Short motivational YouTube talk by Brian Johnson that frames daily decisions as binary steps—‘plus one’ toward growth or ‘minus one’ toward safety—using a subconscious ‘scorekeeper’ metaphor to show how moment-to-moment choices compound into long-term wellbeing or decline. The speaker gives specific everyday examples (alarm, numbing behaviors) and issues a brief call-to-action to take a small positive step now.
Abraham Maslow liked to say that in any given moment we have a choice. Will we step forward into growth or back into safety? Moment by moment we make a choice and we shape our destiny. I like to think of it like this. It's almost as if we have a little subconscious computer that's keeping score for us. One if we choose to step forward into growth. Minus one if we choose to step back into safety. Plus one or minus one. Plus one or minus one? Plus plus one or minus one? Let's say the alarm goes off tomorrow morning. Do we step forward and do the thing we said we'd do? Whether it's jumping out of bed and immediately meditating or going for a run or whatever? Or do we step back into safety and pull the covers over our head as we try to forget what we said we'd do and come up with some lame rationalization about how we need the rest? Blah blah, blah blah, whiny blah. Plus one or minus one. Alright, you kicked your day off with that decision. Now let's move through your day, moment to moment to moment. Forward into growth or back into safety. Forward into growth or back into safety. Plus 1 or minus 1. Plus 1 or minus 1.plus 1 or minus 1. Now fast forward to the end of the day. You're either at 10,000 or negative 10,000 or likely somewhere in between. Pay attention, because if you were out of integrity all day long, those negative numbers are going to eat at your soul and are usually accompanied by a strong urge to snap at your wife, husband, kids and or numb yourself from the pain with another beer or a glass of wine or hour of TV or web surfing. Or insert your favorite numbing activity here. Do that day after day after day and, well, you're either going to feel really depressed or you're going to be addicted to something or both and in some other state of dis ease. Good news though. A few strong positive steps forward can have a mysteriously magical effect and we always have the choice to take that step forward. So what's a plus one step you can take right now? Psychological. Now's a good time to take it. I'll be here when you get back with some more. All right, Take that plus one step and look forward to sharing more with you soon. Have an awesome day.
