Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

In our last couple +1s, we talked about Seneca’s wisdom on the importance of “fortifying our pertinacity” until our will to do the right thing becomes a disposition to doing the right thing.   That’s basically EXACTLY what we talked about a little bit ago when we explored the Algorithms Module we recently went through in the Mastery portion of our Optimize Coach program.   As you may recall (bonus points and high fives if you’ve already tattooed this line on your Optimizing consciousness), I often say that it’s all about using our Willpower wisely to install Habits that run on autopilot via Algorithms.   Here’s a super-quick recap of the basic idea that I think we REALLY want to get.    (btw: I just got goosebumps as I typed that.)    (Yes, as we’ve established by this stage, I’m weird. Things like this get me that fired up.)    So…    Our basal ganglia is an ancient part of our brain. In fact, it’s 500 million (!!!) years old. All mammals have it.   Among other things, it basically fig