Brian Johnson shares the Latin maxim "Destitus ventus ramos adibe": if the wind will not serve, take to the oars. When setbacks hit, work harder, clarify your goals, and invoke your best heroic self before you act.
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plus one. As you know, if you've been following along, I'm a big fan of my 2084 page American Heritage Dictionary. I'm also a big fan of my 14.8 megabyte Apple dictionary. Digging into the etymology of words is one of my favorite things. Yes, that's like me. See the plus ones on confidence, enthusiasm, dominate, athlete, mediocrity, anti fragility, affluence, hero, optimus, artifice versus bliss, energy, valence, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. All of those words have awesome etymological stories. And they're all linked in this +1. Now, I'm also a big fan of Latin phrases. Here's one of my new favorites. Apologies to the Latin scholars as I mispronounce this. Destitus ventus ramos adibe. Translated as if the wind will not serve. Take to the oars. Little exploding head emoji there. How about you? Life not giving you the breaks you were hoping for? Perfect. Work harder. Period. That's today's plus one. Get clear on what you want, get clear on what you need to do to make it happen. And most importantly, invite the best, most heroic version of yourself to join the party. Flip the switch. Take a nice deep breath in through the nose, down into the belly. Exhale slightly longer than the inhale. Chest up, chin down. Smile and grab the oars. Let's go, hero.
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