Hosted by, Founder of BrainsforBrawn and BrainsforBusiness, Brendan Lund, BrainsforBrilliance is a podcast focused on helping you reach your highest potential, and enhancing your personal development. Brendan and his guests discuss their successes and failures in business, love, life and everything in between. If you’re looking for a podcast that provides an emotional connection while challenging you to be and do better than this podcast is for you.
Tonight we’re going to talk a little bit about anxiety and fear. There are ways that we can reengineer our thoughts in order to use fear and anxiety to our advantage. Remember, you are not alone and you can’t expect to avoid these your whole life. They can function as catalysts for personal growth and act as sort of a super power. Don’t let fear and anxiety anchor you down when it can project you int...
Tonight, we are going to be talking about limiting beliefs. What are limiting beliefs you ask? A limiting belief is a belief that you have about yourself that hinders your ability to achieve any goal. The tough thing about limiting beliefs is that many times we are not consciously aware of them. It is sitting in the back of your mind. If you have the wherewithal to recognize what it is, you need to w...
Today we’re going to dive into just who Brendan Lund is and his transformation. Brendan’s rags-to-riches story is nothing short of miraculous. He never accepted the depressing day to day 9 to 5 gore that almost everyone goes through just to get a paycheck. This man is a role model for anyone who wants to achieve financial freedom and does not want to deal with the depression that comes with hating yo...
As individuals, we form our own ideas about people based on their social media. That’s why it is so important to be as real as possible whether you are online or offline. When you’re real, people know exactly what they’re going to get when they enter your life. This can help you avoid surrounding yourself with the wrong people and getting into the wrong relationships. Having the the right people in y...
A lot of people listening to this focus on surviving instead of thriving. Having that mindset will hold you back from success. Everyone wants to eat better food and safest car and comfiest clothes. The entire point of having extra income is to increase your quality of life. There’s nothing wrong with chasing more money because you don’t know how long you’re going to be here. If you are here to thrive...
Being multi-passionate keeps you from feeling burnt out and helps you stay passionate about all of your different projects. Your days have much more diversity that you normally would if you stuck to one thing. The reason that people become burnt out on their careers is because they find themselves working for the benefit of the company. They don’t get to see the impact of their job or the value that ...
When you get a mentor that is incredible that tells you, “you can do this,” you develop the confidence to go for your dreams. In order to be that mentor to someone else, you have to be down in the mud yourself at some point. Adversity will show itself at the most critical moments of your life and you will be presented with a choice. You can choose to collapse and let life take you down, or you can re...
There is nothing wrong with trying different routes to achieve the big vision. What’s the worst thing that could happen when trying new things? Negative visualization is key because it prepares you for the worst, thus creating more confidence. You will feel pressure and judgement from society as well as family and friends but if you really work hard you can achieve what people say you can’t.
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As human beings we influence people on a daily basis, whether you have Instagram or not. You don’t have to wait until you have 10,000 followers on Instagram to have a positive influence on people. Everyone has influence in some capacity, but it is up to you to decide how it affects your decisions. Being an influencer is something we can all be but some people do it for the right reasons and some do i...
Before you can achieve constant growth, you need to know who you really are. As human beings, we don’t like to change because it makes us uncomfortable, but there is both pain and pleasure on the path to knowing who you are. Letting yourself go in a new direction is just a way of becoming who you are truly meant to be. When we refuse to change, we limit our ability to grow.
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You’re never too young to dominate. Age is just a number and you can’t let that number define how you feel or how you carry yourself. If you go on places like instagram, you can almost always find someone that is doing better than you or younger than you. It is like a highlight reel. Just because they are posting a nice photo album does not mean that they have a nice life.
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It’s impressive to be in a place where you enjoy what you are doing, only to transition to a place that you like even more. You can be happy with something but it may not be what you want to do with your life. If you know in 30 to 40 years that you don’t want to be here, you better start doing something about it. Remember, taking the first step is just that, the first step. It is easy to start someth...
Being in business for the right reasons is very important. That being, making money vs. making a difference. Having previous struggles can help you relate to clients that you are genuinely trying to help. The ability to relate to clients is a huge advantage when turning an idea into a thriving business. For both parties, having a good support system is crucial, especially because you will have strugg...
When you start to limit what you eat for the sole reason of restricting calories, when you stop eating food here and there, feel ashamed when eating this, there is a problem. Different diets can be forms of control. Nutrition is an easy thing to turn to when you do not have control in other parts of their life. It starts small and spirals out of control. If you don’t accept yourself today, and give y...
Motivation comes and goes; that’s why it is so important to stay disciplined so that when it goes you don’t get off track on the way to completing your goals. It is unreasonable to assume that you can walk in and accomplish a goal on a dime. Setting short term goals is the best way to gradually work towards accomplishing your long term goals. Staying disciplined can be natural by having habits, balan...
If you are at an unhappy point in your life, if you have a defeated mindset, if you know that there is more in this life, then you need to fiercely invest in yourself. You are either growing, or you are dying and there is nothing enjoyable about spinning the hamster wheels. At the end of the day, if you love what you are doing, then the money will come, but if you hate what you are doing and there’s ...
You have to decide who you want to be before you can find yourself, and you have to find yourself before you can start loving yourself. No one likes to admit that they are lacking in some areas because self-reflection can be scary and painful, thinking about the negative things you used to, but it is essential in moving forward to a positive light. It is very tough growing up with insecurities, but f...
If you want to be a fitness coach, your are someone that people should be looking up to. However, it’s few and far between that you meet a trainer who’s the same on the internet as they are in person. Bridging the gap between the science and how to implement that in a real life situation with a real person is something that is missing. In this episode, we discuss why your fitness coaching service suc...
Hosted by, Founder of BrainsforBrawn and BrainsforBusiness, Brendan Lund, BrainsforBrilliance is a podcast focused on helping you reach your highest potential, and enhancing your personal development. Brendan and his guests discuss their successes and failures in business, love, life and everything in between. If you’re looking for a podcast that provides an emotional connection while challenging you to be and do better than this p...
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