一直以来,布莱恩·约翰逊都在独自一人执行Blueprint计划。这位企业家每年为旨在延长其寿命的项目花费200万美元。他每天上午在安静中度过,白天要接受各种健康检查和体育锻炼,晚上8点独自一人上床睡觉。
这对许多人而言是一种孤独的体验,但终于有人能够理解这位创始人的经历了。
因为约翰逊的“养生计划”,即一系列严格的饮食规则和日程安排,终于迎来了第二位参与者。
凯特·托洛在她的LinkedIn中描述她在Blueprint的角色“五花八门”,但她最近的职责包括执行约翰逊为逆转年龄所制定的严格的养生计划。
托洛被称为Blueprint XX,她在今年夏天开始尝试这种养生计划。她形容自己和约翰逊现在“形影不离”。
他们两人之前曾经在约翰逊的生物科技公司Kernel共事。托洛对《Diary of a CEO》播客表示,他们“一起做所有事情”。
在11月9日发布的播客中,托洛表示她并没有像约翰逊一样遵循广泛的养生计划。她解释道:“在考虑我是否加入该计划时,我们一起共事的经历是一个重要的决定因素。对我们团队来说,培养一个新人是非常耗时费力的过程,但这意味着完全改变我的生活方式。”
托洛形容她的角色是“保持人性的运营经理”。她表示,由于约翰逊的项目受到公众审查,于是她开始私下尝试Blueprint的生活方式,并持续了30天,以测试她是否愿意并且可以坚持下去。
托洛称:“这意味着彻底重新定义我的生活和生活方式。”
目前,这个团队正在为托洛制定个性化计划,但约翰逊的养生计划的一些标志性要求不会改变,例如:每天100%的睡眠评分和“完美的”营养搭配,以及60种膳食补充剂和平衡的有氧运动与力量训练等。
关键是活着,而不是死去
虽然约翰逊和托洛在生活的许多方面几乎一模一样,但他们对于为什么要坚持Blueprint计划却存在分歧。
约翰逊参与该计划显然是为了“永生不死”。约翰逊经常被拍到身穿一件有“永生不死”口号的T恤,而且在Blueprint网站上有持续滚动的“永生不死”标语。
托洛的原因截然不同。对27岁的托洛而言,参加Blueprint计划是为了活着。
托洛说:“我希望有机会活着。我不介意死去,当死亡来临时我会坦然接受。但我希望能够尽可能活好每一分钟。”
虽然网上有人指责Blueprint是在利用对死亡和衰老的恐惧,但托洛和约翰逊坚称事实并非如此,尽管托洛承认这种恐惧是非常“合理的”。
托洛表示:“人生中会有许多恐惧,但我会选择拥有对死亡的恐惧,因为这对我来说是有意义的。”但她补充道:“我确实希望过好每一秒。”(财富中文网)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
一直以来,布莱恩·约翰逊都在独自一人执行Blueprint计划。这位企业家每年为旨在延长其寿命的项目花费200万美元。他每天上午在安静中度过,白天要接受各种健康检查和体育锻炼,晚上8点独自一人上床睡觉。
这对许多人而言是一种孤独的体验,但终于有人能够理解这位创始人的经历了。
因为约翰逊的“养生计划”,即一系列严格的饮食规则和日程安排,终于迎来了第二位参与者。
凯特·托洛在她的LinkedIn中描述她在Blueprint的角色“五花八门”,但她最近的职责包括执行约翰逊为逆转年龄所制定的严格的养生计划。
托洛被称为Blueprint XX,她在今年夏天开始尝试这种养生计划。她形容自己和约翰逊现在“形影不离”。
他们两人之前曾经在约翰逊的生物科技公司Kernel共事。托洛对《Diary of a CEO》播客表示,他们“一起做所有事情”。
在11月9日发布的播客中,托洛表示她并没有像约翰逊一样遵循广泛的养生计划。她解释道:“在考虑我是否加入该计划时,我们一起共事的经历是一个重要的决定因素。对我们团队来说,培养一个新人是非常耗时费力的过程,但这意味着完全改变我的生活方式。”
托洛形容她的角色是“保持人性的运营经理”。她表示,由于约翰逊的项目受到公众审查,于是她开始私下尝试Blueprint的生活方式,并持续了30天,以测试她是否愿意并且可以坚持下去。
托洛称:“这意味着彻底重新定义我的生活和生活方式。”
目前,这个团队正在为托洛制定个性化计划,但约翰逊的养生计划的一些标志性要求不会改变,例如:每天100%的睡眠评分和“完美的”营养搭配,以及60种膳食补充剂和平衡的有氧运动与力量训练等。
关键是活着,而不是死去
虽然约翰逊和托洛在生活的许多方面几乎一模一样,但他们对于为什么要坚持Blueprint计划却存在分歧。
约翰逊参与该计划显然是为了“永生不死”。约翰逊经常被拍到身穿一件有“永生不死”口号的T恤,而且在Blueprint网站上有持续滚动的“永生不死”标语。
托洛的原因截然不同。对27岁的托洛而言,参加Blueprint计划是为了活着。
托洛说:“我希望有机会活着。我不介意死去,当死亡来临时我会坦然接受。但我希望能够尽可能活好每一分钟。”
虽然网上有人指责Blueprint是在利用对死亡和衰老的恐惧,但托洛和约翰逊坚称事实并非如此,尽管托洛承认这种恐惧是非常“合理的”。
托洛表示:“人生中会有许多恐惧,但我会选择拥有对死亡的恐惧,因为这对我来说是有意义的。”但她补充道:“我确实希望过好每一秒。”(财富中文网)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
So far Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint journey may have been a lonely one. The entrepreneur pays $2 million a year toward a program aimed at increasing his life’s longevity: spending his mornings in silence and his days filled with health tests and exercise, before going to bed alone at 8 p.m.
For many this could be an alienating experience—but at last, there’s someone who can understand what the founder is going through.
Because Johnson’s “protocol”—a strict set of dietary rules and daily schedule—finally has its second subject.
Kate Tolo describes her role at Blueprint as “a lot of things” on her LinkedIn, but more recently it has included undertaking the grueling regimen that Johnson has created in order to reverse his age.
This summer Tolo, who is referred to as Blueprint XX, began her trial of the regimen saying she and Johnson are now “two peas in a pod.”
The colleagues—who had previously worked together at Johnson’s biotech business Kernel—do “everything together” Tolo told the Diary of a CEO podcast.
In the podcast released on November 9, Tolo said she wasn’t following a program that was as extensive as Johnson’s, explaining: “That was a big decision factor for both of us when we were considering this. It is incredibly laborious on our team to bring up another person, but it means completely changing my lifestyle.”
Tolo, who describes her role as an “operations manager for humanity,” revealed that because of public scrutiny on Johnson’s venture, she began the Blueprint lifestyle as a 30-day trial which was kept private, in order to test if she was willing and capable of taking it any further.
“It meant completely redefining what my life and lifestyle is,” Tolo said.
Currently, the team is still working on personalizing the program for Tolo, though some hallmarks of Johnson’s regimen are the same: a 100% sleep score every night and “perfect” nutrition, as well as 60 supplements and a balance of cardio and strength training.
It’s about living, not dying
Although Johnson and Tolo are mirror images in many aspects of their lives, the pair do diverge on why they’re undertaking the Blueprint program.
For Johnson, it’s quite obviously “don’t die.” Johnson is frequently pictured wearing a T-shirt with the slogan on, while a “Don’t Die” ticker continuously revolves across the Blueprint website.
Tolo has a different approach. For the 27-year-old, Blueprint is about living.
“I want to have the opportunity to live,” Tolo said. “I don’t mind the idea of death, if it happens it happens. But I would love to be able to spend each minute living as much as possible.”
Despite noise online that Blueprint plays into a fear of death and aging, both Tolo and Johnson insist that’s not the case—even though Tolo acknowledges it would be very “rational.”
“Out of all the fears I could have in life, fear of death is probably one that I would choose to have, it makes sense to me,” Tolo explained, but added: “I’d love to really want to live every single second of the day.”