No Days Off with Brian Gubernick

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Growth has a price. And too often, the receipt shows up in the form of relationships that no longer fit the future you're building.

In today's episode, Brian breaks down one of the toughest truths he ever learned from a mentor: you will outgrow people — and that's okay. Not because you're better than them. Not because loyalty doesn't matter. But because the higher you climb, the fewer people are comfortable at that altitude.

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In this episode, Brian Gubernick breaks down one of the biggest lies in business: that showing up is enough. Pros in sports spend countless hours preparing their bodies and minds so when the lights come on, their performance isn't a surprise — it's the inevitable result of disciplined work.

So why do so many entrepreneurs wing it?

Brian unpacks the athlete's blueprint — conditioning, film study, visualization, recovery, and ritual ...

Leadership. Wealth. Performance. None of it outruns the story you tell yourself.

Today, Brian pays tribute to one of the greatest influences on the No Days Off movement, his mentor, the late Mac Newton. Mac believed that the biggest limits in life aren't external… they're internal. They're the governors we bolt onto our own identity.

If you think you're not smart enough, talented enough, connected enough, you'll find ways to valida...

Most leaders have been taught to stay out of the weeds. Set the vision, delegate the details, and hope the machine runs itself. But the world's most successful leaders -- Bezos, Culp, Toyota, Engstrom -- reject that myth entirely.

They don't micromanage. They system-build.

In today's episode, Brian breaks down what truly hands-on leadership looks like: obsessing over customer outcomes, architecting how work gets done, empowering de...

Many leaders fall into a hidden trap: believing "If I can do it, so can you." In this episode, we unpack how that mindset, while rooted in good intentions, can quietly damage culture, morale, and growth.

Using Muriel Wilkins' story of "Robin," a top executive whose high standards nearly cost her the CEO role, we explain how elite performers can unintentionally project their strengths onto others and mistake impatience for inspirati...

Most people think great relationships just work — that when you find the "right" person, partner, or team, everything should click effortlessly. But that's a lie. Great relationships don't run on luck; they run on work.

In this episode, Brian breaks down the 7 Principles of Great Relationships — lessons that apply to your marriage, your friendships, your business partnerships, and your leadership. From making every relationship win...

In this episode of No Days Off, Brian Gubernick sits down 1-on-1 with Dr. Benjamin Hardy, organizational psychologist and bestselling author of The Gap and the Gain, 10x Is Easier Than 2x, and his latest release, The Science of Scaling.

Dr. Hardy's work has reshaped how entrepreneurs, leaders, and high performers think about growth — not just in business, but in life. Together, Brian and Ben explore how to evolve from who you are i...

Most of us aren't held back by our talent, our resources, or our circumstances, we're held back by the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. 

In today's episode, Brian shares a powerful moment from a weekend in New York with his daughter that exposed a hidden "governor" on his own performance. What he discovered on an eight-mile run in Central Park wasn't about fitness; it was about identity, limitation, and the way our self-...

Most people don't set small goals because they lack ambition; they set small goals because they're afraid to fail. In today's episode, Brian breaks down a powerful idea from Dr. Benjamin Hardy: small goals are nothing more than a strategy to avoid failure. And nowhere is this more dangerous than in your wealth-building journey.

If your goals are "safe," your life will be "small." Safe goals protect your ego, not your potential. The...

Most leaders say they "pour into their people," but few actually understand what that really means. Buying dinners, giving bonuses, and sending someone to a conference might feel generous, but that isn't leadership. That's transaction.

In today's episode, Brian breaks down the rare leadership skill that separates culture-builders from babysitters: transformational investment in your people. True leadership is transferring your time...

We live in a world obsessed with fixing, hacking, optimizing, and doing. But sometimes the most transformative step you can take isn't action at all — it's awareness. 

In today's episode, Brian breaks down a powerful idea inspired by Morgan Housel: a diagnosis is sometimes more important than the treatment plan.

Before you rush to solve the chaos in your business, your habits, your health, or your relationships, you have to underst...

Every "yes" comes with a price tag. In this episode, Brian unpacks the real trade-offs behind success, the ones you don't see in the highlight reels. From billionaires to world-class athletes, every story of achievement hides a cost: missed moments, fractured relationships, sleepless nights, and the quiet erosion of balance.

But this isn't a warning, it's awareness. Because the goal isn't to avoid trade-offs, it's to make them cons...

Most people rate their happiness a 7 out of 10, and that's the trap. "Fine" is comfortable enough to keep you from changing, but dull enough to drain your energy over time. In this episode, Brian Gubernick breaks down Jesse Itzler's "happiness scale" concept and what he learned living with monks: happiness isn't found through addition, it's found through subtraction.

Brian shares a simple, tactical framework to grade your happiness...

Most leaders fall into the same trap: they become the hero. Every problem, every decision, every fire ends up on their desk. It feels like leadership, but it's actually burnout in disguise. In today's episode, Brian breaks down a better model, Teamship, a framework popularized by Keith Ferrazzi that flips the old "leader at the top" pyramid on its head.

Instead of one person carrying the weight, Teamship spreads ownership, accounta...

Looking successful and being financially strong aren't the same thing. In this episode, Brian breaks down what it actually means to have a financially healthy household, using real data from Goldman Sachs and a few No Days Off principles to create your own "financial fitness test."

He'll walk you through five key ratios that reveal how solid your foundation really is: debt-to-income, debt service ratio, liquidity, savings rate, and...