Growth does not occur in a straight line. Time to embrace the zigs and the zags that are part of mastery as our highs get higher and our lows get higher.

  • Micro Class: Anti-Fragile Tip - The Barbell Strategy

    25/09/2016 Duración: 06min

    Nassim Taleb tells us how to become more anti-fragile. Here's a quick look at his "barbell strategy." Key: Be BOTH super aggressive AND super conservative.

  • Micro Class: Iceberg Illusion

    24/09/2016 Duración: 05min

    When we see an iceberg, we're tempted to think it's just the tip, but we KNOW there's a lot going on beneath the surface. Same thing with world-class performance.

  • PNTV: The Leader Who Had No Title by Robin Sharma

    23/09/2016 Duración: 15min

    Robin Sharma is one of the world’s top leadership experts. He’s also an extraordinarily inspiring guy. This is an inspiring fable about a disillusioned former veteran (Blake) who meets a mysterious mentor (Tommy) who introduces him to four exceptional leaders who change his life. Via this fun cast of characters, Robin downloads his ENORMOUS array of wisdom on leadership + personal greatness. Big Ideas we explore: the four keys to leading without a title, how to flip the leadership switch, the power of moving thru fear and embracing adversity, a simple way to optimize your relationships, and training like an athlete to achieve your personal greatness.

  • Micro Class: Suck to Unsuck

    22/09/2016 Duración: 05min

    Pixar execs say they take their films from suck to unsuck. (Hah.) We need to do the same. (Did you know WALL-E had 98,173 (!!!) storyboards? Yep.) That's a lot of little bets.

  • Micro Class: Boldest Version of You

    20/09/2016 Duración: 05min

    How would the boldest, most authentic, best version of you act? Now a good time to be that? (A: YES! "Fake it until you become it.")

  • Interview: How to Become a Straight-A Student with Cal Newport

    19/09/2016 Duración: 44min

    Cal Newport is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth who went on to MIT for his Ph.D. and is now a Professor at Georgetown. In this book, Cal shares the top ideas he gleaned from interviews with non-grind Phi Beta Kappa members at elite schools across the country. They had to perform well AND they had to achieve those results without grinding away. Their practices, although discovered independently, reflect the same wisdom shared in the science books. It’s great to see the overlap. Big Ideas: pseudo-work vs. real work (and a secret formula), conquering procrastination, when/where/how long should you study?, #1 way to learn (and #1 trap), the importance of spacing out your work and the power to choose your future via excellent grades.

  • Optimal Nutrition 101: How to Optimize Your Health, Energy and Happiness Starting at the End of Your Fork (Intro)

    18/09/2016 Duración: 04min

    Nutrition. It’s easy to get lost in the labyrinth of conflicting science. In this class, we focus on the 2 facts Michael Pollan tells us we can all agree on and then look at how to eliminate the primary causes of disease caused by our modern diets. Optimizing our health, energy and happiness starts at the end of our fork!

  • Interview: Sleep Smarter with Shawn Stevenson

    17/09/2016 Duración: 30min

    Shawn Stevenson is a health coach who has one of the most popular health & fitness podcasts out there called The Model Health Show. This is a short, quick-reading, funny and practical little book featuring 21 tips on how to optimize your sleep. Big Ideas we cover: #1 tip: value your sleep (it’s the secret sauce), avoid the blue lights, adenosine (did you know how caffeine really works?), staying cool, getting your vitamin G and creating PM rituals.

  • PNTV: Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre

    16/09/2016 Duración: 17min

    Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, novelist, playwright, and critic. He was a leading intellectual of the 20th century and the leading proponent of existentialism. This short book is a transcript of a speech Sartre gave in 1945 to address many of the critics of existentialism. It’s a *remarkably* lucid, concise exposition on the primary tenets of existentialism—even more remarkable given the fact that Sartre gave this lecture without notes. Big Ideas we explore: Anguish + its antidote, passion vs. choice, quietism vs. commitment, the stern optimism of existentialism and moral choices as a work of art.

  • Micro Class: Double Down on Your Talents

    15/09/2016 Duración: 05min

    Unless you're looking to be mediocre, focus more on your talents than your weaknesses. Forget about being well-rounded and focus on being the best version of you.

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