You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson Raising Heroes: To Win or Learn! (Heroic +1 #1,418)
Feb 7, 2023
Practical parenting tips inspired by Lanny Bassham's Parenting Champions. Embracing being bad before getting good and teaching kids specific goal-setting. Involving children in real work and using rituals to track progress and celebrate wins. Fostering a growth mindset by encouraging challenges and learning from stronger opponents.
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Dad And Son Iterate Plus Ones Together
- Brian Johnson describes writing multiple Plus Ones while his son Emerson helped staple and mark drafts, showing daily practice in progress.
- Emerson stood on a chair to draw a line through the eighth draft and wanted an X, illustrating hands-on involvement in the process.
Use A Visible Progress System And Celebrate
- Use visible systems to manage creative output, like Brian's whiteboard of 30 Plus Ones he crosses off as he completes them.
- Celebrate progress rituals (lines, then X's) to sustain momentum and mark completion.
Child Embraces Growth Mindset Through Chess
- Emerson declares his chess ambition and confidently predicts few people will beat him when he becomes a chess master.
- He immediately recognizes value in playing stronger opponents because "I'm going to learn a ton from them," showing a growth mindset in action.
