Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

In our last little flurry of +1s, we had some fun with Mel Robbins’s 5 Second Rule.   Have you tried it out yet?   5… 4… 3… 2… 1… - GO!!!   That might be THE most elegantly efficient Tool we’ve discussed to help close the gap between who we’re CAPABLE of being and who we’re ACTUALLY being. (Operationalizing Areté for the win!)    Now, one of the key themes of Mel’s book and reasons why that tool is so powerful is the fact that, in addition to getting us to take action RIGHT NOW on what matters most, her 5 Second Rule also builds something that scientists call “agency.”   (Mel actually doesn’t use the word “agency” to describe it; she focuses on a parallel idea called “locus of control.” We’ll save that idea for another time.)   Agency.    It’s a beautiful word. One of my favorites in fact. Science says it’s one of the secret sauces to Optimizing.   So, when I fortuitously stumbled upon a book called The Power of Agency on Amazon, I immediately got it and read it. It’s written by Paul Nappe