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[@annastowers8316]

since actively seeking opportunities to take risks my professional playing field has truly expanded in glorious ways - thank you Brian for sharing so generously, a truly important value in today's society.

[@HeroicBrian]

Anna Stowers Big smile. That's awesome, Anna!! I'm thrilled to hear and appreciate you sharing!! :)

[@sungminpark8467]

My life has been completely changed because of your videos and I think this book encompasses what PN is all about! Thank you!

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[@zivaray]

Oh Brian. You're amazing! You are the cliff note philosophy genius. Thx for bringing me back to the category of books I began reading in my 20s. Slacked off in my middle 30s. Now that I'm 42...I'm right back in the game! Feeling and accomplishing much. Blessings!

[@HeroicBrian]

Zivaray Viz Thanks, Zivaray!! I appreciate your kind words and I'm excited to grow together! :)

[@mehmetkupeli8611]

Being the former Military this resonates with me! Man this is the best! thank you for amplifying this book Brian!

[@HeroicBrian]

Thank you mehmetkupeli8611, have an awesome day Hero! 😊 - Team Heroic

[@cristiancris9378]

Wow! Bunch of big ideas. I put this book on my success list to read after I finish an awesome book that I'm reading right now (Philosophers Note book). What an amazing book you've written Brian :) I'm doing the 100 questions exercise right now. Thank for inspiring us doing what you love to do. God bless you, your family and your inspiring business.

[@arjungurjar4600]

Brian Johnson , You are "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". I can't find any other word better than this describe your amazing work. you literally changed my completely. now I've got a different perspective toward life. Thank you very much for all your videos . keep up your super amazing work.

[@HeroicBrian]

+Yu Yureka Huge smile and thank you for your amazing note!! I'm thrilled to hear and I'm honored to be a part of your life. The fun has just begun. :) Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@supersid802]

Love listening to these. These are incredible.

[@HeroicBrian]

supersid802 Thank you!!

[@AshishKapoor15]

Thinking ahead and taking action on what will make me feel awesome, and watch out to live my highest version is the best way to live, Thanks Brian!!

[@edto5095]

You made me buy the book. I´m a teacher, and I had a trainer, he always kept telling me to "go deeper", and I really never really got that. Originally, I thought read again. But now I see that going deeper could be really "listening to it directly from the horses´s mouth". So thanks! Great post.

[@HeroicBrian]

Ed To Awesome and thanks, Ed!

[@edto5095]

We have worked on building resilience on our students. They are fearful of making mistakes and it goes beyond not wanting to learn, it is about not being willing to use the language to develop learning for their professional or personal growth. So I´m reading. I´m reading....

[@HeroicBrian]

You might also enjoy this one: brianjohnson.me/philosophers-notes/the-pursuit-of-perfect/

[@mrsticker2]

Your videos are so great. I've been watching them for the last few months and I always get something out of them. The one on Resilience is very insightful for me. You're providing a valuable service to the world. Thank you!

[@HeroicBrian]

mrsticker2 Big smile and thank you!!

[@ssunkite1]

Brian, you're doing an amazing work. BTW great book review.

[@HeroicBrian]

ssunkite1 Thank you!

[@jaredtimmins]

Brian, Thanks for this book. I have read it three times and it keeps getting better.

[@HeroicBrian]

Jared Timmins Right on! Thrilled to hear that, Jared and appreciate you sharing! (P.S. Next new favorite of the year (Note + TV coming soon) that I think you'll love: The Upside of Stress: www.amazon.com/The-Upside-Stress-Why-Good/dp/1583335617 )

[@jaredtimmins]

***** I love her book the Willpower Instinct...Just downloaded it, Thanks again...

[@HeroicBrian]

Jared Timmins Awesome! :)

[@allandario]

This is an amazing book indeed, I have read it 3 times and I keep finding more valuable insights each time. I am a mental health worker and I read it on my way to see patients.

[@TheRaccman]

You are awesome Brian! Thank you very much for this wisdom!

[@redial67]

Another great video Brian, thank you! Breathe.... Breathe....Breathe....Breathe....so true.

[@HeroicBrian]

Jennifer Clary Yes!!

[@MrPelikan500]

THANKS Brian! for your service to us ... helping direct us to further study on great wisdom ... Just my general comment, my 2 cents worth on ALL "self-development" knowledge .... its easy to understand wisdom as "knowledge" ... we should think ourselves of as "makers" ...example is a martial arts student ... we see the teachers' movements (wisdom) ... but we need to practise it, do & correct, do & correct (can be seen as failure, which its not), over & over ... daily ....mastering the wisdom .... we are all "makers" ... make ... making poems, cupcakes, happy families, companies, city councils, systems.... "so, what are we each making? " .... cheers

[@grazielamadsen3632]

I've bought the book! Awesome! Thanks for showing us all this good stuff!

[@HeroicBrian]

Graziela Machado Hope you love it, Graziela!! :)

[@tatuco8]

Loved this note. Very powerful.

[@JulianaBeasley1967]

Wow, I was spot on when I picked this PN video with you Brian!! This really was inspiring and really summed so much of what you have been teaching us.. thanks so much. I have fallen into a bit of a slump.. So, #2 of I to A to F really was a concept that I needed to have reinforced in my brain. Getting back on the horse and embracing failure. That's actually something that I also teach my students and yet, as a recovering perfectionist, I am still struggling with it. I tell my photo students to embrace rejection because it will happen again and again and again and then it will not happen.. but if you don't try, you stay in the mediocre zone. It's always good to hear you say that a particular book really rocks your world because often it seems like you love every book you read, but I could tell that this book really made an impression on you. I keep thinking of buying one of these books and I never know which one to go for or which one best suits where I am in my life right now. Another funny thing... on a side note. When I was asleep last night and dreaming, I was actually doing the breath exercise that you talked about from another book (I can't remember the name of it) where you breath in through your nose and breath out through your mouth and press your tongue against your front teeth!! And I was actually doing it out loud while I was sleeping. So, thanks for entering my subconscious. LOL!! That means you are doing a great job!! I am finally joining the cult and it's a good cult!! Thanks!! Hey, when are you going to do a notes on Oliver Sacks? He's awesome and he has a lot of interesting things to say. I love his writing! Peace up!! And thanks!

[@HeroicBrian]

Juliana Beasley Funny re: the dream! I think you'd love Resilience. It's amazing. What title do you recommend I start with re: Oliver? And, did I ever mention the importance of consistency on your fundamentals? :)

[@JulianaBeasley1967]

***** Yep, Brian, I have not 100% committed to one of the fundamentals in daily habits 101... how did you know? You caught me.. that said, I stretched my physical boundaries a bit too far in Armenia and the rubber band snapped even though I am very happy with my experience there and my will to be committed to my work!!! So, that's a win.. I just have to take smaller steps and yes, that includes the fundamentals.. which I hope to start tomorrow. So, thanks for getting back to me on my permanent daily mantra, "CONSISTENCY" AND THE OTHER "C" WORD.. "CONSTRAINTS"!!! LOL! Both applicable here. In terms of Sacks, I would suggest you read one of his early books like Awakenings or The Man Who Mistook is Wife for a Hat.. but in terms of the work that you do--teaching-- I think that maybe Musicophilia. I haven't read it, but there is neuroscientific proof that music is highly therapeutic and good for brain development. I can recommend some others. He is just an amazing storyteller and it's very unusual that a clinician can make a good story out of his case studies. I would check out one of his TED talks or even some of the videos here on KZbin. He is really amazing!! Let me know if you need anymore advice there. Thanks for responding and blessings to you and your family!!

[@GodisGreatst]

Have to read this book. Very sharp presentation. Thanks.

[@HeroicBrian]

Thanks for watching and have a great day! 😀 - Team Heroic Enjoy a free trial of the Heroic app, Today! www.heroic.us

[@trenauldo]

Brian... Thank you for this video. I have been struggling to figure out why my life seems to have been so lacking in success. What you've highlighted here is the most insightful and useful thing I've found in my time searching. I see how almost all my life I've been approaching it as F-A-I and never even thought those should be turned around to I-A-F; I've been on the run from life and living for years. Crazy how something so simple can create such an awakening, but it always is the simpler things that have a profound impact, isn't it? I'm off to get the book even though just what you've highlighted here is more than enough for me to get started, like immediately.

[@HeroicBrian]

***** Thank you, Tony!!! I appreciate your wonderful note and I think you'll love Resilience! :)

[@CyndyNeg]

thanks...great ways to look at things differently!

[@JenniferAyoub]

Right when I needed to hear this. This is golden--Brian, thank you for your super work!

[@tinasiloni6988]

Your videos are great! Please keep posting, Blessings...

[@lady5445]

Thank you .. All what you said is good...but we have to differentiate between Resilience and Resiliency.. What you talked about was resiliency>>>inner traits to face a low risky challenges ... Resilience is a process that gathers what within us "powerful traits" + what between us with others "family&friends" + what beyond us "the community" to thrive against high risky challenges .. The book is written in an enthusiastic language offering a good tips for forging (Resiliency) which is afterword the first step to enhance Resilience and connect diversity in our communities.

[@tiamoyo8940]

Thank you! This is a very interesting video, I learned lots of new things.

[@144Donn]

Great review...thank you! I am taking my time reading the book as it is not a quick read and requires quite a bit of consideration and time to absorb. Really great job!

[@Vagabund92]

4. Breath = This basically is the keystone habit concept -> If you manage to do a keystone habit(like working out), then you will manage to do other things. This is working awsome for me!

[@BecomeYourStrength]

Couldn`t agree more! Thanks for the awesome advice Brian :)

[@HeroicBrian]

Become Your Strength Awesome! :)

[@AlexandreSNunes]

Agree!! Best book I've read in a few years!!!

[@chris103050]

Another good one, so again, thank you. 'Breath'...its so odd that often we go through life, trying to forge our way, but we don't know how to breathe properly.☺

[@HeroicBrian]

chris103050 Yes!! :)

[@dgajsek]

Best book I have read this year.

[@HeroicBrian]

+Dejan Gajsek Yes! So good! Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@dgajsek]

Have you read Ryan Holiday's "An Obstacle is the Way"? Sort of how to incorporate practical stoicism in our lives. It shares a lot of ideas with "Resilience".

[@faithfulgal3003]

Awesome mentor Much Love 💜🎶🌝

[@mrgoodnews7702]

Was looking for Ecosystem resilience. This is similar but i am glad that i found this

[@HeroicBrian]

Deadpool Z Fantastic! :)

[@sureshlaxman8629]

IAF.. great idea.. that's what all champions do !..Thanks Brian

[@jamesdown5064]

Thank you once again Brian. A little think, the camera seems to be a little out of focus, I just compared it to the video "The Rhythm of Life by Matthew Kelly", you can see a difference. But it could be that my eyes are just playing a trick on me.

[@HeroicBrian]

James Down I think you're right and appreciate the heads up, James! Note to self: Fix focus. Hah! On it and thanks again!

[@sreeprakashneelakantan5051]

Brain, very good. Thanks 🙏

[@ltwmichael]

Idea no. 2 is GOLD!

[@HeroicBrian]

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[@alexandrusavin1362]

Brian, It's absolutely great what you are doing. I am amazed at your daily output, of the utmost quality. Your videos have been my daily driver ever since the new series. So, my question to you - I read "How will you measure your life" by Clayton Christensen. I would be very interested to see what will be your top 5 ideas. I guess it will be really hard because it's such a great book :) All the best from Romania !

[@HeroicBrian]

Alexandru Savin Thank you for your kind words and great rec, Alexandru! I just Amazoned the book and I'm very much looking forward to diving in! The best books are the most challenging as they're so packed with goodness. Will be fun to compare notes. All the best from California!!

[@dutchangelo6557]

I'm buying this book.

[@HeroicBrian]

Dutch Angelo Awesome. I hope you love it as much as I did!

[@SimpleMellowLife]

Hi Brian what would you recommend as the best books for developing resilience (top 3 please!)

[@HeroicBrian]

+Mel lo I like these: brianjohnson.me/philosophersnotes-tag/resilience/ And will be teaching a class on it soon! Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@jasonplassaras2564]

Meditatio by Marcus Aurelius is a nice collection of letters and philosophy indeed! I'll read this one too! Thanks for sharing man! ;)

[@HeroicBrian]

Costas Plassaras :)

[@whoisbhauji]

I->A->F is great... I need to do more of it...

[@realvirtualdemand4222]

My book on Resilience is beat up. I look at this book differently everyday

[@HeroicBrian]

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[@Samyboy03]

i needed this video.. thank you soo much !

[@HeroicBrian]

TheSamyboy03 Awesome. My pleasure and sending love!

[@keylifelessons7352]

Powerful video really enjoyed this video

[@HeroicBrian]

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[@beckieastalos8747]

Awesome!!!

[@tc_okolo]

Gratitude Brian :)

[@HeroicBrian]

Christopher Tobe Okolo High fives, Christopher! :)

[@elenafissa]

"The devil within" is the biggest idea for me today. In Greek "Διάβολος" means the slanderer so the harsh inner critic. In ancient Greek means the one who is against the great Dia (Zeus) !!!

[@HeroicBrian]

elenafissa :)

[@williamsjsilver]

Great job Brain you are a legend

[@HeroicBrian]

J W Thanks, JW! :)

[@realloreal]

Do we have this book on free audio?

[@realloreal]

I have a meeting on Tuesday..I need to be well concentrated for this book.

[@Ramesh-wi4kb]

today i completed 60 popular videos of your top 60 lisi

[@JuanCarlosRoberto]

good stuff, Im spanish speaker, the real written word is not diabolos but "diablos".

[@HeroicBrian]

Juan Carlos Roberto Hi Juan: That's Spanish, eh? I was referring to the Greek! cl.ly/image/3X2f2G071d14

[@JuanCarlosRoberto]

***** yeah, sorry i didn't pay attention when you said Greek. Im learning about the greek word "diabolos" and you about the spanish word that is still being used: "diablos" ;) Thanks for this video is pure gold

[@yehudahamaccabi9420]

Eric Greitens is a Jewish-American currently serving, as a Lieutenant Commander Navy SEAL in The United States Naval Reserve. LT. Commander Greitens is what we Jews call a "Gibhor Chayil(Masterful Man)"! Guru Johnson is a Gibhor Chayil!

[@HeroicBrian]

Yehuda HaMaccabi :)

[@rawfoodphilosophy7061]

I wish there was a way you could do 3-4 videos a day.........heck do 10-12 a day

[@HeroicBrian]

RAW FOOD SLAMMING hahahahahahah. Literally laughed out loud. So fun. :)

[@flowtoaction]

Last night, when everyone was asleep and there was not extrinsic accountability, I found myself surfing youtube.. then I consciously stopped and said "Now what needs to be done" and nailed some important financial paperwork I'd been dreading. Went to bed with peace

[@HeroicBrian]

flowtoaction Wow. Awesome!!! Well done and thanks for sharing!

[@marcoanguiano1607]

Anyone here for commandants reading list?

[@sreeprakashneelakantan5051]

F.A.I recipe for FAILURE

[@steve_moreland]

Bravo Zulu

[@HeroicBrian]

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[@timothyflannery594]

Unfortunately Eric turned out to be an epic creep. Perhaps the Republican Party was his kryptonite. Luv your content though Brian. ✌️

[@HeroicBrian]

Thanks, Timothy! And... Super bummed by his lapse in character as well. I've often thought of the Identity driving those Behaviors... Another reminder of just how humblingly hard it is to be a true, consistent exemplar. Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me