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+1: #415 Your Grand Purpose

Heroic with Brian Johnson | Activate Your Best. Every Day.

Release Date: 05/25/2018

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Today's +1 features wisdom from Matt Higgins and Arnold Schwarzenegger.   Heroic: https://heroic.us ← "Heroic is the best self-development platform in the world." — John Mackey, co-founder & former CEO of Whole Foods Market   Want access to more wisdom in time? Get access to over 1,500 +1's (just like this!) and 650+ Philosopher's Notes (distilling life-changing big ideas from the best self-development books ever written) and a LOT more with our Heroic Premium membership. Learn more and get 30 days free at https://heroic.us

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Today's +1 features wisdom from Matt Higgins and Arnold Schwarzenegger.   Heroic: https://heroic.us ← "Heroic is the best self-development platform in the world." — John Mackey, co-founder & former CEO of Whole Foods Market   Want access to more wisdom in time? Get access to over 1,500 +1's (just like this!) and 650+ Philosopher's Notes (distilling life-changing big ideas from the best self-development books ever written) and a LOT more with our Heroic Premium membership. Learn more and get 30 days free at https://heroic.us

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Today's +1 features wisdom from Matt Higgins, John Wooden, Yogananda, and Trevor Moawad.   Heroic: https://heroic.us ← "Heroic is the best self-development platform in the world." — John Mackey, co-founder & former CEO of Whole Foods Market   Want access to more wisdom in time? Get access to over 1,500 +1's (just like this!) and 650+ Philosopher's Notes (distilling life-changing big ideas from the best self-development books ever written) and a LOT more with our Heroic Premium membership. Learn more and get 30 days free at https://heroic.us

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Today's +1 features wisdom from Matt Higgins.   Heroic: https://heroic.us ← "Heroic is the best self-development platform in the world." — John Mackey, co-founder & former CEO of Whole Foods Market   Want access to more wisdom in time? Get access to over 1,500 +1's (just like this!) and 650+ Philosopher's Notes (distilling life-changing big ideas from the best self-development books ever written) and a LOT more with our Heroic Premium membership. Learn more and get 30 days free at https://heroic.us

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Today's +1 features wisdom from Bob Rotella, Bernard Roth, Angela Duckworth, John Wooden, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.   Heroic: https://heroic.us ← "Heroic is the best self-development platform in the world." — John Mackey, co-founder & former CEO of Whole Foods Market   Want access to more wisdom in time? Get access to over 1,500 +1's (just like this!) and 650+ Philosopher's Notes (distilling life-changing big ideas from the best self-development books ever written) and a LOT more with our Heroic Premium membership. Learn more and get 30 days free at https://heroic.us

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One of the themes we come back to again and again is the basic idea of loving what is — whether that’s via Byron Katie’s wisdom or the Stoics or the Serenity Prayer.
 
Here’s another take on it that I’ve found super helpful.
 
Vernon Howard tells us: “If your grand purpose in life is to wake up, then whatever happens to you is good, for it can prod you into self-awakening.”
 
And, he says: “If it takes apparent misfortune to turn us into true philosophers and doers of good to receive good, then apparent misfortune is our greatest fortune.”
 
Well that’s one way to look at it, eh?
 
Indeed it is. A very powerful way.
 
So…
 
Today’s +1.
 
What’s your GRAND purpose? The ultimate big ol’ purpose of your existence?
 
Mine?
 
In short: To actualize my potential. In service to the world. While enjoying the process.
 
Now, with THAT goal in mind, I can bring Vernon’s wisdom to mind and alchemize pretty much E V E R Y T H I N G into great fortune. From the mundane issues with the kids or the biz to the bigger challenges in life. 
 
It’s ALL antifragile fuel for the fire of actualization.
 
All of it.
 
So, again… What’s your grand purpose?
 
Get clear on it. Then make the connection between your response to this moment and that target. 
 
Let’s use E V E R Y T H I N G as fuel for our growth.
 
That’s how to turn apparent misfortune into great fortune.