A short podcast episode by Brian Johnson (Areté +1° #004) that reflects on two primary obstacles to fulfilling one’s potential—fear and laziness—drawing on Phil Stutz and Rudolf Steiner. Johnson prompts listeners to identify who they will serve by overcoming these obstacles, then shifts to promotional details for his book Activate Your Heroic Potential, including pre-order offers and shipping/launch logistics.
Questions this episode answers
November 14 (year implied 2023).
November 10–12 in Austin.
A free advanced reader copy of the ebook today.
A free advanced copy of the ebook and the audiobook, plus a limited edition Arete Coin.
All above, plus an autographed advanced hardcover reader copy sent immediately inside an Arete VIP box containing additional goodies including Arete and Heroic T-shirts and 10 free annual Heroic memberships for gift recipients.
Chapters
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Arete One Degree. This is the fourth micro chapter in my new book activate your heroic potential which has 451 of my all time favorite ideas to hopefully help you activate your heroic potential. Let's get to work. Fear and Laziness. Wisdom from Grandpa Phil. I'm kind of enjoying this time together on our trail, so let's walk another loop together. So far we've discussed Emerson's resistance to going to a chess tournament as the context to chat about arete and closing gaps and targeted thinking and how to be heroic. Now, I skipped an important early part of our chat before we got to the whole Arete heroic Close the gap. Goodness. We talked about the two things that Phil Stutz, my spiritual godfather and Emerson's God grandfather says gets in our way of experiencing all the joy we want to feel in this precious life of ours. Pop quiz. What do you think the two things are? Insert Jeopardy music here. Answer. Phil Stutz, citing his favorite teacher, Rudolf Steiner, says that fear and laziness are the two biggest obstacles to activating our heroic potential. I repeat, the two primary obstacles that are getting in the way of you activating your heroic potential are very, very, very simple. Fear and laziness. And with that in mind, if you feel so inspired, pause for a moment. Think about all that you want to create in your life. Who are you at your best? See it, feel it. Now. What's getting in the way of you closing the gap and being that best version of yourself? If you're honest with yourself, you'll see that more often than not, it's not the stuff outside of yourself that is limiting you. It's your own fear and laziness. Can you see that? Know this. Heroes have strength for two. Our secret weapon is love. So for whom will you do the hard work to conquer your fear and laziness so you can give us all you've got? Seriously, for whom will you do the hard work to conquer your fear and laziness so you can give us all you've got? I'm committed to working hard and conquering my fear and my laziness. For my wife, my kids, my friends, my team, our community, and you. Day one all in. Let's go hero. I hope you enjoyed that. Arete One Degree from my new book, Arete. Activate your heroic potential. The book will be shipped on November 14, right before Black Friday. In time to make it the perfect holiday gift. Perhaps. I wanted to let you know that we have some special giveaways. If you think you might like to pre order the book if you and even more goodies if you think you might want to give the book away this holiday season, here's the deal. Pre order one copy and get a free advanced reader copy of the ebook today. Pre order three copies and get a free advanced copy of the ebook and the audiobook and a limited edition Arete Coin that we'll send to you. Pre order 10 copies of the book. Bless you and get all of that plus an autographed advanced hardcover reader copy sent to you immediately inside the fancy Arete VIP box, which is packed with other goodies including this Arete T shirt, a Heroic t shirt and 10 free annual heroic memberships for your gift recipients. You'd be able to give them a book and a year's worth of Heroic 4 Free. If you pre order 25 copies, you'll get all that plus a free ticket to our launch event party in Austin November 10th through 12th and you'll get a personal voice memo thank you and a high five from me if you're feeling inspired to order over 50 copies of the book. We've been blessed to have a lot of CEOs and corporations do that. We'll give you a huge discount. Just let us know all of this. You can learn more about at Heroic U.S. book Heroic U.S. book of course you can order the book on Amazon, Barnes and Noble Independent bookstores will be everywhere you can buy a book, Hudson's airport stores, etc. And let us know of course when you've done that and purchased a copy or three or ten or more if you feel inspired to do so at Heroic Us Book. I appreciate you and I hope you love the book. I'm super excited about it, super proud of it, and I hope it helps you and your families transform your lives.
