Antifragile You

Trap #1: Overemphasizing the Micro (your life) at the expense of the Macro (the world)

It's the illusion that if we optimize our personal lives the rest of the world will all fall neatly into place around us.

We might try to biohack and neutri-stack our way to impossible peak performance in the hopes that will let us outhustle or outgrind the "competition"...

Or we might start believing that if we can just keep our vibes high enough with positive visualizations of everything we want, the hard or scary parts of life that we don't want simply won't come knocking.

(As long we get our cold plunge, infrared sauna and affirmations in every day!)

But even a quick glance at today's newsfeeds, or a scan of our key relationships, shows us that there's more going on right now than we can micromanage alone.

A skillful response to our current moment requires much, much more than just maxxing our macro nutrients and sleep scores each day.
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After all, what's the point of becoming "Bulletproof" if you're not prepared to step up and take a bullet for someone (or something) you love?
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So that's the "Individual Optimizer" trap.

But Purpose-Driven Leaders often make the exact opposite mistake...

Trap #2: Sacrificing Yourself for the Cause

‍Unlike your biohacking brethren, you're not under the delusion that personal perfection will solve the world.

You do scan your newsfeeds, and read the research papers behind all those headlines. You probably donate to mission aligned organizations doing good work and stay up at night wondering if you're doing all that you can to play your part.

But in the midst of all that compassion and awareness you sacrifice your own well-being. You miss family dinners. Skip healthy workouts. Postpone needed vacations.

Because the stakes are so high right now for so many, you routinely neglect your own needs for recovery, connection and recharging along the way.

Even if that shows up primarily as incessant doomscrolling that leaves your paralyzed and overwhelmed.

The ironic outcome?

You end up creating more victims than you save (including yourself).

After all, if you're someone with the skills and knowledge to help, but you burn out or break down, you've just become one more victim.

Turns out, being selfless to the point of self destruction, is the most selfish thing you could possibly do right now.

Regardless of which bucket you fall into,
‍neither is adequate for the decades ahead.

The solution?
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– Nail your personal peak performance and recovery (so you can sustainably bring your light to the fight)

– Heighten your situational awareness of a world in multiple overlapping crises. This let's you separate signal (what matters most) from noise (the latest tempest in a teacup).
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And...a third thing we haven't talked about yet.

‍Dynamic Leadership Skills.

Why?

Let's face it. If you have greater situational awareness than those folks around you, and you're rested, strong and clear in your own body and brain, heart and mind...

Congratulations! You're now in charge. (or will be soon enough).
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Could be formally. With your name on the door.

More likely, informally. Friends, neighbors, community members.

And familially. Your children. Your parents. Your partner.

All looking to you to help them make sense of things, see around corners into the future, and to lead them all to higher ground.
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And in that situation, you're gonna need to know a few things about how to lead and mobilize those looking to you for guidance.

Or you'll get stuck in the same sand traps that have bogged down the wayward and unwitting long before you stepped up to the plate.‍

Without an accurate map and a clear path through the tough spots, you'll get lost.

You’ll burn out trying to master dozens of biohacker habits per day, chasing a perfectability you'll never find.
You’ll waste time following the wrong information about the state of the world––what's important is rarely urgent, what's urgent is rarely important. (except when it really, really is)
You'll spend too much time on screens, draining your energy and mistaking gathering information for developing perspective.
You'll get fried toggling between fight/flight hyperarousal and avoidance and distraction.
You'll remain torn between knowing what's yours to do, and the actual impossibly committing act of actually doing it.

"There's no surer fire way to eat yourself alive than to know what you're supposed to do, and not do it."

The Antifragile Progression

Antifragile You follows a clear progression:

Think of it as a flywheel that starts with you as an individual, and expands further and further into your reach into the world.

You start training your nervous system, practice Active Recovery, and build an Adaptive Annual Calendar that leaves you charged, recharged and in-charge to do what's next. 

When your tank is full, you can apply that power to your most important relationships and make sure that those closest to you––family and friends, are thriving first. 

Standing on that foundation, you can then engage with broader circles (team, clients, collaborators) to raise the overall coherence and effectiveness with your contributions

Then you extend your impact toward systemic service that's grounded in ethics, purpose, and deeply adaptive leadership.

But burn out, or get sick, or go broke?

And it's back to Step One: your peronal vitality and resilience.

There's no fixed location we all hang out in all the time (except for an occasional mythic Bodhisattva type). For the rest of us we oscillate constantly between these levels.

Learning how to repair and recover and expand our field of concern is the name of the game.

This course is not about endless self-improvement.

It’s training for humans who want to matter at every scale.

This is for you if...

You’re a high performing leader who’s developed yourself and your skills but still feel isolated and overwhelmed by the pace and uncertainty of change.
You’ve outgrown commercialized biohacking and are ready for something deeper, more integrated, and rooted in real-world complexity
You’re alert to the crises unfolding around us, but haven’t yet found a way to meet them without burning out (or tuning out)
Others (in your family, team, or community) look to you for guidance whenever things get hard or scary, but you know you need better tools and training to live up to their expectations
You want your nervous system to hold more complexity and a map that helps you show up with clarity, courage, and care

Antifragile You Curriculum: What's Inside?

Week 1: Situational Awareness & Existential Clarity‍

We begin by confronting the reality of our times, reframing collapse not as the exception but as the backdrop. We'll unpack “existential schizophrenia,” the tension of holding joy and dread together, and why spiritual bypass and pure optimization fall short.

This week sets the foundation with the Self → Family → Community → World framework and a 21st-century lens on grounded enlightenment.

Week 2: Daily Protocols & Nervous System Training‍

You’ll build your antifragile “flywheel” through small, consistent rituals that expand your emotional bandwidth and stabilize your system.

We introduce embodied practices (Flow-State Deep Rest protocol, functional mobility, breath, etc.) designed to discharge stress and rewire resilience. You’ll also adopt a physical place to care for and anchor your nervous system to something alive and local.

Week 3: Calendaring Your Antifragile Life‍

This week is about redesigning your relationship to time and meaning. You’ll learn how to anchor awe, grief, and play into your week... shifting from dopamine chasing to rhythm and ritual. When your life has structure, you can go further and deeper with your practices.

Week 4: Interpersonal Leadership & Conflict Clarity‍

You’ll gain tools to navigate interpersonal and cultural tension, which we're seeing increasing amounts of these days. Specifically how to neutralize lower-level petty dynamics (which drag down everyone's progress) calling everyone to higher ground.

Week 5: Trauma Recovery & Narrative Repair‍

We look at trauma not just as an event but as a broken story and begin the work of healing.

You’ll explore the grief of “late-stage everything,” reconnect with beauty and memory, and write new mythologies that stretch across generations. This is where hope stops being naïve and becomes strategic.

Week 6: Dissolving Parodox: How to Strategically Map Uncertain Times‍

We close by training your capacity to hold tension without collapse. You’ll learn to recognize and navigate key polarities (stability vs. change, self vs. service, grief vs. gratitude) without defaulting to extremes.

This is where antifragility becomes your default worldview. You'll move from reactive survivalism to long-term stewardship.

Bonus: Post-Tragic Leadership & Becoming Undefeatable

We'll unpack the psychological rate-limiters that derail leaders (complexity, betrayal, heartbreak) and learn how to stay steady when the world gets loud.

This is about leading from wholeness in a fractured time, not with performance or perfection, but with clarity, humility, and a deep sense of service.

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Why us?

We've dedicated our entire careers to answering the questions: Where Do We Come From, What's Going On and What Do We Do Know?

That inquiry led to 25 years of academic study, tracking civilizational trends and speaking to them years ahead of others.
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And along the way found ourselves at the center of the human performance movement. Training Google, SEAL Teams, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, and other elite orgs on how to maximize focus, performance and flow.

And guiding leaders across mountains and canyons from weeks to months at a time, pressure testing these ideas against harsh climates and conditions.

The result is we've been a dojo and a lighthouse for hundreds of thousands of people––a place to train our games, and a beacon to help navigate stormy seas.

After all, who doesn't want to be capable, courageous, creative and reliable?

Who hasn't wondered who we'd really be if the hour was late and the stakes were high?

This is your chance to train your brain to find your mind.

And to learn to keep your head, while all around you are losing theirs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Antifragile You for?

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For leaders who are struggling to bridge the gap between the personal and the professional in a world that's getting increasingly complex and hard to predict.

When does the course start and how long does it run?

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The course starts on September 15th. and runs for 6 weeks.‍

How much time does the course take?

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We recommend blocking 3-5 hours per week for optimal results.

What's the tuition for the course?

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Our professional leadership courses range from $5K - $15K depending on in-person elements (like canyoneering, backcountry skiing, psychographic assessments, biomarkers, etc).

These are premium trainings that we've shared with Fortune 100 clients, elite military units and extreme athletes.

That said, this course is a little bit different because it doesn't feel optional, for any of us. And, these tools apply for anyone responsible for leading others, professionally or not.

It feels essential for anyone trying to build resilience into their lives. And we don’t want price to be the barrier to a good hearted person trying to make a positive impact in the world.

So here's what we're doing––we’re going to match you skin in the game.

We are offering 50% matching fund scholarships to everyone willing to step up.

That way, cost isn't the barrier. Commitment is.

And if you are fortunate enough to have resources and would like to cover the full tuition amount?

We will put the balance toward our Fellows Program supporting folks working for NGOs, social impact, or recently DOGE'd federal employees.

You'll be paying it forward to help a good person learn essential skills.

Is there any overlap with Flow Genome Project’s other courses?

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Yes, and intentionally so.

Every time we’ve taught a course—whether it focused on flow states, leadership, or existential risk—we’ve seen the same thing. You can’t train one part in isolation.

There’s no point learning how to lead if you don’t have your Power Hour dialed in or your digital discipline intact. Without those fundamentals, you won’t have the energy or focus to show up when it matters.

At the same time, once you start seeing the world clearly, you carry a new level of responsibility. Awareness without leadership tools just leaves you overwhelmed. And leadership without nervous system regulation burns you out.

Antifragile You brings together the core elements from our past courses into one integrated training. Because what we’re facing now requires all of it—resilience, clarity, purpose, and presence—in real time.

Personal optimization on its own is no longer enough. If you’re reading this, you’re needed. And it’s time to start training like it.

Why do we interview students?

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We interview to screen for emotional, relational, and financial stability. This material can be volatile if you come to it at the wrong time for the wrong reasons. We want to make sure it's the right course (and time) for you and that you're a solid contributor to the whole community.

‍To be super clear:

This course won't teach you to make six figures in your pajamas.

It won't end with a Willy Wonka invite to our secret island apocalypse bunker.

It won't include a magic crystal that will let you Visualize Whirled Peas and save the world just by thinking better thoughts.

It will guide you through a series of rigorous exercises, frameworks and checklists to help you plan, prepare and act in an uncertain world.

It will connect you to a vibrant community of high-trust people.

It will give you unfiltered access to our best thinking, gathered from some of the most elite and informed thinkers and agencies on the planet.

What you do with all that, is yours to decide.

Antifragile you

Forge the Missing Link
Between Performance and Purpose

A 6-Week Body & Brain Training to Prepare You For an Unraveling World

Today's best-intentioned leaders fall into one of two opposing traps.

(And you'll get stuck if you do too...)

Trap #1: Overemphasizing the Micro (your life) at the expense of the Macro (the world)

Trap #2: Sacrificing Yourself for the Cause

Regardless of which bucket you fall into,
‍neither is adequate for the decades ahead.

Biohackers won’t save the world.

And neither will Martyrs.

Anti-Fragile Leaders will.