A short podcast episode by Brian Johnson recounting a family lunch in Austin where he and his partner encourage their son Emerson to ask a restaurant team for a takeout box. The anecdote illustrates a lesson from 'Grandpa Phil': when you do something you're afraid to do, you become 'afraid of one less thing.' The episode closes with an encouraging call to face fears and 'go crush it.'
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plus one. I'm typing this on a Sunday afternoon at the end of a family lunch at our go to restaurant in Austin. Dai due now we're about ready to head over to the movie theater to watch Kung Fu Panda 4. I've been anticipating the release of this movie for months. I kid now we need to get going so we can make it to the movie on time. We got to wrap up our launch. Emerson didn't quite finish his launch and needs a takeout box. So we're eating outside on the little dining patio and we encourage him to go inside and ask the team for a box. He hesitates. Then we know, Mommy and I that he's going to go inside to get the box as an exercise in building his confidence to do little things that might be a little bit out of his comfort zone. Him. What do I say? Us. May I please have a takeout box? Him like this. Then he practices us. Exactly. Now go get it. So he goes into the restaurant, no one's by the door. And he heads back out to us. Mommy and I tell him to get back in there. He does. He gets the box. We celebrate. And I tell him that Grandpa Phil tells us that when we exit our comfort zone and do the thing we're afraid to do, we become afraid of one less thing. No, being afraid of one less thing is one of my all time favorite philisms. And that's today's plus one. What are you afraid of? Is it time to go do it so you can be afraid of one less thing? Note. I got goosebumps typing that, imagining you crushing that. Remember, heroes and all of us in our most heroic moments approach our challenges. We don't avoid them. So bring it on. I'm excited for you. Go crush it. Today.
