Brian JohnsonChairman & Philosopher in Residence at Heroic

The en*theos Academy for Optimal Living

27 Jun 2011 · 1 min

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Brian Johnson introduces and promotes the Entheos Academy for Optimal Living, imagining a school that teaches practical skills for flourishing. He outlines the academy's curriculum areas—nutrition, health, positive psychology, creativity, relationships, parenting, meditation/spirituality, money/business, politics, sustainability/activism—and frames the program as a way to gain wisdom for greater happiness, meaning, and positive contribution.

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Isn't it a bit odd that we went from science to math to history, but somehow missed the class on how to live? For some wacky reason, optimal living 101 didn't make the schedule. But imagine if not only that class existed, but an entire school existed. An academy where you mastered the fundamentals of optimal living, studying everything from nutrition, health and well being to positive psychology, creativity, rel relationships, parenting, meditation and spirituality, money conscious, business, politics, sustainability and activism as you gained wisdom that empowered you to live with more happiness, meaning and mojo while making a positive contribution to your family, community and world. How cool would that be? Well, now that school does exist, it's called the Entheos Academy for Optimal Living and it's time. Time to get your wisdom on.