Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

Wallace D. Wattles was an old-school Philosopher-Optimizer who wrote The Science of Getting Rich. He also wrote a little book called The Science of Being Great. (Both of those titles are, of course, finalists for best titles ever.)   In The Science of Being Great he has a great line that has been tattooed on my brain since I read it.   He said: “The world needs demonstration more than it needs instruction.”   The world needs DEMONSTRATION more than it needs INSTRUCTION.   Isn’t that a powerful statement?!   (Kinda makes you wonder what you’re demonstrating, eh?)   For example, we know that kids don’t do what they’re told or taught, they do what they SEE. So, it’s pretty obvious we better model the behaviors we want to see in our kids if we want them to grow up to be great humans.    All of which leads us to a little personal story—one from a couple months ago that features me in a (laughably) low moment in my parenting career.    Short story: My dad cursed like a sailor. In fact, he liter