Nate’s Notes 128: Brent Dunn Part 2 | Writer, Volcano Hunter, & LSAT Instructor (Part 2)

What an excellent philosophy from an excellent teacher.

First, for Brent the purpose of life is to experience joy. And he experiences joy when he sees growth in himself or others he loves.

Second, to increase our joy, we can increase our love for others. Combining these ideas led Brent to an equation: Joy = Growth X Love^2.

And finally, what a great parting phrase Brent says to his children.

I’m grateful for the chance I had to go into depth on each of these topics with Brent, and I can’t wait to read the final version of Brent’s book when it’s published.

And it only seems fitting to close this episode with Brent’s parting phrase: “I love you! Have fun! Do your best!”

It’s a simple idea. Please take it seriously.

Brent Dunn Bio:

Brent Dunn is one of the greatest teachers I’ve ever had. And I’m sure thousands of other students feel the same way about Brent as I do. Brentteaches people how to be smarter, or at least how to think more logically and critically. And it is because of Brent that I was able to attend Stanford Law School.

Brent is the owner and founder of ACE Test Preparation, where he has taught more than 6,000 students how to “Ace” the LSAT. During his 27 years of teaching, his students’ average score is above the 90^th percentile, and he even taught the first person who got a perfect raw score on the LSAT in the current format. Brent has lectured on the LSAT around the country, everywhere from Harvard to Hawaii.

In Brent’s free time he teaches spin classes and pottery. He also made his own (and his daughter’s) wedding cakes, has biked around Iceland, collected all of the original set of Pokemon in Pokemon Go, drove a Zamboni, and poked sticks into flowing lava. He is fluent in English, Finnish, and German, with basic proficiency in French, Spanish, Italian, and Icelandic.

Brent is also a writer, and in this second episode with Brent, we discuss the book he is writing, wherein he describes his philosophy on the purpose of life and how to achieve that purpose. I loved his manuscript so much that I gifted it to my wife for Christmas. And I am so grateful that Brent graciously agreed to discuss his book here today, and I’m motivated to be a better person because of his book and this conversation.

So I hope you enjoy learning from Brent Dunn today, because I always do.