Short motivational video by Brian Johnson (Heroic +1 series) reflecting on Maslow’s idea that anyone can be a "psychological success." Johnson reiterates prior themes (no perfect humans; strive toward excellence) and highlights a passage from Maslow’s Future Visions asserting that under any circumstance a person can accept themselves and do the best they can; he closes with an energetic call-to-action to accept oneself and give one’s best today.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plos one. In our last plus one, we spent some more time with Picasso and Maslow. We reminded ourselves that there are no perfect human beings. And I repeated the fact yet again that you and I will not be the first perfect human beings. We also explored the fact that although none of us will ever actually perfect ourselves, the best among us strive to perfect ourselves in service to something bigger than ourselves as we more and more authentically develop our own idiosyncratic style. Now we can spend a long time talking about how to conquer perfectionism, but I'll leave you to explore that 101 class and Tal Ben Shahar's brilliant wisdom from the pursuit of perfect separately. Check out those links for now. Know that as Tal says, I quote, the optimalism ideal is not a distant shore to be reached, but a distant star that guides us and can never be reached. As Carl Rogers pointed out, the good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination. My goodness, that is good. Clap, Chef. Kiss. Let's go. Now, today I want to talk about some more Maslow wisdom. This gem is is from a relatively unknown book called Future Visions that features some of Maslow's unpublished work and essentially the private journal entries of a brilliant human being. It's one of my all time favorite books. Check out the notes. Now in that great book, Maslow tells us, and I quote, anybody, any person whatsoever, under any circumstance whatsoever, can be a psychological success. At least in the sense of doing the best that one can and doing fully what one can to be himself or herself and to accept the reality of himself or herself. And that is today's plus one. I don't care who you are and what you do or what you have done, you can be a psychological success right this second. How? Accept yourself and do the best you can and give us all you've got. Not someday today. Remember the very moment you live with. Arete, you are heroic. Close the gap. Give us all you've got all day, every day, especially today. Let's go hero.
