Brian Johnson outlines the Mastery Phase of his Optimize Coach program, arguing that mastering six daily fundamentals—eat, move, sleep, breathe, be present, prosper—builds the stable foundation for sustained peak performance. Peak states fade, but the traits built through consistent fundamentals smooth out the highs and lows.
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Optimize plus one. It's hard to believe we're already in the home stretch of the Mastery Phase of our Optimize Coach program. I have a stack of notes on my live lectures that's a couple inches thick and I'm really excited to hit the studio this fall to create a Mastery Series program that will be launching in January 2020 2020. I'm committed to helping us make it the greatest year of our lives. Period. So, as we've discussed, we kicked off the Mastery Phase with a module on Eudaimonology, the study of a good soul. Then we moved on to the big 3 times 2 energy plus work plus love times identity plus virtues plus number ones. Then to Carpe diem, today's the day. Then to Heroic quests, what are your soul goals? Then to algorithms. Use that willpower wisely to install habits that run on autopilot and then to the fundies AKA the fundamentals that form the solid base from which we optimize and actualize. Eat plus move, sleep, breathe, be present plus prosper. In fact, we just spent seven weeks on the fundies. We're now moving on to module seven on Antifragile Confidence Heroic Courage. To wrap things up now, I love it all, but mastering the process of mastering our fundamentals might just be my favorite. Today I'd like to spend a few moments on one of my favorite ideas from the first session, which we called the Big Picture in which we walked through the high level goodness on how to energize the to optimize and actualize virtue wise, peak performance wise and spirituality wise. After reminding everyone about the importance of starting with energy, we're going to have a hard time actualizing our potential if we have a hard time getting out of bed. We walked through some of the core themes we've explored over the years including greatness equals consistency on the fundamentals, digging foundations, Golden Buddhas, Niagara Falls, etc. Check out those plus ones. We also talked about states and traits and that's what I want to talk about today. Basic recap of what we explored in a plus one I linked to in this particular plus one. It's pretty easy to get fired up at a weekend workshop where we walk on fire and or nearly levitate off our cushion. And after 10 days of silent meditation. Now that's a wonderful state experience. Unfortunately, most of us most of the time leave that experience and go back to our normal day to day lives, dropping back down to our current stage of development that can feel pretty harsh. Almost like a cannonball being shot out of the cannon, reaching a joyous crescendo peak, then dropping back to the ground. Oops. The challenge, of course, is to maintain, or at least approximate that peak state during our normal day to day lives. Now, from my vantage point, echoing the wisdom of countless guides, the only way to do that is via diligent, patient and persistent work. On what? Well, that brings us back to the fundamentals. If I could rewind the clock to the days before the gray whiskers appeared on the chin when the head was still full of hair, I'd probably whisper this truth into my young self's ear. Master your fundamentals. Eat, move, sleep, breathe, be present, prosper. Take care of those basic fundamentals and the rest will, in many ways, take care of itself. Those ups and downs will be ironed out and we'll be stable and grounded and capable of showing up with the energized tranquility we need to give life all we've got. And that's today's plus one. How are your fundies? Any little thing you can do today to rocket high fives and let's do this.
