No Days Off with Brian Gubernick

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick

Welcome to the No Days Off podcast with Brian Gubernick - where we believe that each day brings a new opportunity to get better - better at business, better at our relationships, better in health,…better at life! Brian Gubernick is a visionary leader with over 20 years of diverse business and life experience. Currently the Chief Real Estate Officer for PLACE Inc and Co-Founder of Metrix Masterminds, Brian has held numerous other significant roles in the real estate industry including property investor, Realtor, sales team owner, brokerage operating partner, title/escrow company investor, property management partner, and start-up executive. Brian has also trained and/or personally coached thousands of sales professionals on the tenants of business success, leadership, and personal development. Brian's passion for excellence is matched only by his love for family. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife and two daughters. When he's not creating exceptional real estate experiences or nurturing his entrepreneurial ventures, Brian can be found enjoying quality time with his loved ones.

Episodes

December 1, 2025 10 mins

In today's episode, Brian shares a moment with his 13-year-old daughter, Katy, that every entrepreneur needs to hear. She wanted to pick smaller, easier dance competitions -- the kind where the odds of winning are higher. And Brian had to remind her of a truth most adults forget: you don't get better by lowering the competition. You get better by raising your skill.

Brian breaks down how this same pattern shows up in business; when...

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Brian Gubernick breaks down one of the most powerful and widely shared pieces of wisdom on wealth: Naval Ravikant's legendary Twitter thread, How to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky. This 24-step framework has influenced countless entrepreneurs, and today, Brian walks through each principle, sharing insights on long-term wealth creation, the power of specific knowledge, and why redefining what you do is key to becoming the best in th...

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Thanksgiving traditions are great, but the "What are you thankful for?" circle can get predictable fast. In today's episode, Brian shares nine deeper gratitude prompts he's using with his own family — questions that pull you into reflection, perspective, and the moments that actually shaped you this year.

These prompts will have you thinking about who helped you grow, the hard things you're now grateful for, the moments you'd reliv...

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Brian Gubernick shares a powerful question that could transform the way you approach your business: If you only had 5 hours per week to work on your business, what would you focus on?

Brian walks through a structured framework to answer this question, helping you identify your core value drivers, audit your time, and uncover your zone of genius. Learn how to apply...

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In this episode, Brian shares Elon Musk's algorithm that he uses to make improvements to anything and everything. Elon leverages this 5-step process to make things simpler or more efficient.

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Welcome to No Days Off with Brian Gubernick. Brian is a visionary leader with over 20 years of diverse business and life experience. Tune in to this podcast every weekday morning for 10 minutes or less as Brian shares lessons and stories abo...

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Ray Dalio calls it the midlife squeeze -- that high-pressure season where everything collides at once. Kids still need you, parents may be aging, your business is demanding more than ever, and your energy isn't what it used to be. For entrepreneurs, the squeeze is magnified because there's no clocking out. 

In this episode, Brian unpacks how to recognize this season, manage it with intention, and turn it into a catalyst for growth....

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November 21, 2025 11 mins

Most people think wealth is about a bigger net-worth number. Today, Brian breaks down what he was reminded of in a conversation with George Antone — author of The Wealthy Code — and why real wealth has nothing to do with your balance sheet and everything to do with math, mechanics, and cash flow.

Brian walks through the three principles that actually create financial freedom: Cash flow > net worth, leverage accelerates everything, ...

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November 20, 2025 11 mins

In today's episode, Brian Gubernick hits you hard the first time — the same way this idea recently hit him when he heard Morgan Housel talk about it on a podcast. Morgan, one of Brian's favorite authors, shared a distinction that every hard-charging entrepreneur needs to hear: resume virtues vs. eulogy virtues.

Most of us spend our lives stacking wins, building accomplishments, and polishing the resume. But the people who truly kno...

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Most people hit the holidays and coast. They loosen their standards, drift from routines, and tell themselves they'll "get serious in January." Not you. Not here. Not in the No Days Off Nation.

In this episode, Brian breaks down one of the most powerful performance windows of the year—Separation Season, a concept borrowed from Ed Mylett and sharpened through years of real-world application. This is the final stretch where high perf...

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Most people think they have a strategy problem. They don't. They have an execution problem.

In today's episode, Brian breaks down one of the most powerful frameworks in business and in life: the Four Disciplines of Execution (4DX). Because the truth is simple—your current life is perfectly designed to produce your current results. If you want different outcomes, you don't need more ideas… you need a system that forces action.

Brian...

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November 17, 2025 13 mins

Most people say they want to be wealthy. Very few can define what wealth actually means.
In today's episode, Brian breaks down the real game of wealth—not the internet version, not the "nice house and big income" version—the freedom version. The version where you can do what you want, when you want, with who you want… and actually afford to live that way.

Brian walks through the four numbers every financially free person knows cold...

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Most people think courage looks like running into burning buildings or taking giant risks. But Brendan Burchard flips that idea on its head — real courage isn't about danger, it's about discipline. It's emotional courage: the ability to move forward even when your doubts, fears, and feelings beg you to hit the brakes.

In today's episode, Brian breaks down Brendan's five-part framework for building emotional courage — the exact mind...

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November 13, 2025 11 mins

If you've ever ended a strong week feeling nauseous from pressure instead of proud of your progress, this episode is for you. Brian unpacks a late-night message from a young, high-achieving entrepreneur who admitted he constantly feels like he's "not doing enough." Brian knows that feeling well and shares how unchecked ambition can quietly turn into a prison.

Through stories from his early career -- 2 a.m. work sessions, panic on h...

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That uneasy feeling you get when your actions don't match your beliefs? That's not guilt, it's cognitive dissonance. And while most people run from it, elite performers use it as fuel. In this episode, Brian breaks down why that internal tension might be your greatest leadership advantage.

You'll learn how to spot the moments when your integrity is slipping out of alignment, how to turn that discomfort into self-awareness, and how ...

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November 11, 2025 12 mins

You can spend thousands on sleep supplements, fancy mattresses, or wearables — but if you're breathing wrong while you sleep, none of it matters. In this episode, Brian Gubernick breaks down a simple, almost ridiculous-sounding hack that's made a measurable difference in his performance: mouth taping.

Yep — taping your mouth shut before bed. It's not a TikTok stunt. It's science-backed. By training your body to breathe through your...

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November 10, 2025 11 mins

Dr. Wayne Dyer once said, "Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change." Sounds simple, until you actually live it.

In today's episode, Brian Gubernick breaks down how one shift in perspective can completely rewrite your outcomes. From Slack turning a failed video game into a $27B business, to Netflix reframing DVDs into digital dominance, to Airbnb transforming air mattresses into a global hospitality move...

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November 7, 2025 12 mins

High performers crave clarity. We want the full picture before we move — but in business and life, waiting for 100% certainty is often just a way of stalling. In this episode, Brian unpacks Jeff Bezos' "70% Rule" from his 2017 Amazon shareholder letter — the idea that most decisions should be made with about 70% of the information you wish you had.

You'll learn the difference between one-way doors (irreversible decisions) and two-w...

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Most of the rules that determine whether we rise or stall aren't written anywhere. They're not in a handbook. They're not on a whiteboard. But they govern our decisions, our leadership, and our progress every single day, just as reliably as gravity.

In this episode, Brian breaks down ten "laws of life" that high performers understand, whether consciously or not. From Hanlon's Razor and the Dunning-Kruger Effect to Parkinson's Law a...

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Brian shares a lesson that hit close to home. Straight from a weekend running the New York City Marathon, Monday Night Football, and quality time with his dad.

We've all experienced relationships that drift or dissolve. A friend, a colleague, a partner — someone who suddenly feels more like a stranger. And when that happens, the default story we tell ourselves is: They meant to hurt me.

But what if they didn't?

Enter Hanlon's Razor...

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Everyone loves to talk about "work-life balance." Calendar hacks. Perfect routines. Equal attention to everything that matters. Sounds enlightened, right?
Except it's a lie.

In today's episode, Brian pulls a powerful lesson from one of the most impactful books ever written: The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. The book demolishes the idea that balance is something you maintain. The truth? Balance is a myth… and chasing it ...

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