You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson

In No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh tells us that when he was a young monk he thought the Buddha never suffered. Then, as he matured, he realized that OF COURSE the Buddha suffered. He had a bo...

19 Feb 20183min

Continuing our Harry Potter theme, let's explore how to deal with dementors in your life. Recall that dementors are big, ugly, wraith-like creatures that feed on and suck all the happiness out of...

14 Feb 20186min

In No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh tells us that suffering is a part of life. You can't create a beautiful lotus flower without some stinky mud. As he says, lotuses don't grow in marble. And… Y...

9 Feb 20183min

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from...

7 Feb 201817min

​​In our last +1, we explored the analytics of American farting behaviors and compared that to the even more prolific Facebook-liking behaviors. (Laughing.) Today, we're going to explore the subject o...

4 Feb 20183min

This book started out as a blog post by Carolyn Gregoire based on Scott Barry Kaufman's work that went viral: 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently. Scott is one of the world's leading creat...

2 Feb 201817min

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from...

31 Jan 201815min

Epictetus told us that we don't always get to pick the position we have in life. Our job is to make sure we play that role well. Specifically, he said: "Remember that thou art an actor in a play ...

31 Jan 20184min