17 Dec 2025 · 4 min
Brian Johnson describes his baby Eleanor suddenly cruising after weeks of incremental crawling progress, illustrating how small daily gains accumulate into sudden breakthroughs. He calls these daily improvements "plus ones" and urges listeners to value them, then mentions his Philosopher's Notes and Optimized membership.
You'Re listening to the optymyze with brian johnson podcast unlock the full optymyze experience and join over ten thousand premium members at optimize me hi this is brian welcome back to another optymyze plus one as all parents know one of the most amazing things about having kids is is watching them hit new milestones when one day they can do what was impossible just the day before this recently happened in the johnson house our little baby eleanor went from not being able to crawl to being able to cruise all over the place in what appeared to be the span of twenty four hours of course that's life changing not just for her but for mom and dad as well now as a father who happens to be a lover of wisdom i couldn't help but notice that this huge shift in ability that seemed to be arrived at so suddenly was actually arrived at in an incredibly incremental way of course eleanor has been slowly developing all the requisite strength and skills to be able to crawl and then bam it's on but it's fascinating to reflect on the fact that each of the preceding micro gains didn't make it obvious that something so big was in the works and of course it's the same thing with us we may not see any big results in our lives as we work hard to implement these little plus ones but guess what one day a switch will flip and you'll be able to easily do what was up until that point impossible so here's to the plus ones that lead to the plus ten thousands and here's to making sure the house is officially childproof we've got a baby on the loose isn't it a bit odd that we went from math to science to history but somehow missed the class on how to live for some wacky reason optimal living one hundred one never made the schedule of course it's too late to go back and change that and you're too busy to read full time to catch up but if you're like us you're all about optimizing your life and actualizing your potential so imagine this imagine having someone read the best books on how to optimize your life and pull out the big ideas that can really change your life you know those sections you underline and asterisks and mark all up then imagine that guy me connecting those awesome ideas to other great books and helping you actually apply the wisdom to your life today well that's what i do with something we call philosopher's notes where i've distilled hundreds of great books into twenty minute super practical summaries then imagine me taking the absolute best big ideas from those great books and sharing them with you in hour long optimal living one hundred one classes on everything from productivity purpose and confidence to nutrition goal setting and conquering procrastination helping you optimize every facet of your life so you can actualize your potential you've got a personal trainer i'm kind of like your personal philosopher ancient wisdom plus modern science plus practical tools that's what our optimized membership program is all about if you're feeling it we'd love to have you join us.
