Brian Johnson sold his social network and spent years reading 100 influential books, condensing each into a 6-page summary and 20-minute audio. Philosopher's Notes packages these distillations as PDFs and MP3s, with a bundle for $47 and a physical workbook option.
100
Six-page PDF and a 20-minute MP3
$47
A workbook plus a preloaded MP3 shuffle player
December 1, 2009
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome to Philosopher's Notes. I appreciate you stopping by. I'm excited to share a little bit more about what we're up to. If you're new to the idea of philosophers notes. So the easiest way to describe it is probably to give you a quick overview of what led me to this point. And we got to go back a couple years when I was running a business called zods, a social networking website all about changing the world. And. And I was actually reading Deepak Chopra's seven Spiritual Laws of Success. And his seven spiritual law is the law of Dharma. And he asked a question in there. He said, if you had all the time and all the money in the world, what would you do? And it was the first time in years that my answer to the question wasn't put it all into the business I was running. And I remember sitting there kind of in stunned silence thinking to myself, okay, what am I here to do? What is my dharma? What's my purpose? And long story a little bit shorter. Got clarity that the business I was running, although it was awesome, wasn't quite my purpose, and wound up selling that in a very short period of time. And then I decided to give myself a PhD in how to live in optimal living. And I couldn't find a program that integrated all the things I wanted to study from positive psychology, philosophy, mysticism, religious studies, to creativity and modern self development and abundance, creation and business, and all these different things that I'm so passionate about. So I decided to give myself my own PhD and I figured I'd get a master's when I had distilled 100 of my favorite books from the old school classics like Marcus Aurelius and the Dao de Jing and the Bhagavad Gita to modern day again, positive psychology. Tony Robbins, Ken Wilber, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, all these teachers who I love. When I distilled 100 of their books into simple summaries, six page PDFs and 20 minute MP3s, I figured I'd get a Master's and that's where Philosopher's notes came from. Was that. And on the site, what you can see, you'll see on the navigation, which should be above me, notes. So you can click on notes and you can learn more about these notes, the hundred books that I've done, notes on the six page PDFs. The 20 minute MP3 is from Deepak7's Virtual Laws of Success, Ayn Rand's the Fountainhead, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind the Four Agreements, Eckhart Tolle's New Earth, how to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci. The book that actually kind of kicked a lot of this off for me. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Another book that's been totally transformative. Man's Search for Meaning. Happy for no Reason, Ask When It Is given. That's maybe 10 of them. So we've got 90 other books, a really cool cross section of great books. You can learn more on the notes section. And we sell 100 of these notes and MP3s for for 47 bucks. Now if that's an issue for you, we also have a physical version you can get where we'll send you a workbook and we'll send you a preloaded MP3 shuffle player. But if the 47 bucks is too much for you, we also have scholarships. We want to make this available to anyone so you can click on the scholarships link next to Notes and learn more about that if cash is a challenge for you. And then you should be able to see some testimonials up there. We've been blessed to receive some kind words from some of my favorite authors and teachers and the thousands of people who are enjoying Philosopher's Notes. We've received hundreds and hundreds of testimonials that really deeply inspire me and is really what this is all about for me is seeing how it impacts people. So testimonials is up there too. And then you'll see TV. So we're launching Philosopher's Notes TV where I'm going to do 10 minute really quick videos like this on all these books and on my favorite big ideas. So everything from all these books I cover and the great teachers and their big ideas to things like how do we discover our purpose and then how do we live with the tension between our ideal and our current reality. So I'll create episodes, Philosopher's Notes TV episodes and shows around that. Really excited about that. That's the TV link. And then you'll see the blog where I put up all kinds of fun stuff, things that are inspiring me and general other such goodness and and then about me. You can learn more about me too. I believe that's in the upper corner there. About Brian. So that's a quick overview. Philosopher's Notes really appreciate you taking the time to learn more. Hope you enjoy and I'm super fired up to share so much with you in the weeks and months and years ahead. Trust you and great and look forward to sharing more. It.
