THE SAVAGE MINDSET: FINDING YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF

Summary

Wake Up to Wealth Podcast: Episode Summary Episode: THE SAVAGE MINDSET: FINDING YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF
Release Date: July 23, 2025
Host: Brandon Brittingham

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Introduction to the Savage Mindset

In this compelling episode, host Brandon Brittingham engages in a deep conversation with his brother, Wes, delving into the concept of the "savage mindset" and the journey to finding one's authentic self. The discussion emphasizes the importance of embracing one's inner strength and authenticity to achieve true happiness and financial success.

Embracing Authenticity Over External Validation

Wes begins by sharing his recent experiences, including keynoting at a Spring Break event and reflecting on the necessity of tapping into one's "savage" side. He highlights how modern society often suppresses our innate instincts, making it challenging to live authentically.

Notable Quote:
Wes (03:35): "Everybody's so worried about being perfect, getting canceled on social media, and staying within these rigid boxes. But no one great ever stayed in that box."

Brandon echoes this sentiment, relating it to his experience in competitive fighting. He underscores that achieving a "flow state"—a zone of peak performance—requires disregarding external opinions and focusing solely on one's capabilities.

Notable Quote:
Brandon (04:14): "To get to that flow state, you have to forget about everything that anybody is saying, doing whatever."

The High Cost of Inauthentic Living

The brothers discuss the detrimental effects of not living authentically. Wes shares a poignant story about a successful individual who struggled with depression, illustrating that external success does not equate to internal happiness.

Notable Quote:
Wes (05:58): "Money is a tool and can change things in your life, but if you seek external validation, you'll never be happy."

Brandon adds that many people chase societal definitions of success—like cars, money, and financial freedom—without understanding what truly makes them happy. This misalignment leads to becoming "slaves to their circumstances."

Redefining Success and Self-Love

The conversation shifts to the importance of self-love as the foundation for genuine happiness and effective leadership. Wes shares an exercise from his Salt Lake City keynote where attendees realized that self-love is paramount over other forms of love.

Notable Quote:
Wes (26:59): "Number one is you. If you don't love yourself, you're only giving others a half-ass effort."

Brandon emphasizes that true "savageness" is not about aggression but about unwavering commitment to one's goals and authentic self, regardless of external judgments.

Notable Quote:
Brandon (23:53): "Savage doesn't mean doing crazy sprints or fighting in cages. It means not giving a fuck and doing what you need to do for the people you care about."

Overcoming Mental Struggles and Embracing Duality

The brothers address mental health challenges, sharing personal anecdotes about supporting friends through dark times. They advocate for reaching out and having honest conversations to navigate through struggles.

Notable Quote:
Wes (17:07): "If you're going through some shit and it's that bad, reach out and have a conversation with somebody."

Brandon adds that embracing both the savage and empathetic sides of oneself is crucial. He highlights the loneliness often felt by entrepreneurs and business owners, stressing the importance of self-compassion and seeking support.

Practical Steps to Find Your Authentic Self

To conclude, Wes and Brandon offer actionable advice for listeners aiming to discover and embrace their authentic selves:

1. Self-Reflection: Regularly assess what truly makes you happy beyond societal expectations.
2. Embrace Vulnerability: Don’t fear showing your true self or admitting struggles; it fosters genuine connections.
3. Prioritize Self-Love: Ensure that self-care and self-respect form the foundation of your relationships and business dealings.
4. Stay True to Your Purpose: Align your actions with your core values and passions, rather than chasing external validation.
5. Seek Support: Engage with mentors, coaches, or peers who reinforce your authentic journey.

Conclusion: The Path to True Wealth

Brandon and Wes wrap up the episode by reinforcing that true wealth encompasses not just financial success but also mental well-being and fulfillment derived from living authentically. They encourage listeners to break free from societal constraints, embrace their inner "savage," and prioritize self-love to achieve lasting happiness and prosperity.

Final Quote:
Brandon (28:11): "If you don't love yourself and you say you love others more, remember you're only giving those people a half-ass effort."

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Transcript

[Brandon Briningham]

This is Wake up to Wealth, a podcast dedicated to helping you change the way you think about wealth. And now, here's your host, Brandon Briningham.

[Brandon Hudson]

Hey.

[Wes]

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[Unnamed Speaker]

We are back with another episode of Wake up to Wealth. And I got my brother Brandon Hudson here. You know, if you've been paying attention, we're kind of doing a series with where him and I just kind of talk about some stuff that I know you guys want to hear about. But before we jump into it, I just want to say again, thank you guys so much. We are a million one and some change downloads as of today that's growing every day. We're averaging 60 to 70,000 downloads per episode, which is just wild. And, you know, it's a testament to y' all support. Thank you. Keep liking rate. Share with your friends. You know, we, we didn't do this for money and money was not the intention behind this. Although we do have sponsors to the show. Now, full disclosure, we just, you know, we wanted to give you guys real, raw, authentic information and you guys have spoken that this is what you want to hear. So can't say this enough. Thank you so much for supporting the show and it's also why, you know, want to come on here with Brandon to just give you guys some real raw. How you doing today, brother?

[Brandon Hudson]

Doing great, brother. Doing great. It's pretty awesome to see the, the amount of value that you're, you're putting out here, man. I've been listen to a lot of them and that's why it's doing what it's doing, man. It's a great job.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah. So, you know, a lot of things, kind of couple things to talk about today, but so last week I keynoted spring break shout out to spring Benson, my homie. Love that woman. Absolute savage, but heart of gold. And man, I just, I went to another place last week, man. It was just, I went to, I went to a different Level that I've never gone to, to speak. And I kind of want to talk about this today because this will relate to you. And, and I think that it's like everybody has this savage inside of them that sometimes, you know, I know you, you got to teach fighters how to go find this, right? And man, like last week, like, you know, I, I had to go there. Like, I had to go there internally. And I think people sometimes are scared of it. I think people are sometimes scared to live in their authenticity, sometimes just scared to go to that dark side. But like the savages, when you were £90 in this world, you lived in the jungle and back in the day, and you had to go in the jungle and kill something to feed your family. Like, that is in you and it's wired in you. And you know, over generational, over generational, it's been calmed down in people and, and it's a mechanism to conquer fear. Right. And I know you believe in this, so, you know, I want to talk about that a little bit today. And, and if you wouldn't mind, like, I mean, you have to go make people go find that to get in the ring, which is the same thing.

[Brandon Hudson]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, and they didn't get in the ring without me doing it myself, you know, so when I was competing and fighting, you know, when I started, it wasn't. I wasn't the best, I wasn't the most technical, I didn't have the most experience, but I knew that I could outwork them, which is similar to business, and I knew that I had a dog in me, that I was ready to die in there. And your point, you know, to be able to get to that, that level and that, that, that I like to call like the flow state, because that's what, like, you see it in so many different spaces. So to get to that flow state, you know what I mean, you got to just forget about everything that anybody is saying, doing whatever.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah.

[Brandon Hudson]

And I think that that's where we get so lost in translation because, you know, everybody's so worried about being perfect, so worried about getting canceled on social media, so worried about what they're going to say and who's going to say. And now majority of people are all stuck within this box or within this kind of guideline and standard that says, well, you can't go too far this way, you can't go too far that way. You got to stay within this range. Yeah. I mean, it just, it's, it's just pussy shit, man. Like, yeah, like, no, One. No one great ever did that. Yeah, no one great ever stayed in that box.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah. And dude, I just. So I think a couple of things that just really hit home for me last week and just seeing it in real time is authentic authenticity is the highest frequency you can buy with another human being. But another thing is like this week I had someone that I was pretty close to commit suicide and extremely successful guy. It still doesn't make any sense to me. And I talked about this last week. Obviously it hadn't happened before I got on stage. But the thing too is that when you're not living in your authenticity, right? And you're afraid to go find that savage, I think you're not happy. And you know, I will tell you guys from personal experience, like, money definitely is a tool and money can certainly change things in your life, but if you don't kind of back to what you're saying, if you seek external validation, you'll never be happy. Right. And you know, my grandparents died very poor. I mean, I had the opportunity to retire them and put them in a new house, but they died poor. But they both died very happy.

[Brandon Hudson]

They're very happy people.

[Unnamed Speaker]

And I just, I think right now, especially no one, we don't talk about this enough of all the that's out there. Like, whatever you're doing, if you're listening to this, like, you should do what the makes you happy and you should stop giving a about all the other dumb. Because. And I talked about this on stage. Like, like, are you chasing the real. Like, are you chasing the real dream?

[Brandon Hudson]

Right?

[Unnamed Speaker]

Like, is it the dream you really want or is it manufactured or whatever? Because true happiness and true peace and, And I believe this is, you know, we have this, we have this phrase nowadays of like, alpha male. Well, I don't think you're an alpha male if you're not. You're not happy internally. Do you know what I mean?

[Brandon Hudson]

Not at all. You know, I think that what happens is, is when you have folks being asked what makes you happy, the. They go to the default answer. They go to the answer of, you know, cars, money, jewels, financial freedom, and all these, these things that just get thrown out there loosely and they don't take the time to sit back and really dive into what makes them happy, or they take for granted what they're doing. Not realizing that is sitting in gratitude.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Correct? Yeah.

[Brandon Hudson]

So then what happens is they're chasing, in my opinion, they're chasing these, you know, things that they've been conditioned to say that this is my true Happiness. And they become a slave to it.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah.

[Brandon Hudson]

And they become a slave to their circumstance, to their situation. You know, one of the things on me being an entrepreneur that, you know, I. I just will not do is I'm not going to be a slave to the business and slave to the money.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Right?

[Brandon Hudson]

Because I know what makes me happy. You know, I know I love. Look, I love the party. You know what I mean? Now, obviously, I can't party like I do.

[Unnamed Speaker]

So there's, you know, so there's some real to that, right? Like, the part of your vibe and your sauce is like, hey, I want to go on vacation. I want to do this, I want to do that. And, you know, the. The. A good point of that is, like, who gives a. If someone judges you? Like, shut the up.

[Brandon Hudson]

Yeah.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Like, if that's what. If that's what makes you happy and that's what gets you excited. Like, people say to me, man, you work too much. You this, you that. But what they don't really understand is that's actually my happiness. Right? That's actually my obsession. You like to go on vacation and do stuff. Right. And again, that's your vibe, and there's nothing fucking wrong with that. And I just think people are. You know, when. When I was at the conference last week and so many people came up to me afterwards and, like, may your message resonate. Resonated with me so much. And the people that I had time to talk to, I was like, well, why? And they were like, well, you know, I feel like I'm living my life for other people and not. I'm not making choices for myself. I'm not this, I'm not that. And, you know, I was full. Ric Flair dog, three diamond chains, Versace down. And people were like, you know, I would be afraid to dress like that. And that's like, man, that sucks. You know what I mean? And it's like, because why? Because you give a. And. And I said on stage, a lot of you probably judged me, if you don't know me before I got on stage. And then when I started talking, you listen because you realize I had some value to share.

[Brandon Hudson]

Absolutely. And I want to say something to your point. Could you imagine a life of happiness for you or for myself if you didn't work or if I didn't go on vacation?

[Unnamed Speaker]

No, I couldn't do it.

[Brandon Hudson]

Correct. Like, what would you do? What would we do if I was strictly business all the time?

[Unnamed Speaker]

Correct.

[Brandon Hudson]

Or bored or unhappy or all the things that we're hearing 100%. Well, yeah, probably you would be drinking again. You know what I mean?

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah.

[Brandon Hudson]

But could you imagine like a light. And this is to the listeners too, like think about the things that you really love to do that you're so embarrassed about, that you're so ashamed about, or you don't want to admit out loud because you want to fit this box where you put yourself in. Right. Right now the most highest form of attention to get is authenticity.

[Unnamed Speaker]

100 is authenticity.

[Brandon Hudson]

And I'm gonna go on a tangent real quick because you know, you, you, we've seen in the past, I'd say three to four years, a lot of exposure where people are getting exposed, right?

[Unnamed Speaker]

Well, yeah, everybody had the COVID money, correct?

[Brandon Hudson]

The COVID money, the influencer money and all this stuff. Who, who are people really listening to? People really are listening to the people that are staying true to themselves. The people that are in the trenches that build something. I mean people that have a couple gray hairs in their whiskers and a couple, you know, some age, that's who they're, they're listening to the Andy Frisellas, the David Goggins that you know, all these names that these guys that you know have been through it and they've got the receipts to back it up. And I'm not discrediting anybody out there, but you can tell guys like that they've got some time under their belt, they've seasoned, they've been through the fire, they've come back and what are they doing? They're living their authentic self and they understand what makes them happy and they understand what makes them tick. And you know, I couldn't see a guy like Goggins not doing pull ups and not running right. What would he be doing? What would you be doing? Listen to this if you weren't doing what you absolutely love.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Hey.

[Wes]

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[Unnamed Speaker]

Well, and I think another thing, man, there's a lot of people, look, let's call it what it is. Like the last couple of years for a lot of businesses been hard, shit's been tough. And it also came off of COVID where everybody was up and I think a lot of people are in stress, man, and they're in overwhelm. And again, it's like if you're going to get up and do everything, you know, like it's kind of like the fight game. Like I don't mind getting up every day and getting punched in the face. Like, I know that I signed up for it, right? And. But if I wasn't really happy in what I was doing, it would make it way worse, you know. And so I just think that for a lot of people, if you're listening to this, like, I think another thing too is like with, with anything that you're successful or anything in your life, like you have an identity that you are tied to. And I think 1p. I think sometimes what people make the mistake as is they say, and this goes back to the dream side of was like for me personally, you know, I was the number one agent in my market, number one in the state. Do you know what I mean? I was, you know, top, you know, I think one year, one year I was by units. I was number one. Like really like not smoke a mirrors bullshit. I put houses in the MLS and did the like if you are real. So you know what I'm saying that real translation, some fuck shit, like really actually went out in the trenches and sold the goddamn houses and just didn't put them in the mls like and did some portal bullshit that, that people make up, you know what I mean? I was up there, right, and I got all those trophies and I was like, man, this dream's not big enough for me. And but then I was so afraid because I was like, well, my identity is the hot shit real estate agent. And even me, I walk through that and the point I'm making is a lot of people if you're listening to this, you're like, well, I'm not happy, but this is my identity. Who gives a fudge? Reinvent yourself. The essence and nature an entrepreneur is your ability to reinvent yourself consistently. And if you're a good entrepreneur, you're going to do it time in and time out because you've got to pivot and, and go where the market goes. And go where your customer goes, right?

[Brandon Hudson]

Yeah. And falling. Excuse me, falling into that trap is a very normal and common thing.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah.

[Brandon Hudson]

Like, so many people don't want to have. They don't want to go through the. The pains that you go through. Not talking about all the struggles, but, like, look, we've all done it. We've all assumed our identity as one thing and found out we weren't happy. Right. But with the. With the amount of information and amount. Amount of things that you can go, like this podcast right here in our conversation right here, you know that other people. You're not alone. And other people are going through that. Right.

[Unnamed Speaker]

By the way, your problems are not unique to you. We all go through it. No one posts their failures.

[Brandon Hudson]

No, it's the same. It's the same thing.

[Unnamed Speaker]

You.

[Brandon Hudson]

You. Things are really hard. You got through it. You're. You're. Now you're doing your thing. Things get really hard. You got through it. Now you're doing anything.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Peaks and valleys.

[Brandon Hudson]

It's the same thing all over. And I think that it's a travesty to act like you're not doing. You act like you're somebody special and act like you don't have the availability of other testimonies, other stories, other people that you can learn from and say, man, look, I'm not alone, right? I'm not alone on this. I got to figure out how to pivot. I got to figure out what I got to do if I got to hire a coach, if I got to get in a room, if I got to do whatever I need to do. I'm not alone on the way that I'm feeling, especially being in business or any other leadership role. And then I can. I can make something happen or something different. But that fear, that fear is what's stopping most people, because they think that if they tell somebody their vulnerability or tell people they're unhappy or admit to themselves in the mirror that they're unhappy, they think that their whole world is going to crush. Come crushing down, when in reality, there's so much freedom and liberation in that, man.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Healthiest thing you can do.

[Brandon Hudson]

100.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah. And another thing that, you know, I just kind of wanted to address and talk about today, too, is that, you know, the thing is, the really successful people that I've ever been around are internal optimists. And so the other day, I was actually talking to my cfo. For those that, you guys don't know me, she is not the internal optimist. But that's also. I pay her to not be right. If you got a good cfo, the world's fucking always falling in their fucking mind because they're watching the goddamn money, which is what you want them be. But we were talking about this friend of mine who committed suicide, and I said, I just can't see in any circumstances going to that dark of a place. And she said. She said, well, you know what? You in any situation always feel like that there's a way out, and you always find a way out. And so what I want everybody here to listen to and. And get the meaning behind this is a lot of things in your life come from programming, from your parents, from school, from whatever. And a lot of it's. And there is always a way out, in my opinion. And, like, I think you just have to. I just. I'm gonna say it how I believe it. You can interpret it how you want it. You just got stopping a little. Like when shit gets rough, you got two voices, one saying, I can't get through this. This is too hard. This is this. And you got the other one, which is the savage saying, man the fuck up or woman the fuck up?

[Brandon Hudson]

Well, I want to interrupt you on that because I have another side of that. And sorry to cut you off, but also I want to echo this is. I don't give a fuck how bad it is or what depths you feel like or why you think that this world would be better off without you. You're 100% wrong 100% of the time.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Well, and I think to diverge on that, like, on some real. If you're going through some and you're that dark, reach out to someone and have a conversation. I didn't even get a chance to tell you this. And I got to be careful what I say because I don't want to disclose too much, but I missed my flight going to Salt Lake City, and I had. I was the closing keynote the next day. So I wasn't stress. I didn't stress about it. And my driver was with me, and I was supposed to be on the flight, and somebody that I coach, that is pretty big deal. That's. You'll never see it on social media. You'll never see it talk. You'll never see me talk about it. But he did allow me to share. Part of this is I met him because he was an addict and very successful person. He saw me speak on stage, and he asked me to coach him out of it. This was five years ago. And coach this guy for five years. And he called me. I Was supposed to be on the flight and he text me and said, brandon, I need to talk to you now. One, like, it's emergency. And I got on the phone with him and he's like, dude, I just. He's like, I relapsed, right? And was very dark. And thank. Thank God I was able to talk to him. And I got. I got on the other side of it. But the whole point of that story is, you know, I. Where I went with him was. And this goes back to the. The love and the loving yourself. I knew I couldn't be Savage Brandon that day. Like, I knew I couldn't be like, yo, stop being a. And the first place I went to, I was like, bro, look at all the good you got in your life. Look at all the things you've achieved. Look at. And I, And I. Because I got an Indiana. I gotta be careful what I say because I don't want people to put two and two together. But bottom line was we went to all the good and I made him sit in gratitude, right? And he relapsed. He made a mistake. And. But I got him pretty quickly to like, dude, I didn't. I didn't really think about this. You know, I was acting on emotion. And the point that, the reason why I'm saying this is because if you, if you are going through some shit and it's that bad, reach out and have a conversation with somebody. Do you know what I mean? Like, because that's what you need to do. I've dealt with. I've had multiple people that I've loved commit suicide. And you know, there's things behind that mental illness and just other. But I'm just saying if you're in a spot like that, like, you're in a bad spot mentally, you just. You need to have a conversation with somebody.

[Wes]

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[Unnamed Speaker]

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[Wes]

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[Brandon Hudson]

What's incredible about that story is I know your time.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah.

[Brandon Hudson]

And how, and obviously you were supposed to be on a plane at that time.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah, well, I would have been on the plane.

[Brandon Hudson]

Correct.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah.

[Brandon Hudson]

There's so many.

[Unnamed Speaker]

And I don't believe in coincidence.

[Brandon Hudson]

No, no, not at all. I don't either. There's so many purpose driven things that, that happen on that moment. And here's the thing, you know, whoever that individual is, you know, had they not reached out to you and something went wrong, the works went wrong. I mean, imagine not only what they've done to your, their families and their organizations, but also to you. I mean, that's another impact where you like, dude, you should have just called me. Yeah, you should have just called me. You should have reached out. This is not, we're not back in the 60s and 40s and 1800s or whatever years. We're in a day and age where we know everything. We are overloaded with information. So, you know, whatever weird thing you got going on in your mind that you're embarrassed of, there's books and websites dedicated.

[Unnamed Speaker]

There's a lot of people that are probably doing it. You're not alone.

[Brandon Hudson]

No, no. And, and so the amount of judgment that people think that they're going to face is so crazy to me because it seems like as much information as we know and, and as much stuff is out there and all this that we accept for people that wasn't accepted years ago, centuries ago. It's like the, the fear of judgment is even higher.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Well, and, and here's the thing. You can be an absolute savage and you can make a mistake or have a bad day or get into a bad situation and, and that's all part of it. But I think the baseline for you have to be an internal optimist. You have to feel that there's a way out and you just have to come from the like, fear is, fear is such a, it's an emotion and it's a thought process that a lot of time we're manifesting that's not real. And like, for instance, for those of you that are in the entrepreneur world, I think sometimes we don't give ourselves enough credit. Like, if you ever had an idea in your head and you brought it to life in real life, like, dude, there's so many people that'll never do that. And a lot of times where we struggle is we, we struggle on not the gain of where we made it, but the gap of where we think we are right of the gap of where we want to go. We're not there yet. And we, and we tend not to focus on the gain of where we've actually gotten to. And again, I just think, I think you should wake up every day, be doing the you want to do to be happy. Because that's true. You can have a ton of money and not be happy and it's all for nothing. Right. And you could be doing that you absolutely hate and it's all for nothing. And. But I also think that a lot of this comes down to you got to have this savage mindset, but you also have the dual. You have to have the duality of the empathy and the love side. Right. Which for me was hard to learn for a really long time because I didn't believe any of that. I can believe, I believe in it now. But I just think so many people are missing the boat on that. But they're also missing the not living in their authentic self. They don't believe in their self enough. And you got to have that self belief.

[Brandon Hudson]

Yeah. Savage doesn't mean you go out here and do, you know, crazy sprints, fight in a cage, you know, all this shit that social media tries to paint a picture. Savageness means that you just don't give a fuck. You're going to do what you need to do.

[Unnamed Speaker]

You're walking in your house how you.

[Brandon Hudson]

Need to do it, no matter what, for the people that you care about. And I also believe in for, for others and strangers just because I'm. That's my vibe. That's what savage means. So many people get these words mixed up, like thinking that they have to be somebody. They're not just being yourself. I know some very mil mannered beta type of man, if you want to describe it that way. And women that are absolute savages in their own space and they're respected amongst that and appreciated amongst that way more than them trying to be something they're not.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah.

[Brandon Hudson]

You know, and, and, and when you do tap into that level and, and here's the thing, a lot of the entrepreneurs and business owners listening to this have already have already activated that trait in some sort of space in their life. They've already done it, they've already had some sort of space where they've acted like a complete savage or found, you know, the idea that they made come true or whatever the case may be, but yet are fearful of doing it in other places. You know, you talk about faith, right? And, and whoever you pray to, that's you Know, I have no problem with that. You know what I mean? But at the end of the day when you talk about faith, so many people struggle with giving themselves up to their higher power because they think that that day life starts over and now they have to live this perfect life.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Right?

[Brandon Hudson]

And that's the same kind of thing as being a savage or walking to your purpose or anything. Like, when you do give it up to whatever it is, you're giving it up to. Faith, love, family, whatever. Dude, you're actually. You're actually practicing day one of being that. That you want to be.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Yeah.

[Brandon Hudson]

You know, and. And people struggle with that. People struggle with that idea and, and they sit in a space where they don't act, and then it compounds the emotional toil. The emotional side takes its toll. You know, the being an entrepreneur and being a business owner is extremely lonely. You know, you can have all the friends on hard. You can have all the friends you want, you can have all, all the rah rah, all the haters, what. All that stuff that you can have. And at the end of the day, you still feel like you're on an island by yourself. All these things, all these things add up over time if you're not taking that step into that space where you need to be. And that's when, unfortunately, the bad thoughts and the dark times and the things start to add up.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Well, it's the, it's the conversation you have with yourself every day. And again, I think that's the, the happiness internally.

[Brandon Hudson]

And.

[Unnamed Speaker]

And I'm going to wrap it on this. So here's a exercise I did when I was in Salt LAKE, you know, 500 people there, and I said, turn it to the audience. Hey, everybody, name three things you love, right? And so everybody's like, family, you know, wife, kids, all that. And we're going and going and going, right? And out of 500 people, only one person got that answer right. And only one person said this. What's it? And. And then I went, Everybody's going, yeah. I said, what's. What's number one? What's it? Everybody's number one.

[Brandon Hudson]

Family.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Family, this, that. No, they're all wrong. Number one is you, of course. Do you know what I mean? And so in. In a room full of entrepreneurs, you know, type A badass, everybody else forgot that it's the intern, right? Number one is you. And so it's one of those things where I love me some me. Right, you too. And. But I. I can't love my family, my business, the people I work for me, any of that. If internally I don't have the love for myself because that's where you're going to be up and you're going to be off center. And so that was, you know, one of the messages I wanted to get out to our audience today is like if you don't love yourself, man, like you got to have an honest conversation like what the you doing?

[Brandon Hudson]

And if you own, if you don't love yourself and you think and say you love so many other people more, remember this, you're only giving those people a half ass effort.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Correct.

[Brandon Hudson]

Because you're not fully loved with yourself and yep. Filling your cup and all those things. So therefore you're truly not giving the people the help and the love that they truly deserve. Yeah, you're right. You're 100, right? Dude, it starts, it starts with yourself.

[Unnamed Speaker]

Well, guys, you know, we try to keep these kind of short so you guys can digest them. Got to have a great conversation with you guys as normal when Brandon comes on here. Again, thank you guys so, so much for your support. Check Brandon out, he's got his own podcast.

[Brandon Hudson]

Yep. Champ Talk with Brandon Hudson. We're on all platforms and where can.

[Unnamed Speaker]

They find you on socials?

[Brandon Hudson]

Social you can find me Brandon Hudson. B R A N D E N. We've got SBY Mama Fitness. We've got a couple things. Chant Talk with Brandon Hudson, you know, so we've got a lot of stuff going on.

[Unnamed Speaker]

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[Unnamed Speaker]

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[Brandon Briningham]

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