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**You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson**

You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson features the best big ideas from life-changing books and practical tools to help you move from Theory to Practice to Mastery and flourish in Energy, Work, and Love. Get more wisdom in less time so you can activate your best, every day—so that we can change the world, one person at a time, together, starting with you and me and us, today! (Learn more about Heroic Public Benefit Corporation at https://heroic.us)

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#1: Eating Sunsets + Food Rules (+ Watch me dropping my heart rate for fun...) (#21) Aug 24, 2020

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#1: Need to write yourself a prescription? (Here's the Rx pad!!) (#20) Aug 23, 2020

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+1: #1235 Meet My New Favorite Bird Aug 22, 2020

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As we've discussed countless times, I start my days with at least a minute or three of journaling. These days it's a super-quick sketch of our Optimize Virtue Compass then a quick trip through the Big 3 x 2 +1. So… The other day I sat down to begin my Deep Work session with the quick sketch of our compass. And… You know what I saw right after I wrote down the four cardinal virtues of Wisdom + Self-Mastery + Courage + Love? A cardinal. Hah! I kid you not. I'm sitting there at my desk in my new outdoor office and glance up from my journaling (right after writing those cardinal virtues!) to see a beautiful red cardinal perch itself on the limb of a tree a couple dozen feet away. And, I thought to myself: Thank you, Optimizing gods. Then it became official. I now have a new favorite bird: The cardinal. Which, of course, led me to Google. Google: "Why are cardinals the bird called cardinals?" (Slightly awkward phrasing but it got the job done. Thank you, Google.) Enter, our first result: "Northern cardinals are named for the males' brilliant red plumage, which reminded European settlers of the rich red vestments of Catholic cardinals in the church hierarchy. The bird's crest is also reminiscent of the headgear of some higher religious officials." Fascinating. Then it was time for a trip to our friendly dictionary for Today's etymological lesson. The Dictionary tells us that the noun form of cardinal can refer to either our friendly bird or Catholic dignitaries. The adjective form means "of the greatest importance; fundamental." As in: "The four cardinal virtues are worth journaling every morning to remind ourselves of the game we're playing and how to play it well." Now for the ancient origins of the word. Let's see… Here it is: Back in the day when Latin was all the rage, the word cardo (from which we get cardinal) meant "hinge." As in, the hinge of a door. Makes sense. Those cardinal virtues? They're the hinges on which the door to our Optimus-best self opens. Let's push that door open. TODAY.

#1: Science says: Optimize works!!! ("Massively positive effects!") (#19) Aug 22, 2020

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#1: Wanna accelerate your Optimizing? Here's how. (Get curious! + 80/20 gains + marginal gains) (#18) Aug 21, 2020

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#1: Rebound days (aka What to do after an off day) (#17) Aug 20, 2020

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Today we spend some time with Abraham Maslow and his wisdom on embracing "misery privileges" in our life as we also connect some ideas from Ray Dalio and his mistake-learner's high with the inevitable imperfections of life that give us an opportunity to get a little Wiser! Hope you enjoy and let's do this! -bri

#1: Maslow says: Embrace "misery privileges" (Here's how...) (#16) Aug 19, 2020

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#1: Let's take a walk! (Visit the Johnson Trail. lol) (#15) Aug 18, 2020

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In Today's #1, we go for a little walk on the Trail around our property. lol. Emerson makes a surprise cameo as we give you a little tour of our Trail and pond-turned-puddle along with an invitation to join us for Optimize Coach - Class III—which launches in less than one week!!! Learn more, sign up, etc: https://www.optimize.me/coach Love and let's do this! -bri

+1: #1230 The Magic Spot in Our Mouths Aug 17, 2020

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In our last +1, we Optimized our oral posture. Bet you didn't think we'd be talking about that when you signed up for Optimize! (Hah.) I know I didn't but here we are! Recall: We want to turn our S-shaped bodies into a J-shape and then close our lips and gently place our tongues up toward the front of the roof of our mouths. As it turns out, my favorite breathing expert, Patrick McKeown, wrote an awesome kid's book in which he gives us a name for that spot. He calls it "The Magic Spot." So… Teaching ourselves AND our kids how to breathe properly is SUPER important. (As in: WAY more important than we may realize.) Patrick's book is called Always Breathe Correctly. I highly recommend it. The book features a wizard who teaches kids how to breathe. Of course, he teaches us that the nose is for breathing and the mouth is for eating while teaching us to breathe gently into our bellies, etc. And… He teaches us how to find that "Magic Spot"— with our tongues gently touching the area on the roof of our mouth right before our front teeth. When we hit that spot, we automagically close our lips and breathe through our nose. Which is why if I ever see Emerson with a gaping mouth, I'll say, "Magic spot, buddy!" He'll immediately smile, close his lips, and proudly breathe through his nose as I give him a thumbs up and a quick sign-language "Love you, buddy!" So… As you go through the day Today, if you ever happen to find yourself with a mouth gaping open and air going in through the wrong hole, perhaps you can playfully hear me say to you: "Magic spot, buddy!" Then we'll smile together and celebrate our little win as we get our shine on. Together. One breath at a time. TODAY.

#1: Be So Good (and Energized and Awesome) They Can't Ignore You (and a bunch of other little ideas) (#14) Aug 17, 2020

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This morning we take the quick look at the ol' Oura score and briefly reflect on the imperfect nature of sleep (especially when your wife stops breastfeeding and you sleep in a family bed! lol) then hit a ton of little things I thought might be interesting—ranging from thoughts on my pre-inputs creative process and systems and wrapping up with Being So Good and Energized and Awesome That They Can't Ignore Us but they can Feel Us and Adore Us! Hope you enjoy and Happy Monday. Let's do this!!! -bri

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