Brian Johnson (with Alexandra) unboxes and shows the hardcover proof of his forthcoming book, "A Philosopher's Notes on Optimal Living." He describes the book's concept (short, accessible mini-chapters summarizing philosophical/positive-psychology lessons), physical format (hardcover), approximate length/structure (around 100 one-to-three-page mini-chapters), and publication plans (final corrections, estimated early–mid December release, pre-orders on Amazon). Tone is enthusiastic and informal.
Chapters
Hey, guys, what's up? This is Brian, longtime no record. I'm Alexandra. Hi, Alexandra. We are really excited today. We got a special delivery to the little condo we're renting here in Florida. The special delivery came in this package and it is the proof of the book. Yeah. So here's the COVID We're creating a little publishing business, so publishing this book. And here's the COVID of the book. It will be a hardcover, right? So you can imagine this as the front cover, then the front flap and all that good stuff. A Philosopher's notes on Optimal Living, Creating an Authentically awesome Life and other Such goodness. The theme is the class we never had. So what would it be like if we could sit in a class with all the great teachers from the old school, you know, philosophers like Buddha, Marcus Aurelius, etc. Up to the modern day positive psychologists. What would they have to say if we can take a class from them? Well, here are the notes on that class. Yes. Here's the back cover. The major chapters, the basic chapters. Basically every chapter is one to two pages long, maybe three pages max. Super simple. You can open up anywhere and get inspired. There are no secrets. The 10 principles of off Limiting Integrity equals bliss. Bling. Treadmill. My favorite. Spiritual farts your angels advocate. How's your genius? Awesome. And then here's the back cover. Little bio action, etc. And then here's the book. Pretty cool. Super excited. So I gotta look over this, make some final corrections. Here's the dedication. My beautiful wife hasn't seen it yet. It's a surprise. No, you won't. She's not allowed to look at that part. It's my favorite part of the whole book. So, yes, table of contents. We've got a hundred mini chapters here. Super, super, super excited. Can't wait to share. And starts off with a lover of wisdom. Why do I call myself a philosopher? Why are you a philosopher as well? If you watch these videos, there are no secrets. That's kind of chapter number two, Integrity gap. There you go. Really, really excited. Cannot wait to share. We're gonna launch. We're gonna launch. We're gonna publish it and share it in December. So it's gonna take about 20, 25 days, I think from the time that I get back the final proofs to the time we can ship it. So sometime in early mid December we will have this baby out. You can get it on Amazon now. I'll put a link up to pre order and cannot wait to share. Thanks for all your support over the last few years and all of your awesomeness. Much appreciated. You want to say bye, darling? Bye, everyone. Thank you. Yeah. Woo. Bye.
