Do This and You CANNOT FAIL: The ABSOLUTE Most Important Target (Heroic +1 #1,988)

Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plus one. In our last week's worth of plus ones, we've been systematically unpacking the foundational elements of Heroic Elite. Have you signed up yet? Let's go. Heroic US slash elite party kicks off soon. Time to make 2025 the greatest year of your life. Today, I want to chat about what you need to do to make it so you cannot fail. Let's put it in all bold jumbo font size. Do this and you cannot fail. In our last plus one, I told you we had 10 elite targets. I left one out. The most important one, as per the top 10 plus one targets field guide. Check it out. You can download the whole thing. And we've got a video on that entire field guide that I'm really excited about. You can check out, too. This plus one isn't just another target. It's the most important one. Why is that? Because it represents your capacity not just to recover, but to grow stronger when life challenges you. This is the essence of antifragility. Using adversity as fuel to become better, bolder, and more grounded in your heroic mission. As Seneca reminds us, disaster is virtue's opportunity. And as Nassim Taleb tells us, the wind extinguishes a candle and energizes a fire. In Heroic Elite, we choose to be the fire. We embrace the wind not as a threat, but as the force that fuels us. When life knocks us down, we don't just get back up. We rise stronger, using every setback as a stepping stone to greatness. All right, so how do we operationalize antifragile confidence? Now, this is what the most elite performers pay me to talk about when they have me come in. Whether it's military officers act, athletes, coaches, Fortune 500 executives. I'm so all in on this that I tattooed my body with antifragile confidence. You got to know this. When disaster strikes or things don't go as planned, what's your response? Do you let the winds of adversity extinguish your light? Or do you use them to stoke your inner fire? To cultivate antifragile confidence, you must commit to. To a simple yet powerful algorithm. If disaster strikes, then I will double down on my protocols. If I feel terrible, then I will use it as a trigger to strengthen my fundamentals. This is how you transform setbacks into growth. The worse I feel, the more committed I am to my protocol. The harder life hits, the more grounded, calm, and consistent I become. The stronger the wind, the brighter my fire Burns. Think of the wind as fuel. Think about the hardest moments in your life. The disasters, the struggles, the times you wanted to give up. What if you could rewrite the story of those moments, seeing them not as threats, but as gifts? This is the mindset of antifragility. The harder the wind blows, the brighter my fire burns, the worse I feel, the the more grounded and committed I become. When disaster strikes, I double down on what matters most. With this plus one, you don't just survive challenges, you thrive because of them. Here's another way to think about it. Bouncing back versus bouncing forward. Now, resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity. Anti fragility takes it a step further. It's the ability to bounce forward. The plus one target we're going to set with you ensures that every missed target, every hard day and every challenge becomes fuel for growth. You don't just recover, you emerge stronger, sharper, and more unstoppable. Now for our Antifragile foundation and elite targets, your plus one is your commitment to growth no matter what. When life throws challenges your way, you respond with grounded action. The foundation is this. When you miss a target where life throws you off course, acknowledge it and commit to trying again tomorrow. That's so big. When you miss a target or life throws you off course, just acknowledge it and commit to trying again tomorrow. That's your foundation. The elite is to use the miss day or challenge as fuel for an even deeper recommitment to all ten plus one targets. Reflecting on what went wrong, recalibrating, and returning with even greater focus. Why does this matter? Well, the plus one is your safeguard against giving up, which is the greatest threat to excellence and transformation. It ensures that no matter how tough things get, you reflect, recalibrate and recommit. With the plus one, every obstacle becomes an opportunity to forge the ultimate heroic trait. Antifragile confidence. You don't just survive setbacks. You turn them into the fuel that propels you forward your mission. Be the fire. Wish for the wind. Forge your soul force. Forge your antifragile confidence. Let's go. Today, tomorrow, in every moment, we're blessed to have all of which leads us to the ultimate challenge. What if you could hit the elite target for every single one of the 10/1 daily targets for 101 days straight? If you rise to this challenge, you'll not only transform your life.

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You'll also earn the chance to win something extraordinary. A VIP ticket to the heroic event in Austin this May. A VIP trip to Rome with us, one on one coaching with me, and the chance to win a bunch of other cool stuff. And when you complete the challenge, you'll earn your place in the heroic Elite hall of fame. A permanent reminder that you showed up as one of the most disciplined and elite performers on the planet.

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And this isn't just about consistency. It's about mastering the fundamentals at the highest level, pushing yourself to elite performance and embodying the heroic elite ethos. So what have you done for 101 days straight? The greatest performers, the truly elite, know the secret to mastery isn't complexity. Again, the higher they ascend, the more fiercely they commit to executing the basics with precision, depth and excellence. This challenge isn't about doing more. It's about doing the right things consistently, no matter what. And while you're hitting those elite targets every day, you'll also improve all measures of flourishing the big three in your biometrics, including energy, productivity, connection, sleep quality, HRV and more. Here's how it works. Hit Elite for 101 days straight. Commit to hitting the elite target for each of the of the 10/1 daily targets every day for 101 days. Track your progress. Log your practices daily in the heroic app or journal, ensuring full accountability improve across the board. We'll be measuring those improvements and flourishing the big three, energy working above and key biometrics and then enter to win. At the end of the 101 days, those who have successfully hit the elite targets for every target and shown improvement in key measures will be entered into the drawing for all the prizes which we just discussed. Now, again, this challenge is about more than the reward. It's about fully activating your heroic potential. By committing to this level of excellence, you're proving to yourself what's possible when you live at your absolute best. When you show up consistently for 101 days, mastering the fundamentals and improving across all metrics of flourishing, you don't just win, you transform your best, most heroically. Elite self. Having fun in Austin. And Romeo is waiting. It's day one. We're all in. Let's go. That's all I got. P S. You want to Crush that for 101 days. Join Heroic Elite. Party kicks off soon. Two days in fact. You can save a hundred bucks. Bring a friend, save another 100 bucks. I guarantee you we will transform your life if you do even a fraction of what we're going to talk about. Hope to see you there.

What's up? This is Michael, president and head coach at Heroic One. Quick note before we go. I just think it's so amazing that Brian keeps reading all these books and distilling them into more wisdom and less time. By the way, thank you Brian for continuing to read the books distill them for us. I love not having to read the book, just getting them more wisdom and less time to the plus ones of Philosopher's Notes. And if you're into this kind of thing, expressing the best version of yourself and using your greatest gifts to make a positive impact on the world, make sure you head to Heroic Us to check out all the other resources that we have available to you. You can download a bunch of free goodies including Philosopher's Notes, masterclasses and our scientifically proven Heroic app. You can also explore advanced resources to help you go next level, including live and virtual workshops, working one on one with a Heroic Performance coach, or even becoming a certified coach yourself as you master heroic performance, the fundamentals of Coaching Excellence and Heroic Coaching prosperity. Again, head to Heroic Us to get the ancient wisdom, modern science and practical tools you need to activate your heroic potential and and change the world together. And please do hit subscribe. Appreciate you have a fantastic day and see you again soon.