Brian JohnsonChairman & Philosopher in Residence at Heroic

Connecting to your best self.

15 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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A short motivational talk by Brian Johnson encouraging people to connect to their best selves through daily practices (eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, focusing), cultivating self-awareness about tendencies, and emotionally connecting to oneself and others. Emphasizes noticing language, allowing emotions to be experienced without being overwhelmed, and shifting identity from victim → creator → hero.

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There's infinite pathways to connection. We want to really take the time to connect to our best selves. Eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, focusing, all those things, and then have that self awareness to know who we are when we're at our best, what tendencies we may have where we lose part of our humanity, but also embrace the idiosyncratic, beautiful expression that is us. Be nice to yourself. Notice the language you're using. Connect to your own emotion. The more you and I connect to our emotions, and the more we're allowed to experience them and let them be okay before we go, solve them without drowning in them. And it's really important that we have the ability to connect via emotion, but also the ability to step outside of the emotion and help ourselves and those with whom we share our lives. Move from victim to creator to hero.