Brian Johnson reframes mistakes as experimental data, not failures. He offers a three-step practice: identify what went wrong, extract the lesson, rehearse the better choice. The ancient Greek hero was a protector, and Johnson argues that love, compassion, and service are the real heroic strengths.
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You're listening to the Optymyze with Brian Johnson podcast. Unlock the full Optymyze experience and join over 10,000 premium members at Optimize Me. Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Optymyze one. Continuing our mistake theme from the last plus one, here's the deal. When we approach making mistakes with the right mindset that would be a growth experimental mindset, we come to realize that those mistakes are precious. The data we get on what doesn't work is literally priceless. Therefore, never beat yourself up about a mistake. Simply remind yourself that we either win or we learn and that no movie was ever shot from start to to finish without a ton of retakes. Then say to yourself, needs work as you rewind your game film, see yourself executing the oops scene perfectly and then get back at it. Repeat forever. So practical reflection time. What was your last mistake? What did you learn? Run it through our little mistake process above and and plus Want it Do you know what the word hero meant in ancient Greek? Get this. It didn't mean tough guy or killer of bad guys. It meant protector. A hero has strength for two A hero's secret weapon? Love. Compassion. Empathy. Quite simply, a hero cares. And very importantly, a hero is willing to do the work required to optimize and build the strength to make a difference in their family, families, communities and world. And you know what? Our world needs heroes today more than ever before. We need you to be a hero. Helping you optimize your life so you can actualize your heroic potential is what optimize is all about. We have dozens of what we call wisdom packs to help you optimize every facet of your life, from getting more clarity on your purpose to setting and achieving goals, dialing in your energy with the best wisdom on nutrition, movement, sleep and meditation, and creating grounded confidence and the ability to show up at your best day in and day out. Our Wisdom packs are filled with hundreds of Philosopher's Notes which are 20 minute book summaries that help you apply the most powerful ideas from the best books to your life today. And members get dozens of hour long masterclasses to master the most important facets of their lives. Every hero has a guide on their hero's journey. Harry Potter had Dumbledore, Dorothy had the Good Witch of the North, Luke Skywalker had Obi Wan Kenobi and Yoda. I'm kind of like your virtual Obi Wan with a little less hair and well, no lightsabers. But otherwise, or perhaps more accurately, I'm kind of like your philosopher guide who stuffs your wisdom packs with all the best ancient wisdom plus modern science, plus practical tools from all the best Yodas, Dumbledores, good witches out there so that you're supercharged and ready to rock your epic heroic quest. If that sounds like fun, we'd love to have you join us. Optimize your heroic potential actualized.
