Chasing Excellence Anti-Fragile Confidence: Your Protocol Beats Your Motivation (w/ Brian Johnson)
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Jan 12, 2026 Join Brian Johnson, founder of Heroic and author of Arete, as he shares how life’s challenges can become your greatest allies. He discusses the power of anti-fragile confidence—growth through adversity—and emphasizes that protocols matter more than motivation in achieving excellence. Johnson introduces the notion of closing the gap between your potential and reality, outlines key life fundamentals, and stresses the importance of forging emotional resilience. Discover practical tools to embrace hardship and transform setbacks into opportunities for growth.
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Wind Fuels Fire Not Candle
- Anti-fragility means life's challenges either break you or make you stronger depending on your response.
- Brian Johnson frames anti-fragile confidence as using hardship as fuel to grow and train your soul.
Train Awareness And Repair Quickly
- Notice when you're off by training awareness: meditate briefly and repair fast after mistakes with sincere apologies.
- Rehearse the moment before mistakes to identify better choices and commit to doing them next time.
Make Fundamentals Nonnegotiable
- Dominate the fundamentals: eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, and focusing to keep your best self present.
- Fix physiological inputs first because your physiology drives your psychology and performance.
