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Heroic with Brian Johnson | Activate Your Best. Every Day.

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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 at https://heroic.us)

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PNTV: Finding Your Zone by Dr. Michael Lardon (#185)

February 10, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

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PNTV: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (#056)

February 08, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.84 MB

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PNTV: Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (#009)

February 05, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MB

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PNTV: The Power of TED* by David Emerald (#083)

February 04, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) In this PN TV episode on David Emerald's "The Power of *TED," we'll explore DDT vs. The Empowerment Dynamic, Living from a Victim vs. a Creator Orientation, and the power of baby steps to handle the dynamic tension between our ideals and our current reality. Fun! :)

Heroic Public Benefit Corporation - Want to (literally) invest in the movement?

February 01, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB

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PNTV: Peak by Anders Ericsson (#287)

February 01, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

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PNTV: The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky (#001)

January 29, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky. Alrighty. Here's a REALLY quick look at a few of my favorite Big Ideas from the PhilosophersNotes on one of my favorite books "The How of Happiness" by Sonja Lyubomirsky. Wow. 10 Minutes goes fast! :) 

PNTV: Mindset by Carol Dweck (#122)

January 27, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

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PNTV: The Analects of Confucius (#066)

January 25, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!)   Time for some more Old School love in this PN TV episode where we'll take a look at some of my favorite Big Ideas from Confucius's "Analects." Good times! :)

Want to Prosper? Here's 10 Big Ideas from Mastery Series Module VI: The Fundies - Part 8: Prosper

January 13, 2021 08:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-vi-8/ An 80/20 Look at How To Invest in Optimus You, PBC, To Create a Heroic Fire That Lights up the World. In our final Module of The Fundamentals, we learn how to turn Pro and "go forward with hope." We'll build Optimus Yo...

Want to Celebrate Life? Here's 10 Big Ideas from Mastery Series Module VI: The Fundies - Part 7: Celebrate

January 12, 2021 08:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-vi-7/ An 80/20 Look at the Powerful Practice of Appreciating What’s Awesome. It’s easy to get so fired up about the whole Optimizing game that we forget the fact that we’re ALREADY WINNING. Science says: Gratitude is super i...

An 80/20 Look at How To Focus Your Soul Force on the Only Moment That Matters

January 10, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-vi-6/ An 80/20 Look at How To Focus Your Soul Force on the Only Moment That Matters. If we want to create an awesome future AND to enjoy life right now then we need to focus on the only moment that matters: the present momen...

10 Big Ideas to Optimize Your Breathing (via Mastery Series Module VI: The Fundies - Part 5: Breath)

January 09, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-vi-5/ An 80/20 Look at How To Optimize Your Breathing for Calm, Focused Energy (Aka Energized Tranquility!). In Module VI.5, having explored the 80/20 of Eating, Moving, and Sleeping, we turn our attention to another potenti...

10 Big Ideas to Optimize Your Sleep (An 80/20 Look at Why We Sleep, Why We Don't Sleep, and How To Optimize Our #1 Fundie)

January 08, 2021 08:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-vi-4/ An 80/20 Look at Why We Sleep, Why We Don't Sleep, and How To Optimize Our #1 Fundie. In Module VI.4, we learn that Sleep isn't just a pillar of optimizing, it's the foundation on which all of our fundamentals rest! (I...

10 Big Ideas to Optimize Your Movement (An 80/20 Guide To Becoming an Energized Perpetual Motion Machine)

January 07, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-vi-3/ An 80/20 Guide To Becoming an Energized Perpetual Motion Machine. In Module VI.3, we learn how to take advantage of the time-released, well-being power tool of exercise while also finding Opportunities-to-Move througho...

10 Big Ideas to Optimize Your Nutrition (An 80/20 Look at Optimal Nutrition)

January 06, 2021 08:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-vi-2/ An 80/20 Look at Optimal Nutrition. In Module VI.2, we explore the importance of optimizing our nutrition to become (even more!) radiantly alive. We remind ourselves that there is no "the" way—especially for nutrition—...

Mastery Series Module V: Algorithms - Part 4: Top 10 Power Algorithms

January 03, 2021 08:00 - 9 minutes - 8.69 MB

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Mastery Series Module V: Algorithms - Part 3: Delete

January 02, 2021 08:00 - 9 minutes - 9.09 MB

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Mastery Series Module V: Algorithms - Part 2: Install

January 01, 2021 08:00 - 7 minutes - 6.84 MB

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10 Big Ideas to Optimize Your Habits

December 31, 2020 08:00 - 7 minutes - 7.31 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-v-1/ Using Our Willpower Wisely To Install Habits That Run on Autopilot. In Module V.1, we learn how to install and delete algorithms (aka habits!) that will make it easy for you to show up as your best self. We need to get ...

Mastery Series Module IV: Carpe Diem - Part 7: Carpe Weekem (Preview)

December 30, 2020 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB

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Mastery Series Module IV: Carpe Diem - Part 6: Love (Preview)

December 29, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

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My Top 3 PROSPERITY Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#12)

December 29, 2020 00:56 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB

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 my Top 3 PROSPERITY Books of All Time: https://www.optimize.me/top3/prosperity #1: Spiritual Economics by Eric Butterworth → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/spiritual-economics-eric-butterworth/ #2: The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/the-scien...

Mastery Series Module IV: Carpe Diem - Part 5: Work (Preview)

December 27, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: Going Deep Pre-Inputs With 100% Presence. With our Energy Optimized, we’re ready to go Deep and give ourselves most fully to the world via deep, meaningful work. We’ll talk about how to go Deep, discover our idiosyncratic rhythms and track our awesome via our Ca...

10 Big Ideas to Optimize Your Energy (Create Rhythms. Train Your Recovery. Flip the Switch.)

December 26, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB

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Install Your AM Protocol to Win the Day Early (10 Big Ideas from The Optimize Mastery Series Module IV: Carpe Diem - Part 3: The AM Bookend)

December 25, 2020 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.59 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-iv-3/ Install AM Protocol & Win the Day Early. With a solid PM Bookend installed, we’re ready to show up like a Boss in the morning—waking up feeling energized and ready to do some of our most important Big 3 goodness BEFORE...

Masterpiece Days Begin the Night Before (10 Big Ideas from Module IV: Carpe Diem - Part 2: The PM Bookend)

December 24, 2020 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.68 MB

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Today's the Day To Create Emotional Stamina via Masterpiece Days (10 Big Ideas from Mastery Series Module IV: Carpe Diem - Part 1: The Big Picture) (Preview)

December 22, 2020 08:00 - 9 minutes - 8.78 MB

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My Top 3 CELEBRATING Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#11)

December 21, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB

Here are my Top 3 CELEBRATING Books of All Time: https://www.optimize.me/top3/celebrating Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) #1: Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff, Ph.D. → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/gratitude-works-robert-emmons/ #2: Gratitude Works! by Robert A. Emmons → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/gratitude-works-robert-emmon...

Energy + Work + Love x Identity + Virtues + Behaviors (10 Big Ideas from Mastery Series Module III: The Big 3 (x 2) (Preview)

December 21, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes - 8.21 MB

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Mastery Series Module II: Hero-ology - Part 3: Scientific Target Practice (Preview)

December 20, 2020 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.9 MB

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10 Big Ideas from Hero-ology - Part 2: Training & Tools (Module II of the Optimize Mastery Series) (Preview)

December 19, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes - 7.94 MB

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The Study of a Good Hero and How To Create Antifragile Confidence + Heroic Courage + Response-Ability (via Module II.1 of The Optimize Mastery Series) (Preview)

December 18, 2020 08:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB

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The Study of a Good Soul and How To Operationalize Virtue via Ancient Wisdom + Modern Science + Practical Optimizing Tools (Preview)

December 17, 2020 08:00 - 10 minutes - 10 MB

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Free Overview of The Optimize Mastery Series

December 16, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 99.5 MB

Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-o/ A Welcome and Invitation To Commit. In the introduction to the Optimize Mastery Series and Optimize Coach program, we learn the process for expressing the Optimize = Optimus = Best = Eudaimon = Hero versions of ourselves m...

My Top 3 FOCUSING Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!)

December 14, 2020 20:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

Here are my Top 3 FOCUSING Books of All Time: #1: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport #2: Irresistible by Adam Alter #3: Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday More on why + a Big-Idea from each of those books in this video: https://youtu.be/eHMnL7MCMrs

My Top 3 BREATHING Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#9)

December 07, 2020 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

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 my Top 3 BREATHING Books of All Time: https://www.optimize.me/top3/breathing #1: The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/the-oxygen-advantage-patrick-mckeown/ #2: Breath by James Nestor → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/breath-james-nestor/ #3: True to Form...

My Top 3 SLEEPING Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#8)

November 30, 2020 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

Hope | The Best Bridge? (#948) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/despair-hope/\n- +1: Sleep Efficiency | Want 8 Hours? Be in Bed for 9! (#913) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/sleep-efficiency/\n- +1: Foundation vs. Pillars | Our #1 Fundie? Sleep! (#911) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/foundation-vs-pillars/\n\n#2: THE SLEEP REVOLUTION by Arianna Huffington\n- +1: Sleeping with Tom Brady | And Roger Federer and LeBron James (#629) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/sleeping-with-tom-b...

My Top 3 WEIGHT LOSS Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#6)

November 16, 2020 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

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My Top 3 NUTRITION Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#5)

November 09, 2020 08:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

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 my Top 3 NUTRITION Books of All Time: https://www.optimize.me/top3/nutrition #1: Food Fix by Mark Hyman, M.D. → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/food-fix-mark-hyman/ #2: The Happiness Diet by Tyler Graham & Drew Ramsey, M.D. → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/the-happiness-diet-tyler-graham-dre...

PNTV: The Power of Your Breath by Anders Olsson

November 03, 2020 08:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

PNTV: Many Ways to Say I Love You by Mister Rogers (#426)

October 31, 2020 07:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

This is our third Note on (Mister) Fred Rogers’ books. I read all three over the course of a week after falling in love with the man via the wonderful documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? This book, as per the sub-title, is all about “Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers.” Like the other books we’ve featured, it’s a super quick-reading and equally inspiring collection of brief wisdom gems from our beloved neighbor. I loved it. And, I’ve been enjoying channeling Mister Rogers’ ...

PNTV: The World According to Mister Rogers by Mister Rogers (#425)

October 28, 2020 07:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB

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 The World According to Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers. Hope you enjoy! Did you know that Fred Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister who was given the unique charge of working with children and families through television? Yep. Since watching the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, I...

My Top 3 ANCIENT WISDOM Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!)

October 26, 2020 07:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Here are my Top 3 ANCIENT WISDOM Books of All Time: #1: The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle #2: Discourses and Selected Writings by Epictetus #3: The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran More on why + a Big-Idea from each of those books in this video: https://youtu.be/eHMnL7MCMrs

PNTV: You Are Special by Mister Rogers (#424)

October 25, 2020 07:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

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 You Are Special by Fred Rogers. Hope you enjoy! I got this book after watching the wonderful (!) documentary on Mister Rogers called Won’t You Be My Neighbor? It's a collection of wisdom gems from various sources-a quick-reading portal into Mister Rogers’ brain that has an amazingly cal...

PNTV: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (#423)

October 22, 2020 07:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

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 The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. Hope you enjoy! Joseph Campbell was an American author and teacher best known for his work in the field of comparative mythology. If you’ve ever heard of the “Hero’s Journey,” you have him and his lifelong commitment to studying mytholo...

My Top 3 HABITS Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#2)

October 19, 2020 07:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB

Here are my Top 3 HABITS Books of All Time: #1: Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg #2: Atomic Habits by James Clear #3: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy LISTEN for More on why + a Big-Idea from each of those books!

My Top 3 BEST Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!)

October 12, 2020 07:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Here are my Top 3 BEST Books of All Time: #1: The Tools by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels #2: Deep Work by Cal Newport #3: Happy Together by Suzie and James Pawelski LISTEN for More on why + a Big-Idea from each of those books!

Guests

Cal Newport
4 Episodes
Michael Gelb
4 Episodes
David Allen
2 Episodes
David Perlmutter
2 Episodes
Katy Bowman
2 Episodes
Kelly McGonigal
2 Episodes
Marie Forleo
2 Episodes
Patrick McKeown
2 Episodes
Ryan Holiday
2 Episodes
Stephen Guise
2 Episodes
Tal Ben-Shahar
2 Episodes
Todd Henry
2 Episodes
Alan Cohen
1 Episode
Amy Cuddy
1 Episode
Anthony Rao
1 Episode
Brad Stulberg
1 Episode
Chris Guillebeau
1 Episode
Dallas Hartwig
1 Episode
Dr. Daniel Amen
1 Episode
Grant Cardone
1 Episode
Hal Elrod
1 Episode
Jeff Goins
1 Episode
Jocelyn Glei
1 Episode
Jonathan Haidt
1 Episode
Kristin Neff
1 Episode
Leif Babin
1 Episode
Leonardo da Vinci
1 Episode
Lewis Howes
1 Episode
Neil Pasricha
1 Episode
Patricia Ryan
1 Episode
Paul Napper
1 Episode
Robert Greene
1 Episode
Rory Vaden
1 Episode
Scott Adams
1 Episode
Shawn Stevenson
1 Episode
Steven Kotler
1 Episode
Todd Herman
1 Episode
Tom Morris
1 Episode
Tony Schwartz
1 Episode
Tripp Lanier
1 Episode

Books

First Things First
2 Episodes
The Power of Myth
1 Episode

Twitter Mentions

@heroicbrian 70 Episodes
@eliudkipchoge 1 Episode