Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

In our last couple +1s, we flipped through my notes from session number 150-something with my Yoda/spiritual Godfather Phil Stutz.   On page one we had: “Success doesn’t matter in this world, commitment does.”   On the middle of page three we had: “Real enthusiasm is passing through the worst and realizing it’s the best.”   Looking at the bottom of page three, we see: “How you react to dramatic things is good. How you react to SMALL things is GREAT! That’s where the power is.”   As I reread my messy writing, I actually remember asking Phil to hold on a second so I could write that down. (Hah. Seriously.)   I repeat: “How you react to dramatic things is good. How you react to SMALL things is GREAT! That’s where the power is.”   As we’ve discussed, Phil (and all great teachers, really) is ALL ABOUT the SMALL THINGS.    He calls our moment-to-moment experiences (with ourselves and others) “micro transactions.” Although we tend to ignore them and think only the “big” stuff is “really”