Philosopher's Notes Partnerships
You’ve changed their lives once. Let’s help you do it again.
An invitation to share Philosopher’s Notes in partnership with Brian Johnson and Heroic — a genuine partnership built around the audience you’ve already earned the trust of.
You built something rare.
An audience that actually trusts you.
They read your books. They listen to your podcast. They show up to your events. Not because an algorithm pushed them there, but because you earned it, slowly, over years.
That trust is the most valuable thing in the world. We would never ask you to spend it on something that isn’t worthy of it.
So before we talk about anything else, we want you to experience Philosopher’s Notes for yourself.
Request a Free Partner Account
Request a Free Partner Account by reaching out to support@philosophersnotes.com
Experience Philosopher's Notes
Go to PhilosophersNotes.com. Open a few Notes on books you already love. If it doesn’t feel like something you’d genuinely recommend to your best friend, stop here. We mean that.
But if it does, and we think it will, we would be honored to bring this work to your people, together with you.
Handcrafted since 2008
One philosopher. Twenty plus years. 750 and counting.
Brian Johnson has spent two decades doing one thing, obsessively. Reading the greatest books ever written on human performance, philosophy, psychology, leadership, and purpose. Then sitting down and distilling each one into something practical that a real person can actually use on a Tuesday morning.
Not with AI. Not with a team of ghostwriters. Brian reads every book himself, pulls out the Big Ideas, and hand crafts each Philosopher’s Note. The result is a beautiful 20 minute summary you can read, listen to, or watch.
He studied Socrates in Athens, Marcus Aurelius in Hungary, and Rumi in Turkey. He built and sold two companies before raising $11M for Heroic as a Public Benefit Corporation. He has trained more than 10,000 coaches across 100 countries. The tagline has stayed the same the whole time: Wisdom in Minutes. Mastery for Life.
And there’s a very good chance your book is already in the library.
By the numbers
750+
Books, distilled by hand
4,000+
Hours of reading
5,000+
Actionable Ideas
8
Core Domains
Trusted at the Highest Levels
This is the room your audience would walk into.
Heroic is the system Luke Donald uses to lead Ryder Cup teams, that Marcus Freeman uses at Notre Dame Football, and that John Mackey calls the best self development platform in the world.
It’s used by Marty Bicknell, by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, and inside U.S. Special Operations Command. When your people land on a page with your name on it, this is the company they’re keeping.
Not Self Help. Peer Reviewed Science.
This is not just content, and it is not just an app. It’s a system with measurable, researched outcomes.
Real gains, in a real timeframe.
Measured properly.
In just 30 days, participants moved from the 53rd percentile of flourishing to the 70th.
Incredible gains, incredibly quickly.
- Energized
- Focused
- Resilient under pressure
- Strong collaboration
- Fast decision making
- Energized
- Focused
- Resilient under pressure
- Strong collaboration
- Fast decision making
- Energized
- Focused
- Resilient under pressure
- Strong collaboration
- Fast decision making
Read or listen. Apply. Repeat.
Philosopher's Notes
750 plus hand crafted summaries. Each one covers the Big Ideas, the key quotes, and what to actually do tomorrow. Available as beautifully designed PDFs, as audio narrated by Brian, and as video deep dives.
Curated Quests
Structured learning journeys on Stoicism, Habits, Energy, Leadership, and more. Each one is paired with a 60 minute Masterclass from Brian. If you want AI summaries, go somewhere else. If you want to actually live the wisdom, this is where you start.
Notre Dame Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman shares how Philosopher’s Notes helps him and his team build the clarity, discipline, and antifragility to perform at their best—on and off the field.
“I’ve been following Brian’s work for years. His Philosopher’s Notes and practical wisdom have helped me grow as a leader. They’ve helped me and our team build the clarity, discipline, and antifragility to perform at our best—on and off the field. I highly encourage you to try it out yourself. Go Irish!”
— Marcus Freeman, Head Coach, Notre Dame Football
The Offer
$99, one time, lifetime access.
Less than the price of half a dozen books. Delivers the wisdom of more than 750 of them. The math is generous on purpose.
You're not joining a program. You're joining a community.
Philosopher’s Notes already features the work of more than 750 of the world’s most important authors and thinkers. Brian has personal relationships with many of them, and the partner network keeps growing. Cal Newport. Brad Stulberg. Ryan Holiday. Gretchen Rubin. Nir Eyal. Tal Ben Shahar. Brendon Burchard. Grant Cardone. Mark Divine. Jocko Willink. Donald Robertson. And hundreds more whose books are already in the library.
When your audience opens Philosopher’s Notes and sees Atomic Habits next to Deep Work next to The Daily Stoic next to Man’s Search for Meaning, the credibility lands instantly.
Every partner who joins makes the network stronger for every other partner. Your audience discovers other authors. Other audiences discover you. The rising tide is real.
Here's what we're proposing. And what we're not.
What this is
A real partnership between people who care about the same thing, which is helping human beings flourish. You share Philosopher’s Notes with your audience because you actually believe in it. We make it easy. We handle everything on the back end. And we split the profit fifty fifty.
What this isn’t
An affiliate link you paste into a bio and forget about. We’re not interested in that, and we don’t think you are either.
The bonus
If someone in your audience runs L&D or leadership development for their company and they bring Heroic in house, you earn 10 percent of the enterprise contract. Those range from $10K to $500K and up.
The Philosophy Behind It
We believe the best partnerships aren’t transactions. They’re relationships where both sides are genuinely trying to create more value for the people they serve. That’s what we’re building here.
They treat the pressure.
Heroic prepares you for it.
Instead of eliminating your stress →
We teach you to use it as fuel.
Instead of managing a crisis →
We build the resilience that prevents it.
Instead of being an escape →
We help you engage with life, as your best.
“Keeps our team clear, disciplined, and antifragile.”
— Marcus Freeman
Head Coach, Notre Dame Football
"Heroic helped me lead our team with the clarity and antifragility required to win the Ryder Cup."
— Luke Donald
Back-to-Back Winning European Ryder Cup Captain
"If you’re serious about becoming stronger in every aspect of your life, this is where I’d start."
— Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
Author of Forever Strong, founder of the Center for Muscle-Centric Medicine, and host of the top-ranked Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show
"Heroic is the best self-development platform in the world."
— John Mackey
Whole Foods Founder
Built for how L&D actually deploys
- Leadership Development — Embed into existing leadership tracks. Curated wisdom paths aligned to competency frameworks.
- Employee Wellness & Resilience — Go beyond single-dimension wellness apps. Address the whole person: energy, purpose, habits, mental toughness.
- New Manager Onboarding — 70% of team engagement depends on the manager. Equip first-time managers with EQ, communication, and resilience skills.
- Culture & Change Management — During restructuring, M&A, or AI transformation, give people a personal operating system to stay grounded and high-performing.
- High-Potential & Executive Development — The same wisdom library trusted by Navy SEALs, Ryder Cup champions, and Notre Dame Football.
