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Recommended reading for elite CEOs and top performers, Areté delivers fast, actionable wisdom in quick, accessible micro-chapters designed for busy professionals, athletes, and anyone seeking measurable personal growth.

Join thousands of high achievers transforming their lives with Areté by Brian Johnson—a daily roadmap to living at your best. With 451 bite-sized insights inspired by ancient Stoic philosophers and backed by modern science, this book provides practical tools you can implement on the go. Track your progress with the free Heroic app & watch your transformation unfold.

What Is Areté?

Rooted in ancient wisdom, Areté—often translated as “virtue” or “excellence"—is about living at your highest potential, moment by moment. This isn’t abstract theory, it’s a guide to real-world habits that lead to lasting success and fulfillment.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Wisdom: Practical insights to thrive personally and professionally.
  • Discipline: Mental toughness to overcome procrastination and self-doubt.
  • Courage: Tools to make bold decisions and embrace challenges.
  • Gratitude: A simple yet powerful way to boost happiness and perspective.
  • Hope: Strategies for setting meaningful goals and sustaining motivation.
  • Curiosity: A growth mindset to explore new opportunities and ideas.
  • Zest: Energy-building habits that fuel a purposeful, vibrant life.

Why It Works:

Brian Johnson, founder and CEO of Heroic, has trained over ten thousand coaches in over one hundred countries. Drawing on decades of research, he distills complex ideas into actionable steps anyone can apply.

Dr. Phil Stutz, author of The Tools and featured in Netflix’s Stutz, says:

“Commit to this training & you will gain the ability to transform your biggest challenges into unstoppable courage, endless enthusiasm, & an unshakable faith in the future. This book will change your life.”

Ready to make meaningful changes? Areté offers the tools to get there. Order your copy today, download the Heroic app, and start making progress in moments, not months.

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Soooo much distilled wisdom, you will never invest your money and get a better return on investment, period!

Best investment of your time, bar none

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Hands down the best self-improvement program I have ever experienced. I listen to this book about 5 times a week. I even listen to it when I want to relax as I find the story and the delivery both effective and comfortable. I find it full of timeless wisdom that lets me achieve better things in life, whether it is higher wisdom or beautiful relationships.

Great work Brian 👏🏻👏🏻

It’s ok to suck, but not okay to skip!

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Brian is phenomenal!
His ability to distil and blend modern science and ancient philosophy is unmatched!
Maybe the most comprehensive set of scientifically verified ideas and tools for more fulfilled life.

And he does all the things he has collected and shares with the world. You can judge by him how much they actually work.

Enjoy! I have been following Brian for almost a decade and this is by far the best summary of north of 500+ self help books.

Brian lives what he preaches!

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Starting a chapter about hope by giving an example of how mice drowned in a lab in 15 mins and then, when taken out , being left alone and warm and IN PEACE for a few hours, then put back in the hellhole in that shitty lab, performing the same "test" they survived 60 hours before drowning because they had hope ....what a BS thing to give as an example! Everyone with working brain cells knows this so called test is outdated cruelty and has never proven to be effective. Only shitty labs and people continue to use it and i guess people like the author continue to mention it , even saying it was a "remarkable result".
Also what is with the multiple chapters with stupid, lame advice we can copy and paste from Pinterest. Honestly, a waste of time.I just hope Audible returns my credit when i return this BS "book".

What a waste of time

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