Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

In our last couple +1s, we’ve been having fun spending some time with former Navy SEAL Commander and perennial wolf-tamer, Mark Divine.   Most recently, we named our Courage wolf, “Daimon” and our Fear wolf, “Demon.”   (As Dan Siegel and other mindfulness neuroscientists would say: It’s always wise to “Name It to Tame It!”)   I mentioned the fact that I made a note on a piece of paper to make sure I included this Idea in our Mastery Series session on How to Create Antifragile Confidence, Heroic Courage and Response-Ability.   I had a bunch of other ideas already on that sheet of paper.   You know what I had written RIGHT ABOVE “The Two Wolves | Name ‘Em!”?    “Learned Helplessness vs. Learned Optimism.”   The story I’ll tell for THAT wisdom is basically all about Martin Seligman’s research that we discuss in our Notes on Learned Optimism and in this +1 on How to Learn Optimism.   The weird part?   Recall Mark’s description of what happens when we constantly feed the fear wolf: “If you