A short podcast/micro-class by Brian Johnson introducing the concept of 'M and M days' (Macro and Micro perfect days). Brian explains creating an aspirational macro 'masterpiece' day and then deriving a practical micro perfect day for today/tomorrow, iterating small improvements (˜4%) to compound over time. The piece also includes a brief promotional outro about Johnson's newsletter and membership.
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You're listening to Optimize with Bryan Johnson. More wisdom in less time. Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another micro class. This one's on M and M days. It's inspired by Lewis Howes and his School of Greatness. So in the last micro class, we talked about vision, which is his first lesson in creating greatness. This part of that is to go from having a vision of what you want to achieve, right? Kind of the outcome goal. Then we talk about all the time that you really need to focus on the process goals, right? Let the outcome be a byproduct of crushing it day in and day out. So he's got this great idea of what you need to do is you need to create two different perfect days. We call them masterpiece days, right? So you want to have a perfect day on a macro level and a micro level. The macro level is a general look at what your ideal day looks like, right? So you got your kind of AM block, you got your PM block. You're doing this, you're doing that. How do you feel, what are you doing, with whom are you doing it, where are you doing it, etc. You have a general level perfect day on a macro level. It's your aspirational. This is what my awesome perfect day would look like. That would. Of course, if I want to achieve this vision, I would be doing the things that would help me achieve that throughout my day, such that I can do it. Macro perfect day, then. What I like about this, we've talked about that. What I like about this is you need to connect all of these days, right? So you've got the general ideal day, but then what you need to do is create a long string of them. And the only way to do that is to think about the most important day, which is technically today. But what are you going to do to make tomorrow an ideal day? Wow. Okay, so given everything I've got going on, challenges, commitments, et cetera, this is what my day is going to look like to tomorrow. And I'm gonna start by going to bed early tonight so I can wake up refreshed tomorrow, and then I'm going to crush it. Micro perfect day. A derivation of your macro perfect day. Super cool. If you haven't thought about what this day looks like for you, please do. Blank slate. What does it look like? Yes, you have commitments. Yes, you have constraints. We're not talking about perfect, we're talking about optimal. So how are you going to optimize it? 4% more, right? Tomorrow, map that out, start the habit of having an ideal vision. Iterate it, churn it. I'm constantly tweaking my ideal days. Learning a little bit what works, what doesn't. Getting just a little bit better. 4% plus 4% plus 4% better. You compound that over time you get really, really really good. So there you go. M and M days. Your macro, your micro. Let's connect them and make today another awesome day. Hope you enjoyed what'd you take out of this. You gonna do this exercise in this one? I hope so. Have fun. See ya. Hi, this is Brian. I hope you enjoyed that micro class. If so, I think you'll enjoy everything else we offer at BrianJohnson me two basic things one our free newsletter. It's called the Optimizer. Over 50,000 people start their day with it and they tell us it's pretty awesome. And 2 our optimal living membership program. This is where I put all my best stuff. 10 bucks a month for a ton of wisdom. Two primary things in there philosopher's notes plus optimal living 101 classes when you sign up, you'll get instant access to 250 philosopher's notes, which are basically six page PDFs and 20 minute MP3s where I capture my favorite big ideas from great books. The PNTV episodes are kind of a mini version of all that goodness. You'll also get instant access to all my Optimal Living classes. This is where I take all the ideas we cover in the Philosopher's Notes and boil it down to the most practical stuff you can apply today. Classes include Confidence 101, Getting Stuff Done 101, Relationships 101, Habits 101, etc. You'll also get access to what we call micro classes that I think you'll love. We aim to astonish, and we're blessed to have thousands of members telling us we're helping them change their lives and that this is the best 10 bucks they invest in themselves every month. Go to BrianJohnson ME membership to learn more. Thanks for your support and have an awesome day.
