Brian JohnsonChairman & Philosopher in Residence at Heroic

APN86 - Love Letters

17 Dec 2025 · 0 min

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17 Dec 2025 · 0 min

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A short podcast mini-chapter by Brian Johnson (from A Philosopher's Notes) that guides listeners through a two-step exercise: (1) write a detailed letter describing your ideal partner/relationship, and (2) write a longer letter describing who you must become to create and sustain that relationship. The episode promotes self-reflection and proactive character development as a path to attracting meaningful relationships.

You're listening to Optimize with Bryan Johnson More Wisdom in Less Time this is a mini chapter from Brian's book A Philosopher's Notes. You can find it on Amazon.
Love Letters Looking for love? Here's an idea. Write a couple love letters. First, write a little letter describing your ideal love. Whether it's an ideal boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, or ideal kid or parent or ideal business partner or whatever. Go gonzo on the details about the kind of person with whom you'd love to be in a relationship. Get it all down. You can press pause right now if you want to do it, but let's assume you've done it. You've got it sweet. Now time for the much more important part. Write another letter describing who you need to be in order to create and sustain a relationship with that extraordinary individual. Note this letter should be at least twice as long as the first one.
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