Sinopsis
OPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson features the best Big Ideas from the best optimal living books. More wisdom in less time to help you live your greatest life. (Learn more at optimize.me.)
Episodios
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Interview: The Coaching Habit with Michael Bungay Stanier
29/02/2016 Duración: 36minMichael Bungay Stanier is one of the world's leading coaches. Join us we chat about some of the Big Ideas from his new book: The Coaching Habit!
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Habits 101: How to Discover Your Super Powers and Create Habits that Will Change Your Life (Intro)
26/02/2016 Duración: 07minAristotle tells us: "We are what repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act but a HABIT." It's not about living at your best every once in a while. It's about rockin' it day in and day out. Making it who you are. A habit. That's what this class is all about. We'll help you identify and install your #1 keystone habit while learning how to tap into your superpowers and create habits that will change your life.
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Interview: The Science of Success with Matthew Syed
04/02/2016 Duración: 34minWhat do you think about excellence? Do you think it’s primarily driven by natural, inborn talent? Or, do you think that it’s primarily driven by effort? Matthew Syed tells us that’s a very important decision that has a broad impact on how we show up and shows us how to Bounce into our highest potential. Big Ideas we explore include: the iceberg illusion, 1 million balls, doublethink and the importance of purposeful practice + the growth mindset.
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Interview: The Right Kind of Crazy by Adam Steltzner
19/01/2016 Duración: 32minAdam Steltzner is the right kind of crazy. How else do you figure out a sky crane to drop a rover on Mars? (Hah.) In this book, he walks us through "A true story of teamwork, leadership, and high-stakes innovation." Big Ideas we cover include the power of holding on to the doubt (#HOTTD!), embracing the Dark Room, working out and shopping at Radio Shack on Mars.
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Interview: Multiply Your Time with Rory Vaden
16/01/2016 Duración: 35minRory Vaden has written two great books I love: Take the Stairs + Procrastinate on Purpose. In this chat, we have fun exploring some of my favorite Big Ideas from each to help us learn how to Multiply Time!
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Masterpiece Days 101: How to Create a Great Life One Great Day at a Time (Intro)
09/01/2016 Duración: 05minGreat lives (and great 2016s!) are created one great day at a time. Here’s how to rock it. Get the Workbook + watch the full Masterpiece Days 101 class at brianjohnson.me
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PNTV: Presence by Amy Cuddy
05/01/2016 Duración: 19minAmy Cuddy is awesome. Her TED talk is the 2nd most popular ever. This book is just as good. Learn the science of cultivating your personal power to bring your boldest self to your biggest challenges. Big Ideas we explore: self-affirmation theory, priming + nudges, the magic of expanding your body to increase your power, iHunch (how’s yours?), and the boldest you.
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Greatest Year Ever 101: How to Make 2016 the Best Year of Your Life (Intro)
28/12/2015 Duración: 07minThis is an introduction to our newest Master Class: Greatest Year Ever 101: How to Make 2016 the Best Year of Your Life and Create an Unending String of Such Awesome Years. :) Get instant access to the full class plus a ton of other goodness as a member. Sign up here: https://brianjohnson.me/membership/
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Micro Class - Self-theories: 2 Frameworks + 2 Goals
17/12/2015 Duración: 06minCarol Dweck tells us we can have 2 different frameworks to approach intelligence and achievement. Each has its own goal. Here they are. (P.S. Choose wisely!)
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Micro Class - Anxietivity
15/12/2015 Duración: 04minCreativity and anxiety go together. Anxietivity. Let’s remember that a meaningful life in which we’re flourishing and giving ourselves most fully to the world involves stress.
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Interview: Deep Work with Cal Newport
12/12/2015 Duración: 29minDeep Work. It’s the key to how you get So Good They Can’t Ignore You—which, of course, is the title of another one of Cal’s great books. Big Ideas include Deep Work vs. Shallow Work, how to give your neurons a workout, cleaning up attention residue, the four rules of deep work, finding the routine that works for you and learning how to shut down completely.
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Micro Class - Passion: Naive vs. Informed
10/12/2015 Duración: 04minNaive passion is *great*!! Right up to the first obstacle. Then our hero tiptoes out the back door. We need the courage of informed passion.
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PNTV - Are You Fully Charged? by Tom Rath
09/12/2015 Duración: 15minAre you fully charged? Tom Rath tells us it’s all about what we do DAILY and that if we want to improve the quality of our lives (and sense of aliveness!), we need to focus on optimizing three key conditions: Meaning + Interactions + Energy. Big Ideas we explore include the meaning equation, doubling down on your talents, embracing the 500 million moments of our lives, and The iPhone Effect.
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Micro Class - Desirable Difficulty
08/12/2015 Duración: 05minMalcolm Gladwell tells us some difficulties can be desirable. How about yours?
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PNTV: Maximize Your Potential by Jocelyn K. Glei
07/12/2015 Duración: 17minThis is the second of the three books currently in 99U Book Series. (We cover them all.) Big Ideas we explore in this one include putting yourself into permanent beta, making a decision and then working hard to prove yourself right Peyton Manning style, expanding the amplitude of the waves you make and becoming the Better You.
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PNTV - Make Your Mark by Jocelyn K. Glei
04/12/2015 Duración: 15minThis is the third installment in 99U’s book series on the “missing curriculum” for creative leaders. Like the other two, it’s a collection of short essays by great leaders + creators + writers. The content is organized in four domains: 1) Defining your purpose + 2) Building your product + 3) Serving your customers + 4) Leading your team. Big Ideas we explore include purpose, eating your own dog food (aka making something YOU are excited to use), serving profoundly, character as your #1 asset and the power of just getting started!
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Micro Class - 50 lbs for an A
02/12/2015 Duración: 05minImagine a ceramics teacher splitting a class in two: One group is graded for quantity, the other for quality. Which one do you think creates the bet stuff? (Hint: Think quantity. :)
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Interview: Mindsight with Dr. Dan Siegel
29/11/2015 Duración: 36minMindsight. It's the seventh sense you didn't know you had! Can you pay attention to the inner workings of your own mind? That's what Dr. Dan Siegel, one of the world's leading neuroscientists + psychotherapists, helps us do in this phenomenal book. We'll explore Big Ideas ranging from the basics of brain hygiene to the power of integration and how to live with more flexibility and coherence as we leverage the best of modern neuroscience.