Brandon Burns

How To Ruin A Life:

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would use substances to alter my mood, so I would no longer have to feel solely responsible for generating my own happiness, and to numb my perception of this world’s harsh realities & my own shortcomings.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would idolize money, s*x, power, and status - centering my life’s goals around them, sacrificing to them, basing every decision on how I could accumulate those things in the most quantity. I would believe that if I only had enough, then finally I may be satisfied in this life.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would make choices based on other people’s expectations, opinions, or desires for me. I would not be my own man with my own soul and my own will - but rather, a constant conglomerate of other people’s souls and wills.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would focus my attention strictly on what would feel best in each present moment, with no eye for transcendent contribution.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would not think deeply about the information which I was being given by the media, the government, or other individuals. I would take all that I see and hear as truth, and acquiesce to whatever I was told.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would use people only for what I could get from them, I would be inconsistent and unreliable, I would care only about myself in the present moment.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would allow myself to be solely guided by my emotions, carnal desires, and circumstances. I would ignore my instincts, I wouldn’t listen to the whispers of my soul, I would be fleeting in everything I do or think.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would be entitled, yet self-loathing. I would be ambitious, yet lazy. I would be competitive, yet timid. I would battle with myself daily.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would distrust, or perhaps even disbelieve, God - and put all the pressure of the world on myself and myself alone.

- B

Gymnastics has taught me a lot about life.

Even though I don’t train calisthenics very often anymore (I lift everyday but true gymnastics-style training is much rarer for me these days, and has been for years) - I can still do this stuff on a whim.

The lesson:
Hard now = easy later.
Discipline now = freedom later.
Taking it serious now = ability to be casual later.

I don’t care if it’s fitness, business, speaking, or something else - anytime you say or think, “Wow - they made that look so easy... What natural talent!”

Just assume they obsessed over every minuscule detail for at least a decade before they made it look so casual.

Everyday Means Everyday.

-B

The best way to attract the people you’re called to work with is to become the person you’re called to be!

Everyday Means Everyday.

- B

Can’t take me anywhere… 😂😂

EVERYDAY MEANS EVERYDAY!

-B

After $15M+ in sales & negotiating with the NFL, Fortune 500 execs, and some of the biggest event hosts in the world…

I can promise you that nobody cares about your story or the “takeaways” that someone might get from listening to it.

Clients care about RESULTS. As personal brands (speakers / coaches / creators / etc.), we have to stop romanticizing our own stuff and get back to why people hire us in the first place…

TO MEASURABLY MOVE THE NEEDLE.

Instead of asking about “takeaways” on sales calls, start asking about hard KPI’s - serious prospects will automatically respect the fact that you’re thinking about THEIR bottom line, not just yours.

Everyday Means Everyday!

- B

“Watch this” 😂💪

EVERYDAY MEANS EVERYDAY

-B