Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Fitness.com podcast.

We provide you with free exercise, nutrition, weight loss, triathlon and wellness advice

from the top fitness experts in the nation.

So whether you're an Iron Man triathlon or you're just trying to shed a few pounds,

get ready for non-runner-of-the-mill cutting edge content from Ben Greenfield Fitness.com.

Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield here and my guest today is Brian Johnson.

Brian is the philosopher and the CEO of a company called Emthios and I love how he describes

it as a company that creates cool stuff to help people optimize their lives.

And I first met Brian about two years ago through my MP3 player and I had discovered

this thing online called the Philosopher's Notes.

I wanted to learn more about philosophy and personal growth and so I downloaded 100

MP3s because I figured that would be faster than me reading all the books.

And it was this guy named Brian Johnson and he was actually spending about 20 minutes

walking through all of the biggest takeaways from the 100 greatest personal growth books

of all time.

From the boggata Vida, am I pronouncing that correctly, Brian?

Yeah, boggata Vida.

I got it.

Well, I was close.

You were close.

You were close.

Just a ton of old, stoke philosophy teachings and all these books, the names of most of

...