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
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Paulo Coelho - All Books!
A lively tour of Paulo Coelho’s big ideas about desire as the universe speaking and how true longing brings the ability to act. Courage and the heart’s role in facing fear get spotlighted. The conversation celebrates extraordinariness as everyone’s birthright and treats scars as proud signs of growth. Practical tips stress staying humble near the finish and enjoying the journey while moving forward.
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Overachievement by John Eliot
A lively tour of the trusting mindset vs. practiced training and how presence unlocks peak performance. Playful examples like squirrels, key tossing, and golf show being in the moment. Reframes stress as usable fuel and separates physical arousal from interpretation. Encourages dreaming big, embracing audacity, and using an 'angel's advocate' exercise to imagine ideal outcomes.
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Loving What Is by Byron Katie
A brisk survey of Byron Katie's core ideas about stopping resistance to reality and ending personal suffering. Short frameworks like the four questions and the three types of 'business' get highlighted. Stressful thoughts are reframed as compassionate alarms. Practical rules include cleaning your inner lens, quitting 'should' stories, and focusing on the very next thing.
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Integrative Nutrition by Joshua Rosenthal
A conversation about personalized nutrition and why one-size-fits-all diets fail. Shocking public health stats highlight the cost of neglecting prevention. The idea of aiming beyond mere health toward thriving and strength is explored. Practical habits like hydration, more leafy greens, and crowding out junk food are discussed. The importance of 'primary foods' such as relationships, work, spirituality, and exercise is emphasized.
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
A lively dive into seven da Vinci-inspired habits for creative thinking. A transformative
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff
A dive into what it means to be happy for no reason and how inner spaciousness differs from moodless bliss. Discussion of the idea that happiness can be practiced rather than chased. Explanations of automatic negative thoughts and how repetitive thinking skews emotion. Practical themes like gratitude, tiny kaizen steps, and choosing where to place attention.
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Gay and Katie Hendricks
They explore relationships as skills you can study and practice. The power of appreciation and how valuing someone actually increases their worth. The importance of a 5:1 ratio of positive to negative interactions for thriving partnerships. Practical practices like regular appreciations, truth-telling rituals, recommitting, and taking full responsibility for your part.
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Focal Point by Brian Tracy
Practical strategies for taking responsibility and becoming more proactive in daily life. How tough early discipline dissolves old habits and makes progress easier. Identifying one high-impact habit to start or stop as a compass for change. Using zero-based thinking to reassess choices like jobs and relationships. Simple planning and single-touch focus tactics to save time and close open loops.
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Everyday Enlightenment by Dan Millman
A tour through twelve gateways to personal growth, from discovering true self-worth to making good habits effortless. Practical tactics for turning vision into action and simplifying habits get highlighted. A shift from seizing the day to seizing the moment and treating emotions like weather are explored. Fear, courage, pain versus suffering, and creating more enlightened moments are also discussed.
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Aug 14, 2015 • 12min
PNTV - Constructive Living by David K. Reynold
A lively dive into Constructive Living and its mix of Zen wisdom with Western psychotherapy. Short, practical principles link feelings and behavior. Emphasis on accepting emotions and then asking, "Now what needs to be done?" Action and posture are shown as tools to change mood. Focus on next steps, baby steps, and acting courageously despite fear.
