Bulletproof Hustle With Darnell Brown

When the times are toughest... when the storm's raging... when you really don't wanna do *that* thing... that's when your grit matters most. It's easy to feel pumped after watching an exciting TED Talk and after everything is already going our way. But when life gets in the way, we sometimes fail to remember our training. This is your reminder... (And yes, I'm totally gonna act like I didn't publish any podcast episodes over the past several weeks, lol. Let's move on! *Bernie Mac* voice.) Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

During certain phases of our lives (namely adolescence and becoming young adults), we look for validation from everyone but ourselves. We let what they see influence how we see ourselves. We expect too much of people and we give up our own agency and influence, as we become at the mercy of others. Loving and valuing ourselves from within is how we take our power back. Sometimes, what we seek, only we can provide. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

In case no one told you... In case no one gave you permission... In case you're not feeling supported right now... You. Are. Enough. And you always have been. You're also more than you ever thought was possible. Has believing any less gotten you any further? I didn't think so. Listen in for this reminder of your power and run it back whenever you're feeling low. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

Instead of trying to be fearless, we'd do better to acknowledge the fear of the unknown, but proceed anyway, so that we may resolve the conflict. Each obstacle presents you with a changeover from one act of your story to the next. When viewed this way, it makes your story more interesting and grants you some agency in the outcome. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

You've heard it before. So much to do. So little time. Yet I've seemingly already lived many lives. But I haven't yet time traveled. Nor space traveled. Nor made an exquisite culinary dish. Nor scored a movie/series. Nor met some of my heroes. Maybe I will get to knock out more these items on my bucket list. And I hope to keep contributing to society in other ways beyond the stuff I'm doing now, though I'm not complaining. That said, I do still got a lotta life left, so we'll see what happens. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

The broader the goal, the less likely we are to achieve it. Specificity within our goals and intimacy within our journeys toward those goals are how we make things more probable. What you see as success may be different than me, but that's a good thing. It should be personal. Distinct. Subjective. Your path is your path and no one else can walk it. Start with you because there are levels to this. Make success smaller. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

I am overly-sensitive. I lose sleep over small things. I care what you think. I have thin skin. I prioritize my businesses more than my friendships. Plus many other flaws. I suppose, I'm only human. After this episode, I hope you continue to take me as I am. Let's get into it. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

Becoming an entrepreneur doesn't mean you don't have a boss. It means you sacrifice one for a few of them. Or several. So that you're never at the mercy of any single "boss" in case one of them "fires" you. Yet, entrepreneurialism is about so much more than where we fall on the totem pole. Resilience. Discipline. Foresight. Amongst other things we cover in this episode. So take a ride with your boy as we dive into a new type of employment we must understand and devote ourselves to, if we ever hope to be successful at running our own businesses. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Gr

It's been a minute! Needed some time off. And during these last several weeks, I've thought about something... In our quest to create a life we don't need a vacay from, the inverse can end up happening. Case in point: me. I've went for years at a time without vacations, promising myself that I'd do it the next year, then the next one, and so forth. But time off doesn't need to feel so fantastical and elusive. We can bake a vacay into our lives daily with a little imagination, creativity, and discipline. Join me as a share a few ways you too can unwind and do things other than work during your workweek.  Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and

Think not in terms of resources, but instead of resourcefulness. Many of us from humble beginnings learned to work with what we had available and turn them into fuel. Focusing on what we lack doesn't serve us. It's how we use what we can access to our advantage to propel us higher, further, faster. All it takes a little creativity and remixing. Ride with your boy... Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

Our expectations of people - based on *our* opinions and standards for them - inevitably lead to disappointment. When what is so obvious to us becomes so blind to them, things are unsettling. But we mustn't judge or view people through our own prisms. We have to look at them based on their opinions and expectations of themselves, however rudimentary or basic we think those outlooks are. If we do that and if there's good in 'em, they're worthy of our time, attention, and praise. Let me explain... Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

The things you're doing (or not doing) during your time here are creating your body of work. Your legacy becomes the stories of others because your efforts live on in the minds of those who succeed you. Those stories are rooted in the moments and memories you leave people with. When you recognize this truth, you realize you have enormous power and purpose to put your best foot forward. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

With so many opportunities... so much of humanity and its contributions to the world to study... so many interests and priorities... it's impossible to touch it all in a single human lifetime. So what's a person to do? Experience as much as you can by finding the right balance that works for you. That could mean being intentional and present with just a few things per quarter or year and then switching gears for the next cycle. Or sticking with those things because you enjoy them so much. Point is not to overwhelm yourself or multitask beyond your bandwidth. What's worked for me is to find that happy medium between my interests and priorities. I'll explain... Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest rev

Some incredible things can happen when you just *show up* to your aspirations. Or even that thing you dread doing. In either event, you might realize it isn't as grueling or taxing as you thought it to be. But everything starts by putting yourself in a position you can't talk yourself out of. Showing up to that workout. Showing up to that promise you made your mom. Showing up to your side hustle. See what happens. You just may surprise yourself. And once you do, it's time to show out and show them what you're made of. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

How can you ever be bored? How can you ever not know what's worth your time and energy? How can you not have anything better to do? Opportunities are everywhere. If you just take a look around and show some interest. When we're hung up on our bad habits and unhealthy routines, we're blind to these countless opportunities that become immediately obvious when we get clear. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

To develop any muscle in any organism, there has to be some resistance that the muscle is going up against. To produce stronger muscles, we need triggers. And to develop in life, obstacles are the triggers. Pressure. Surprises. Challenges. Roadblocks. Barriers. All forms of resistance you're sure to face daily. So welcome them, for they bring with them priceless gifts you can only receive once you make it out to the other end. Tune in. I'll explain.  Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

We sell *all the time* without even realizing it. Any time you put someone else onto something you know about, you're selling. When you tell your friend, we should eat at *this* restaurant, you're selling your friend on why you all should eat there. When you tell your kids to go outside and play instead of toying with their iPad all day, you're selling your little ones detoxing from their devices for a minute. When you ask someone out on a date, you're selling that person that it'd be worth their time to spend it with you rather than whatever they were gonna do. So as we can see, sales are *so* much more than monetary transactions. At its purest, selling is the act of convincing someone to take an action you want them to take. Here, let me explain... Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to

I don't talk money on this podcast. Except for on this special episode. But this is a concept that my noodle has been stewing on for the past few years. And at its essence, wealth is really about options and opportunities. I stand on the shoulders of some great colleagues and mentors who've put me up on game. Now it's for me to share what I've been learning with you. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

Can't think straight? Burdened by obligations? Got too much on your plate? Overwhelmed by your commitments? Try the simple act of straightening up your immediate workspace or vicinity. Suddenly, everything becomes clearer. For a clear mind and spirit produce great work. Let's talk about it...   Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too. Shine hard. Grind harder.

Because if you did, you've have done *that* thing already. Yet, you wanna give me excuses. Whether we're talking good habits or vices, whatever we care about, we become successful at - almost without exception. So we're all "successful" at certain things because we all prioritize something, even if it's just a habit. If we're not proud of the things we're successful at, we have to replace our current priorities with better ones. And we should check in with ourselves quarterly to see if our priorities have changed. When we *do* care enough, anything's possible. Thanks for tuning in! Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at bulletproofhustle.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, it means the world to me to know what my listeners think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whether they should tune in too