Brian Johnson tells Joe De Sena how leaders can Serve Profoundly
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The founder of Optimize sits down with the founder of Spartan for a power-packed conversation on participating in excellence, actualizing your potential and being a hero! How can you “Optimize” your life to be your absolute best? What can we learn from ancient Greek philosophers? And what do the roots of words teach us? Brian Johnson scours the greatest books to bring you the core concepts through his digital ecosystems, on how to reach your highest potential. Grab a pen Spartans, because this philosopher has much noteworthy wisdom to share.
Spartan Up Podcast interview episode 277
LESSONS
Live + participate in excellence Have emotional stamina
Use your energy efficiently Have a clear target + do what needs to get done
Pain can be a source of joy
Be willing to fail
OMMS: Obstacles make me (you) stronger
Be a hero- be a protector
Live for something bigger than yourself
Serve profoundly
Actualize your potential
Be a warrior of the mind
Live with virtue in service to the world!
LINKS
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 Joe & Johnny introduce this week's guest
1:30 TRUEFORMRUNNER.COM break
1:55 Interview begins with Joe’s “old buddy”
4:00 Thermopylae, Philosophy + ancient Greece
5:00 Hedonic happiness ?
6:00 Legacy + emotional stamina
8:00 Never compromise your values
9:00 Participate in excellence
10:45 Have a clear target
12:45 Pain as a source of joy
13:15 Being willing to fail
14:30 Efficiently using your energy
15:15 Getting out of your comfort zone
16:15 OMMS: Obstacles make me stronger
17:30 Optimize
18:15 Hero as protector
19:35 TRUEFORMRUNNER.COM Break
21:10 Interview returns with Spartan Tea
24:15 Burning the monastery
25:30 Cultivating “soul force”
26:45 Actualizing your potential
27:30 Roles + goals + the “Big Three”
29:00 Putting it into practice
30:30 Joe & Johnny do their “omms” & discuss philosophical lessons learned
37:40 TRUEFORMRUNNER.COM Close
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CREDITS: Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc. Hosts: Joe De Sena, Dr. Johnny Waite Col. Nye & Sefra Alexandra are off Optimizing in an undisclosed location Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spartan Up Podcast. We are your grit and resiliency partners. |
| 0:03.4 | When I saw that Brian Johnson was on the list, I thought that can't be the Brian Johnson. |
| 0:06.8 | I've been following him for years, a big big fan. |
| 0:09.8 | Joe DeSanta, CEO and founder Spartan Race. |
| 0:11.8 | I love, I love this interview. |
| 0:13.5 | This guy I've known for years, he's known of Spartan for years. |
| 0:17.2 | He actually talked a lot about Spartan |
| 0:19.4 | on some of his different digital ecosystems. He had philosopher notes. |
| 0:23.6 | Philosophy notes, I optimize the one now I used to follow my in Theos. |
| 0:26.9 | Yeah, yeah. So he's reviewed like 800 books, but he talks to his audience and he says, |
| 0:32.3 | guys, you gotta get out and do a Spartan |
| 0:34.4 | race I think he's bringing 500 Spartans to a race in California this year I |
| 0:38.6 | learned so much it was so much fun watching you guys interact because I like to say that he is to Athens what you are to |
| 0:44.4 | Sparta like you're both Greek philosophers in your own way and the the back and forth |
| 0:48.7 | interplay and how much I learned and then how much you guys shared was pretty |
| 0:51.5 | amazing. It's funny right because because I think that's a really good description. |
| 0:54.8 | He's a lot more verbose, right? |
| 0:56.6 | He's got the ability to really dive in and... |
| 0:59.3 | Aerudate. |
| 1:00.3 | Yes, and whereas I've got three words and a grunt and a rock. |
| 1:05.0 | But we get along like brothers and the super cool interview. |
| 1:09.4 | We're here every Tuesday. |
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