Synopsis
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.)
Episodes
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PNTV: Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins (#416)
20/09/2021 Duration: 20minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins. Hope you enjoy! David Goggins is a former Navy SEAL (and Army Ranger) who used to hold a Guinness World Record for completing 4,030 pull-ups in 17 hours. These days he’s setting records as an ultra-endurance athlete. But he wasn’t always Mr. Superhero. In this great autobiographical self-help book, David walks us through his transformation from being a 297-pound exterminator to a “Who IS this guy?!” superhero. If you’re into SUPER (!!!) intense demonstrations of how to conquer ourselves to do the seemingly impossible (and don’t mind a stream of f-bombs—lol) then I think you’ll love this book as much as I did. Big Ideas we explore include: The Accountability Mirror, bringing your best (when you feel the worst), hero callouses (let failures toughen you up!), the process (how to g
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Alex Korb, Ph.D, on the Importance of Self-Compassion
17/09/2021 Duration: 02minOptimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach Optimize: https://optimize.me
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Psychotherapist Phil Stutz Shares Three Laws That Govern the Universe
16/09/2021 Duration: 02minOptimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach Optimize: https://optimize.me
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Cynthia Occelli on What Allows Us to Be Extraordinary in Our Capacity for Massive Transformation
15/09/2021 Duration: 03minOptimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach Optimize: https://optimize.me
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Brian, Have You Ever Felt Under-Qualified as a Teacher?
14/09/2021 Duration: 04minOptimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach Optimize: https://optimize.me
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Alex Korb, Ph.D on the Value of Controlling What We Can Control
13/09/2021 Duration: 02minOptimize Coach - Class VII starts October 4th. Join us! - Team Optimize Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach Optimize: https://optimize.me
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Do Coaches Always Need to Have the Answer? Valorie Burton Says...
12/09/2021 Duration: 03minOptimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach Optimize: https://optimize.me
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Nothing Can Make Mike Hayes, Navy SEAL, Have a Bad Day. Here’s Why...
11/09/2021 Duration: 02minOptimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach Optimize: https://optimize.me
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Enjoy the First Module of the Mastery Series From the Optimize Coach Program
10/09/2021 Duration: 01h47minOptimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach Optimize: https://optimize.me
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PNTV: The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin (#344)
10/09/2021 Duration: 13minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "The Art of Learning" by Josh Waitzkin. Hope you enjoy! Josh Waitzkin is an extraordinary human. Ever heard of the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer? That’s the story of Josh life. Literally. After a childhood and young adulthood spent dominating chess, Josh then went on to master Tai Chi and became a World Champion. But what he REALLY became was a master of learning and peak performance. Big Ideas we explore include the two approaches to leaning, the downward spiral (what it is and how to avoid it), honoring your unique disposition, investing in loss, knowing your goal (decent, good, great, among best!), the power of stress and recovery and the ultimate secret of mastery.
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PNTV: Food Rules by Michael Pollan (#323)
08/09/2021 Duration: 13minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "Food Rules" by Michael Pollan. Hope you enjoy! Michael Pollan is the author of a number of New York Times best-selling books on nutrition. In 2010, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world. If you’re looking for a SUPER compact, witty look at the primary rules on how to eat well, this is it. It’s a fun, witty, concise guide to eating well featuring 64 food rules structured around Pollan’s seven words of wisdom: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Big Ideas we explore include the 2 Facts of nutrition everyone can agree on, Rule #1, why low-fat made us fat, and the final rule (#64).
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PNTV: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman (#299)
07/09/2021 Duration: 15minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work" by John Gottman. Hope you enjoy! Want to make your relationship work? Then you’d be wise to turn toward the world’s leading researcher on the science of what makes love work: John Gottman. This book has sold over 1 million copies and it’s easy to see why. Big Ideas we explore: How Gottman can predict divorce with 91% accuracy (in < 15 minutes), a quick look at the 7 principles, the power of cherishing your partner, turning toward (and not being a tech rat), how to solve the solvable problems and starting “I love you” with the “I.”
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PNTV: Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh (#204)
02/09/2021 Duration: 10minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "Fear" by Thich Nhat Hanh. Hope you enjoy! A Vietnamese Buddhist Zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh is, essentially, a living saint. In this great little book, Nhat Hanh delivers his essential wisdom on how to navigate the storms of life with more grace and poise as we cultivate fearlessness/nonfear. Big Ideas range from breathing in the moment, reflecting on interbeingness (= huge), and enhancing our energy of mindfulness and concentration.
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PNTV: Getting Things Done by David Allen (#124)
01/09/2021 Duration: 11minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) "Getting Things Done" by David Allen = magic sauce. Here are a few of my favorite Big Ideas from the classic book on The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. Hope you enjoy! Getting Things Done. This is like the Bible of personal productivity. And David Allen is our wise sage, walking us thru the powerful systems to help us master the art of stress-free productivity. In the Note, we'll explore how to clear our heads (mind like water!), play the 2-minute game, get our inbox to zero and envision + plan for success.
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PNTV: What to Say When You Talk to Yourself by Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D. (#231)
30/08/2021 Duration: 12minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "What to Say When You Talk to Yourself" by Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D. Hope you enjoy! What do you say when you talk to yourself? Is it empowering? Or not so much? Shad Helmstetter tells us nothing matters quite as much as that. Big Ideas include why and how we need to upgrade our programming, the 5 levels of Self-Talk, and conquering our greatest challenge.
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PNTV: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (#209)
27/08/2021 Duration: 11minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg. Hope you enjoy! Habits. They’re powerful. And, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg is a very cool look at why we have them, how they work, and what we can do to change them. The book is an incredibly well-written, fun read and it’s packed with great stories and wisdom and I think you’ll dig it. In this Note, we’ll take a quick peek at the basic aspects of a habit loop (cue + routine + reward), how you can get a cue, what a keystone habit is (and why you should care), the importance of believing you can change and the fact that every habit is malleable. Fun!
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PNTV: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma (#43)
25/08/2021 Duration: 10minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma. He is one of the world's top leadership gurus and one of my favorite teachers. In this PN TV episode, we'll have fun looking at a few of my favorite Big Ideas from his wise, inspiring fable: "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari." Hope you dig it!
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PNTV: Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz (#18)
23/08/2021 Duration: 10minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Get your inner "steersman" on in this PN TV episode as we explore a few of my favorite Big Ideas from the classic "Psycho-Cybernetics"! :) Maxwell Maltz was a plastic surgeon who saw just how important our self-image is to our well being and introduced some Big Ideas on how to tap into the power of our subconscious minds. In this Note, we'll explore the science of guided missiles and see how that ties into our day-to-day lives (hint: goals are *really* important) and the fact that we need to re-hypnotize ourselves if we wanna get our mojo on.
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PNTV: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie (#15)
20/08/2021 Duration: 09minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie. If you've ever had a worry or two, I think you'll dig some of my favorite Big Ideas from Dale Carnegie's classic book "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living"! Have you ever worried more than you'd like? (Me, too.) In this Note, we'll explore some *really* Big Ideas on how to stop worrying and start living—including the importance of rest (did you know our hearts rest way more than they work every day? (Me, either.)) and how important it is to make decisions and take action!
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PNTV: Staring Down The Wolf by Mark Divine (#418)
19/08/2021 Duration: 16minThis is our third Note on one of Mark Divine's books. Mark is a retired Navy SEAL Commander. He also has twenty-five years of experience as an entrepreneur. In this book, he draws on his decades of leadership experience to teach us the "7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams." Big Ideas we explore include The Two Wolves (which one are YOU feeding?), the. 7 Commitments (Courage + Trust + Respect + Growth + Excellence + Resiliency + Alignment), Falling Down Seven Times (and getting back up eight), Semper Gumby (Always Flexible!), and Your #1 Fear to Stare Down Next (what's yours?).