Bulletproof Hustle With Darnell Brown

Bulletproof Hustle with Darnell Brown has been redesigned into Forge & Flow, and your boy is back.This is where creative entrepreneurs get actionable insights to grow their impact and income without sacrificing their worth and wellness.Host and seasoned multidisciplinary storyteller Darnell Brown delivers bite-sized episodes packed with practical tips, inspiring stories, and first-hand strategies.No matter your creative profession, you'll learn how to turn your inherent skills into sustainable success.

It's been a minute! And by 'a minute,' I mean a year. I spent the last 12 months building a virtual community for creative entrepreneurs called Forge. But today, I'm back at you with a new episode. Do give it a listen when you have 5 mins. Struggling to do what matters in your creative business? Grab my free playbook, ⁠Amplify Time in Your Creative Business⁠, designed to help you grow your business while freeing up your schedule to do what delights you. Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Amazon Podcasts⁠, and ⁠Google Podcasts⁠. Find more stuff like this at ⁠darnellbrown.com⁠ and tag @bulletproofhustle on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠FB⁠. Lastly, I want to know what you 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. Thanks in advance. Shine hard. Grind harder.

Join me in welcoming a very special guest: Dayana Aleksandrova. She's a multi-passionate entrepreneur, business coach, speaker, and copywriter for 7+ figure brands. Last but not least, she's a friend and creative soul sister to me. In this game-changing episode, Dayana walks us through some of her darkest moments, which unexpectedly led her to a life of entrepreneurship--and the #1 reason she takes immediate action when an idea takes hold of her. It's clear that Ms. Aleksandrova personifies the bulletproof ethos. You can get some coaching, work with Dayana, or join her list at her website here Dayana on Instagram Dayana on LinkedIn Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at darnellbrown.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, I want to know what you think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know

It's hard not to be deterred whenever life happens. Emotional intelligence, perspective, and equanimity help me cope with all those "life happens" moments I'll experience this week, maybe even today. You too, and eventually, life won't shake you as much as it did in prior years. But we have to put the work in first through daily conditioning under pressure. Let's talk about it. Grab my FREE playbook, Tomorrow Starts Tonight, which contains 3 things you can do at dusk to turn your groggy mornings into gratifying days as an entrepreneur in today's world. Subscribe to my new YT channel >> Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at darnellbrown.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, I want to know what you 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 tun

Deep focus requires several things working in sync with one another: intentions, organization, reflections, and clarity are some of the biggest ones. But we set ourselves up for failure and disappointment when we lead with a distracted mind and a chaotic schedule -- aiming to focus on any one thing for a good chunk of time. There's a path out, though, which brings us to this episode... Grab my FREE playbook, Tomorrow Starts Tonight, which contains 3 things you can do at dusk to turn your groggy mornings into gratifying days as an entrepreneur in today's world. Oh, and I have a YT channel now! Check it out here and subscribe >> Dig this episode? Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Find more stuff like this at darnellbrown.com and tag @bulletproofhustle on Instagram & FB. Lastly, I want to know what you think. Let your vote count by leaving this podcast an honest review. Your rating helps it get ranked (or tanked) and lets others know whe

Ever question whatever you're telling yourself in your own head every morning and every night as you lay there in bed? Why you think about yourself one way or the other? Why is this the song you have on your repeat in your mind's radio station? What you say about yourself, to yourself, plays a vital role in the actions you do or don't take in life and in business. Let's get into it. Peep my latest playbook containing 3 things you can do at dusk to start turning your groggy mornings into gratifying days. It's called Tomorrow Starts Tonight and you can grab a FREE copy of it here. 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, I want to know what you 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

What you already prioritize, you're already good at because you're already consistently doing it. The big question is whether your priorities are deliberate or defaulted. Intentional priorities are the ones you're activated by. Default priorities keep you on the hamster wheel. Let's get into it... Peep my latest playbook containing 3 little things you can do at dusk to start turning your groggy mornings into gratifying days. It's called Tomorrow Starts Tonight and you can grab a FREE copy of it here. 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, I want to know what you 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. Thanks in advance. Shine hard. Grind harder. --- Send in a voice message: https://p

To respect your hustle is to respect your discipline, your practice, your trade, and your skills. You’ve gotta discard what no doesn’t matter and keep what does, block your time differently, and focus on just one thing at a time. Think you can handle it? Let's get into it... Peep my latest playbook containing 3 little things you can do at dusk to start turning your groggy mornings into gratifying days. It's called Tomorrow Starts Tonight and you can grab a FREE copy of it here. 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, I want to know what you 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. Thanks in advance. Shine hard. Grind harder. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p

One of the things I struggle with is this recurring desire to help everyone while realizing I can’t. Something's gotta give. I landed upon a strategy that works well for me when I start to slip back into the 'must-help-everyone' habits. In this episode, I share it with you. Peep my latest playbook containing 3 little things you can do at dusk to start turning your groggy mornings into gratifying days. It's called Tomorrow Starts Tonight and you can grab a FREE copy of it here. 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, I want to know what you 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. Thanks in advance. Shine hard. Grind harder. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po

During certain seasons of our lives (adolescence, young adulthood, etc.), 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 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. Here's my latest playbook containing 3 things you can do at dusk to start turning your groggy mornings into gratifying days. It's called Tomorrow Starts Tonight and you can grab a FREE copy of it here. 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, I want to know what you 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

To reach a true revelation, magic moment, or threshold, we have to go beyond what we think are our limitations. There's some juice in our tank that we haven't even tapped into yet. We don't even know what's at the bottom of our reservoirs. Everything you've been up to until this point... everything you've done is just the standard; the cost of entry. Crossing the breakthrough to know what you're made up of and breathing rare air requires that extra (metaphorical) pushup, and that's where the real work starts. Cross the breakthrough with my latest playbook containing 3 things you can do at dusk to start turning your groggy mornings into gratifying days. It's called Tomorrow Starts Tonight and you can grab a FREE copy of it here. 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, I want to know what you think. Let your vote

What's up, folks!? After an extended 7-month hiatus where both lots and little has happened, I'm back. Big changes coming to the pod this year. Changes like... Special episodes featuring special guests, some of which have already been recorded. Switching to a seasonal release pattern going forward. Evolving this into a creative entrepreneurial, and process-driven pod (still highly motivational, though). But for now, I hit you with my first episode in ages, which is appropriate for this time of year. So let me not keep you from listening to it any longer. Peep my latest playbook containing 3 little things you can do at dusk to start turning your groggy mornings into gratifying days. It's called Tomorrow Starts Tonight and you can grab a FREE copy of it here.  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, I wa

I finally made it to my centennial episode! (After taking like 6 weeks off from podcasting, ha!) Let's move on... *Bernice Mac voice* A lack of confidence will kill a great idea before you’ve even taken action on it. Good news is this entrepreneurial plague is treatable, if not curable. I prescribe these 3 antidotes to The Doubt Virus. Then you can live your truth and earn their love. Feel free to get a second opinion, as well. 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 you ever wondered, representation matters. When you're used to seeing yourself reflected within the popular content you consume, this is probably not something you think about much. For those of us on the fringes or whom are only most recently starting to be acknowledged across entertainment and institutions, representation is long overdue. I'm no expert on this topic because my experiences have been so unique. I'm more of the exception than the rule, yet I understand and agree that there are some seriously underserved groups. I want to see more folks who look like me in the content I consume. Leading roles in movies and TV. Leading positions in their careers. We need to see examples of what we can become since we aren't always supported at our homes and in our communities. 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

Hustle is a term with multiple meanings and many of them aren't good. Five years ago, I tried to rectify this in my first book, The Bulletproof Hustler. I think I convinced those who read it. But for the 99.9% of the world who didn't, this one's for 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.

There are many truths you could focus on today. Few are altruistic. Some are helpful. Many are indigestible. We can only consume one truth at a time, so we have to choose wisely. I choose to emphasize the truths that empower me and lower the volume on the ones that paralyze me. Or else I'll go crazy in an unjust world. 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 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.

An uplifting story told poorly can really muck things up. I should know. I had an opportunity to inspire a student. Instead, I came off sounding privileged and unrelatable to a colleague. How did I mess this up? I had one job! As per usual, after going beneath the surface, I realized this one was on me. But I learned something new and in this episode, I share that 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.

If you're waiting on some sort of sign to flat-out tell you exactly what you need to hear, in the way you need to hear it, at the most opportune time, that's unwise. Life doesn't work that way. As tempting as it may be to request someone's blessing before you try something new and/or something that is risky but fulfilling, you're vastly stunting your growth. Instead, we must become our own closest advisors and give ourselves permission to venture into the unknown. 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.

It's hard not to be deterred, give up, and throw in the towel when "life happens". Emotional intelligence, perspective, and equanimity can help cope with all those "life happens" moments you'll experience this week. Like a lot. Eventually, you won't be as phased...as shaken as you had been in prior years. But we have to put the work in first through conditioning. 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.

Every intention, goal, or idea you can't quite get out of your head wants to be born. The first action you've gotta take in giving it life is to document it by any means necessary. That's how you get it from your mind and into our physical reality. Be it in a journal, on a napkin, or as a promise to a friend, it becomes a pledge and is on its way to being crystalized. Come get some encouragment. 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.