You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson
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)
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 28, 2015 • 6min
Micro Class - How to Deal with Any Problem
Do you have big problem in your life? Hate to break it to you but all that means is that you're being a small person!
Sep 28, 2015 • 17min
PNTV - Be Quick -- But Don't Hurry
Be quick!! But don't hurry. John Wooden repeated that all.the.time to his players in every.single.practice. We need to live with intensity (!), fully showing up and playing at the edge of our abilities WHILE staying centered. Andy Hill walks us through how he learned how to do that playing under Wooden during their dynasty days.
Sep 27, 2015 • 9min
Micro Class - How to Develop Your Intuition + Tap Into Your Inner Wisdom
Fact - We already know. The question is - do we have the courage to trust ourselves and follow our own wisdom? Here are a few exercises and questions to help you tap into your inner wisdom and develop your intuition!
Sep 27, 2015 • 5min
Micro Class - Want to Build Talent? Hit the Sweet Spot
There's a sweet spot between your comfort zone and your survival zone. That's where we want to hang out as we deliberately practice and move to mastery.
Sep 26, 2015 • 6min
Micro Class - +1 or -1 (Which Way Are You Headed?!)
Abraham Maslow tells us that in any given moment we can either step forward into growth or back into safety. +1 or -1. +1 or -1. Here's why those decisions matter and how you can rock it!!
Sep 26, 2015 • 40min
Interview - Today We Are Rich with Tim Sanders
Tim Sanders is awesome. He was the Chief Solutions Officer for Yahoo! back in the day and wrote the uber-cool book Love Is the Killer App. In this interview, we’ll learn how to be truly rich via powerful daily practices as we become healthy-thought nuts and POETs who practice persistence. Fun!
Sep 25, 2015 • 5min
Micro Class - What Are Your #1s?
Want to optimize your life? Try this simple exercise to identify the top things you could *start* doing and *stop* doing that will lead to the most positive impact in your life!!
4 snips
Sep 25, 2015 • 46min
Interview - The Procrastination Equation with Piers Steel
Did you know there’s an equation for Procrastination? Yep. Expectancy x Value / Impulsiveness x Delay = Motivation. Thank you, Piers Steel. In this great book, Piers (a leading researcher on the science of motivation/procrastination) walks us thru the power of that equation. Big Ideas we explore include: Mental Contrasting (and why it beats creative visualization), goal setting (3 scientific keys) and how to add a month of productivity to your year.
Sep 24, 2015 • 16min
Micro Class - How to Figure Out Your Mission in Life (5 Big Ideas + 5 Journal Questions + 5 Tips!)
Want to figure out your mission in life? Here are 5 Big Ideas + 5 journal questions + 5 tips to help you rock it!!!
Sep 24, 2015 • 13min
PNTV - The Little Book of Talent
In The Talent Code, Dan Coyle introduced us to the power of myelin and its role in creating world-class performance. In The Little Book of Talent, he shares 52 uber-practical tips on how to improve our skills. Big Ideas we explore include how to actually deliberately practice (hint: find your sweet spot), the most important skill (hint: get good at actually practicing), playing mental movies, adopting a blue collar mind set and thinking like a gardener while acting like a carpenter.
