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
Aug 16, 2015 • 11min
PNTV - The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle by Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn influenced a generation of self-help gurus and this book lays out his "five major keys for the life puzzle." We'll take a quick look at your life philosophy, what you're doing with the 86,400 ticks each day, how to finish before you start as you design your ideal life and other such goodness.
Aug 16, 2015 • 14min
PNTV - The Rhythm of Life by Matthew Kelly
The-best-version-of-yourself. That's what Matthew Kelly is committed to helping us become and that's what this book is all about. In the Note, we have fun getting in tune with the Rhythms of Life as we explore the fact that everything is a choice, look at what we want to give our WHOLE life to and discover the mojo of great questions.
Aug 16, 2015 • 11min
PNTV - The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
Would you like to be the greatest version of you? Og Mandino's classic can help with that. The best selling book on sales ever written is really a fun fable about how to achieve success in any/ever domain. In the Note, we unroll the "10 ancient scrolls" of wisdom to discover that obstacles are our friends, good habits are essential and other such goodness.
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Aug 16, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale
Unpack the wisdom of 'The Strangest Secret' by Earl Nightingale. Explore the importance of setting goals and having a clear plan in life. Learn about the power of checklists and productivity. Discover how clear goals contribute to success and fulfillment.
Aug 16, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Improv Wisdom by Patricia Ryan Madson
This is one of Steven Pressfield's favorite books. When I heard that, I immediately got it. Brilliant. Patricia Ryan Madson is Emerita of Stanford University where she taught for three decades in the Drama Department. We'll have fun looking at her 13 maxims for improv living from this quick-reading, fun, smart, practical book.
Aug 16, 2015 • 14min
PNTV - Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Nonviolent Communication has sold over 1,000,000 copies. Why? It works. There are four key components to NVC: Observations + Feelings + Needs + Requests. In this Note, we'll take a quick look at each of them along with some other Big Ideas to communicate more compassionately.
Aug 16, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Play by Stuart Brown, MD
Play! Stuart Brown, one of the world's leading play researchers, tells us that it's more important than you may think. We'll take a quick look at why it's so important, why you don't want to be a sea squirt and how to make your life one big sand box while infusing more joy into your life.
Aug 16, 2015 • 13min
PNTV - The ONE Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan
The ONE Thing. What's yours? Gary Keller (his Keller-Williams real estate is THE largest real estate company in the world--I bet that was a ONE Thing goal at some point!) shares his wisdom in this BRILLIANT book. We'll have fun exploring a few of my favorite Big Ideas: dominoes + extreme Pareto and other goodness.
Aug 16, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - He Can Who Thinks He Can by Orison Swett Marden
Do you think you can or do you think you can't? As Henry Ford told us, either way you're right. Orison Swett Marden (who created Success magazine) walks us thru some old-school no-nonsense mojo in this great little book. In the Note, we'll look at the power of being a functional dreamer and bringing ourselves to a 212 degree boil!
Aug 16, 2015 • 37min
PNTV - An Undefeated Mind with Alex Lickerman, MD
How'd you like to have an undefeated mind while constructing an indestructible self? (I'll take 'em!) Alex Lickerman, MD shows us how--blending Western science with practical Eastern mysticism in this powerful book. In the Note, we'll explore how to find your mission and turn poison into medicine.
