17 Dec 2025 · 6 min
Brian Johnson teaches you to act as your boldest, most successful version right now. Imagine you've already won, then behave that way moment-to-moment. Research shows this shifts your physiology, raises confidence, and improves performance.
Hey, this is Brian with a quick note before we jump into today's show. If you haven't signed up for the Optymyze Premium membership yet, A, what are you waiting for? And B, you can now get the first 30 days of optimizing for free. Just cruise on over to Optimize me and sign up. Over 10,000 people now start their days with Optymyze so they can actualize their potential, including best selling authors, leading entrepreneurs, and even NCAA championship teams. Two of them. So again, 30 days of free optimizing at Optimize Me. If you're already a member, thanks for your support. Now for the show, You're listening to Optymyze with Brian Johnson. More wisdom in less time. Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another micro class. This one's on the Boldest Version of youf. It's inspired by presence by Amy Cuddy, Bringing the Boldest Version of youf to youo Biggest Challenges. It's essentially the subtitle. She shares a great story that after she did her TED Talk, which was so popular, an Olympic swim coach sent her a note and said, hey, I use your high power poses with my athletes on the day of their meet. The moment they wake up in the morning, right? They wake up. I have them imagine that they've already won the race, that they're going to run later that day. So they wake up. And that moment that they wake up, they're acting as if they're this version of themselves. Yeah, I won. Every single thing they do leading up to the event is as if they already won the event. Think of the power that that individual goes through this day with. And then they show up and then they race and boom, they perform at their best. Personal power is high. It's a huge way. And we know through Amy Cuddy's research that assuming these high power poses leads to higher levels of testosterone, lower levels of cortisol, two very good things that are markers of power. And I, when I saw this idea, thought, well, why wait for a swim event or whatever is going on that's challenging for us? So you have something stressful going on in your life. When you wake up that day, imagine that you've already crushed that thing that's already stressing you out. That's a cool way to apply this idea to our lives. But then why wait for the things that are challenging us in any given day? Act like the boldest version of you. Now, moment to moment to moment. One of Amy Cuddy's phrases is fake it until you Become it. Not fake it till you make it. Where you're exerting power over other people, but where you're creating personal power to express the highest version of yourself. Fake it just a little bit. You don't need to be silly about it, but just a little bit. Right until you become that version of you. Science is clear. It's bi directional. When you act with a certain amount of power, you get a certain amount of power. So act that way. Think of the boldest version of you. What? When you imagine yourself in a day, or in a week, or a month, or a year, or a decade, what does that version of you look like? How do you walk? How do you act? How do you talk? Who are you? Act like that. Now, from this moment forward, moment to moment to moment, every time you think of it, you're not going to do this perfectly, obviously, but every time you think of it, be this version of you. Hold yourself like that. Breathe like that. Think about the world as if you've already won that big swim meet that's coming up. Be the boldest version of you. Tap into your personal power. It's there, waiting to be expressed. Let's express it. In the meantime, I should say today. Have another awesome day. See ya. Isn't it a bit odd we went from math to science to history, but somehow missed the class on how to live? For some wacky reason, optimal living 101 never made the schedule. 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