Forging Anti-Fragility: Build Strength Through Challenge | Brian Johnson

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful episode, Spartan founder Joe De Sena sits down for an in-depth conversation with the amazing Brian Johnson, also known as the Heroic Philosopher CEO. They discuss Brian's strategies for building anti-fragile confidence through consistent action.

Brian shares how we can close the gap between who we are and who we want to be by doing what we say we'll do. He explains the importance of living each day with virtue and intensity.

Joe and Brian also discuss forging strength through challenges and gaining emotional stamina. Brian provides practical tools for taking control of your life through developing a clear protocol.

This episode will motivate and inspire you to play the ultimate game of life to your fullest potential. You'll walk away with actionable advice for overcoming obstacles and living without regret. Tune in to hear more!

Highlights:

00:00 Intro

01:19 Who is Brian Johnson?

02:52 Why did Brian write a book?

05:13 How do we become our best selves?

07:26 The power of Now

11:17 The new “phone” generation

14:16 Training heroes to become gods

16:57 Forge anti-fragile confidence

20:13 Surviving was the way of life

21:48 Anxiety and depression in today’s world

25:01 Brian’s protocol and advice

29:12 The eulogy exercise

32:44 How to find Brian?

34:31 Behind the scenes of the podcast

Transcript

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0:00.0	Three words, forge anti-fraudial in confidence.
0:02.4	Anti-fragility is the opposite of being fragile.
0:04.9	There's fragile, which is, you know, life hits me, I break.
0:08.2	There's resilient, which is, you know, I can handle more pressure that I kind of bring down a little
0:12.2	that I bounce back faster, but
0:13.7	what's the opposite of fragility?
0:15.7	It's anti-fragility.
0:17.0	That person goes and does a Spartan race and says bring it on.
0:20.8	Every single obstacle I face literally makes me strong. Now to have that sense of
0:24.6	anti fragility you need confidence. Confidence etymology means intense
0:29.1	trust. Intense trust and what? That everything's gonna go great? No, that things won't go
0:34.4	perfectly but you have what it takes. Welcome to the Hardway podcast with
0:38.2	Joe the Senna, founder and CEO of Spartan Races.
0:42.7	We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10 million
0:47.2	plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course.
0:50.4	With insight from the smartest, most accomplished experts from every corner of the world.
0:54.5	Get ready to elevate your life today.
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