Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

With all this talk about sports heroes and scoring touchdowns and winning forever, I think it’s time to remind ourselves that sports simply provide the perfect (over-simplified) context for SPIRITUAL truths.    That’s why we love watching the Olympics, Super Bowls and World Cups so much. When we watch an athlete performing at their absolute (optimus!) best we’re simply reminded of our own heroic potential.   Of course, we want to make sure we get off the couch and get into the arena of life and use their demonstration of greatness as an inspiration for our own pursuit of excellence (rather than as mere entertainment by people who are somehow gifted in ways in which we aren’t).   (Remember: According to Anders Ericsson, the preeminent researcher on what makes great people great: We ALL have “The Gift.”)   So…   Bringing it back the spiritual arena, Today we’re going to talk about Rumi.   As you may know, Rumi was one of the greatest spiritual beings in history and his beautiful poetry is beloved