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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My Top 3 PROSPERITY Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#12)
29/12/2020 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 my Top 3 PROSPERITY Books of All Time: https://www.optimize.me/top3/prosperity #1: Spiritual Economics by Eric Butterworth → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/spiritual-economics-eric-butterworth/ #2: The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/the-science-of-getting-rich-wallace-wattles/ #3: Wealth Warrior by Steve Chandler → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/wealth-warrior-steve-chandler/ Get Spiritual Economics by Eric Butterworth on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Economics-Principles-Process-Prosperity/dp/087159269X?tag=entheos06-20 Get The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Getting-Rich-Thrifty-Book/dp/1604598875?tag=entheos06-20 Get Wealth Warrior by Steve Chandler on Amazon: https://www.amaz
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Mastery Series Module IV: Carpe Diem - Part 5: Work (Preview)
27/12/2020 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!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: Going Deep Pre-Inputs With 100% Presence. With our Energy Optimized, we’re ready to go Deep and give ourselves most fully to the world via deep, meaningful work. We’ll talk about how to go Deep, discover our idiosyncratic rhythms and track our awesome via our Carpe Diem journal. Whether you’re a startup CEO or a stay-at-home supermom, we’ll be creating a ton of flow via deliberate, intentional, deep and meaningful work.
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10 Big Ideas to Optimize Your Energy (Create Rhythms. Train Your Recovery. Flip the Switch.)
26/12/2020 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!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-iv-4/ Create Rhythms. Train Your Recovery. Flip the Switch.. With our AM and PM Bookends coming together, we’re ready to Optimize our Energy throughout the day. Too many of us go through our days constantly “on” and, as a result, feeling a sense of what we call “enervated anxiety” (a close relative of burnout and bleh). To help the cause, we’ll teach you how to create a deep sense of “Energized Tranquility” by systematically creating rhythms to our days that enable us to show up as our best selves more and more consistently throughout the day and over the years and decades ahead. (Boom!)
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Install Your AM Protocol to Win the Day Early (10 Big Ideas from The Optimize Mastery Series Module IV: Carpe Diem - Part 3: The AM Bookend)
25/12/2020 Duration: 06minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-iv-3/ Install AM Protocol & Win the Day Early. With a solid PM Bookend installed, we’re ready to show up like a Boss in the morning—waking up feeling energized and ready to do some of our most important Big 3 goodness BEFORE we enter the world of inputs. We’ll begin installing a solid AM protocol, including a meditation and Carpe Diem telos practice and, if you can swing it with your idiosyncratic constraints, some Deep Work, Deep Energy, and Deep Love time blocks.
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Masterpiece Days Begin the Night Before (10 Big Ideas from Module IV: Carpe Diem - Part 2: The PM Bookend)
24/12/2020 Duration: 06minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-iv-2/ Masterpiece Days Begin the Night Before. Now that we know TODAY’S the Day (!!!), it’s time to start at the beginning of our Optimal day—which just so happens to be the END of the prior day. As such, we’re going to start architecting our Masterpiece Day with a solid Shutdown Complete and Digital Sunset protocol. We’ll get better at turning our brains off so we can get to bed earlier and wake up (without an alarm?) nice and early feeling all bright and shiny. (Note: Optimizers consistently tell us THIS session changes lives.)
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My Top 3 CELEBRATING Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#11)
21/12/2020 Duration: 11minHere are my Top 3 CELEBRATING Books of All Time: https://www.optimize.me/top3/celebrating Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) #1: Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff, Ph.D. → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/gratitude-works-robert-emmons/ #2: Gratitude Works! by Robert A. Emmons → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/gratitude-works-robert-emmons/ #3: Pathways to Bliss by Joseph Campbell → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/pathways-to-bliss-joseph-campbell/ Get Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff, Ph.D. on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gratitude-Works-Creating-Emotional-Prosperity/dp/1118131290/ Get Gratitude Works! by Robert A. Emmons on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gratitude-Works-Creating-Emotional-Prosperity/dp/1118131290/ Get Pathways to Bliss by Joseph Campbell on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pathways-Bliss-Mythology-Personal-Transformation/dp/
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Mastery Series Module II: Hero-ology - Part 3: Scientific Target Practice (Preview)
20/12/2020 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!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-ii-3/ Applying the Best of Modern Science To the Study of a Good Hero. In Module II.3 we learn the science of how to make our goals reality via WOOP, increase our motivation, cultivate grit, and Optimize our courage en route to maintaining dynamic tension and dynamic equilibrium while aiming ourselves towards our Universal, Unique, and Ultimate quests.
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10 Big Ideas from Hero-ology - Part 2: Training & Tools (Module II of the Optimize Mastery Series) (Preview)
19/12/2020 Duration: 08minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-ii-2/ Preparing for Our Heroic Quests by Training Like Warriors and Stocking Our Armamentarium With Tools + Weapons + Provisions. In Module II.2, we practice our philosophy with intensity, learn basic orienteering, and equip ourselves with ready-at-hand tools for the journey, including a Virtue Compass, Heroic Healing Balm, Hero Pills, Secret Weapons, Hero Fires, Pearls, Hope Maps, and Hero Bars.
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The Study of a Good Hero and How To Create Antifragile Confidence + Heroic Courage + Response-Ability (via Module II.1 of The Optimize Mastery Series) (Preview)
18/12/2020 Duration: 17minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-ii-1/ The Study of a Good Hero and How To Create Antifragile Confidence + Heroic Courage + Response-Ability. In Module II.1, we define the rules of the game, remind ourselves that we will always (!!!) face challenges, meet our training partners, learn how to use obstacles as fuel for growth, and prepare ourselves to face anything that life throws at us as we give our best in service to others.
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Free Overview of The Optimize Mastery Series
16/12/2020 Duration: 01h48minOptimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Check out the module preview and download the free worksheets at: https://www.optimize.me/coach-module-o/ A Welcome and Invitation To Commit. In the introduction to the Optimize Mastery Series and Optimize Coach program, we learn the process for expressing the Optimize = Optimus = Best = Eudaimon = Hero versions of ourselves more and more consistently, closing the gap between who we’re CAPABLE of being and who we’re ACTUALLY being and giving the world all we’ve got.
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My Top 3 FOCUSING Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!)
14/12/2020 Duration: 15minHere are my Top 3 FOCUSING Books of All Time: #1: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport #2: Irresistible by Adam Alter #3: Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday More on why + a Big-Idea from each of those books in this video:
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My Top 3 BREATHING Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#9)
07/12/2020 Duration: 14minOptimize: 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 my Top 3 BREATHING Books of All Time: https://www.optimize.me/top3/breathing #1: The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/the-oxygen-advantage-patrick-mckeown/ #2: Breath by James Nestor → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/breath-james-nestor/ #3: True to Form by Dr. Eric Goodman → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/true-to-form-eric-goodman/ Get The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Oxygen-Advantage-Scientifically-Breathing-Techniques/dp/0062349457/?tag=entheos06-20 Get Breath by James Nestor on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art/dp/0735213615 Get True to Form by Dr. Eric Goodman on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/True-Form-Foundation-Training-Sustained/dp/0062315315?tag=entheos06-20 ► RELATED RESOURCES: #1:
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My Top 3 SLEEPING Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#8)
30/11/2020 Duration: 12minHope | The Best Bridge? (#948) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/despair-hope/\n- +1: Sleep Efficiency | Want 8 Hours? Be in Bed for 9! (#913) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/sleep-efficiency/\n- +1: Foundation vs. Pillars | Our #1 Fundie? Sleep! (#911) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/foundation-vs-pillars/\n\n#2: THE SLEEP REVOLUTION by Arianna Huffington\n- +1: Sleeping with Tom Brady | And Roger Federer and LeBron James (#629) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/sleeping-with-tom-brady/\n- +1: Making Money BECAUSE You Sleep | Sleeping with Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett (#648) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/making-money-because-you-sleep/\n- +1: Alarms: Work-Down vs. Wake-Up | One’s (at Least!) 10x Better than the Other (#647) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/alarms-work-down-vs-wake-up/\n\n#3: SLEEP SMARTER by Shawn Stevenson\n- +1: Digital Sunset | Bedtime for Your Electronics (#152) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/digital-sunset/\n\n► FREE 14-DAY OPTIMIZE TRIAL:\nGet the PhilosophersNotes
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My Top 3 FITNESS Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#7)
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My Top 3 WEIGHT LOSS Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#6)
16/11/2020 Duration: 12min► FREE 14-DAY OPTIMIZE TRIAL: Get the PhilosophersNotes on these great books and over 600 others by starting a Free 14-Day Optimize trial membership: https://www.optimize.me/trial/ ► MORE GOODNESS: - Get the Optimize App for iPhone & iPad: https://www.optimize.me/apps/ - Get the Optimize App for Android: https://www.optimize.me/apps/ - Subscribe to the Optimize Podcast: https://optimize.me/podcast/ - Follow Optimize on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BriantheOptimizer/ - Follow Optimize on Instagram: https://instagram.com/optimize.me/ - Learn More about Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach/
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My Top 3 NUTRITION Books of All Time (+ a Life-Changing Idea From Each!) (#5)
09/11/2020 Duration: 17minOptimize: 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 my Top 3 NUTRITION Books of All Time: https://www.optimize.me/top3/nutrition #1: Food Fix by Mark Hyman, M.D. → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/food-fix-mark-hyman/ #2: The Happiness Diet by Tyler Graham & Drew Ramsey, M.D. → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/the-happiness-diet-tyler-graham-drew-ramsey/ #3: It Starts With Food by Dallas Hartwig → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/it-starts-with-food-dallas-hartwig-melissa-hartwig/ Get Food Fix by Mark Hyman, M.D. on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Food-Fix-Economy-Communities-Planet-One/dp/031645317X Get The Happiness Diet by Tyler Graham & Drew Ramsey, M.D. on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Diet-Nutritional-Prescription-Energized/dp/1609618971?tag=entheos06-20 Get It Starts With Food by Dallas Hartwig on Amazon: https://www.amazon.c
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