Meet Brian Johnson(@BrianJohnson), founder and CEO of a Heroic Public Benefit Corporation. With the heart of a philosopher and the acumen of a CEO, he's dedicated 101% to propelling humanity toward a flourishing future by 2051. Brian's new book, Arete, illuminates his visionary insights, offering a transformative guide to unlocking one's highest potential.
Key Takeaways:
Anti-fragile Confidence: Building unbreakable confidence by keeping commitments to oneself, leveraging challenges to grow stronger rather than breaking. If you lack integrity in your word, trusting yourself is impossible and erodes your confidence. To have trust, you must do what you say in any relationship, whether with yourself or others.
The Hero's Journey: The three phases of the heroic journey are the call to adventure, the facing of challenges, and the return to the ordinary world. Each stage evolves the hero's consciousness. This journey isn't a one-time event but a continuous theme in life-answering the call repeatedly to develop and live a life from the heart in service.
8 Virtues: To live your best life and align with your heroic journey, there are 8 virtues to live by: wisdom, discipline, love, courage, gratitude, hope, curiosity, and zest. These 8 virtues come from ancient philosophy and modern science.
The Ultimate Game: The ultimate game of life is to choose wisely and to be your best self in service to something bigger than yourself. To do this, you need to forge anti-fragile confidence and recognize that the hero's journey is supposed to be complicated.