From the Foreword by Phil Stutz, MD
“Just the way a seed holds inside it the potential to become a tree, every human being has a soul that holds inside it a vision of a future self. But that vision won’t emerge by itself. Your soul has to be trained until is strong enough to have an impact on the world. My job is to guide and encourage my patients as they move through this soul training. Rather than being the shrink to the Stars it would be more accurate to call me the “shrink to the soul.”
He (Brian) would accept nothing less that the unlocking of the hidden potential in each human being. And just the way this potential goes unexpressed in each of us, the entire human race has its own hidden potential.
Brian’s goal was to uncover this collective potential.”
“What Brian has developed is much more than a bunch of coping mechanisms for the overstressed modern person, although that would be an improvement for most of us. He’s developed a training program for the soul.”
ARETÉ = EXCELLENCE
If you asked the ancient Stoic philosophers how to live a good life, they’d answer you in a single word: Areté. We translate Areté as “virtue” or “excellence” but the word has a deeper meaning—something closer to being your best self, moment to moment to moment.
Brian John is a genius with a BIG vision: to help create a world where 51% of humanity is flourishing by the year 2051
I have been a follower and fan of Brian’s work for over a decade and love the PhilosophersNotes he has created, now more than 600 Notes!
Brian’s book ARETÉ is 451 microchapters to Activate Your Heroic Potential every time I read a page it’s moment to treasure, truly inspiring.
Why 451?? It takes 451 degrees to start a fire. Let’s Go Hero!
