Brian JohnsonChairman & Philosopher in Residence at Heroic

Write Your Own Story

30 Mar 2011 · 1 min

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A brief mini-chapter from Brian Johnson’s A Philosopher’s Notes (YouTube) titled "Write Your Own Story." In this short spoken piece Brian notes that "author" and "authentic" share a root and uses that etymology to argue that to be authentic is to be the author of one’s life, ending with an exhortation to write one’s own story and a friendly sign-off.

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Hi, this is Brian with another mini chapter from A philosopher's notes. This one's a short one and it's called write your own story. Did you know the word author comes from the same root as the word authentic? Yep. To be authentic is to be the author of our own lives. So who's writing your story? Here's to writing our own stories. Hope you enjoyed. Look forward to sharing more with you soon. Have an awesome day.