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No Days Off with Brian Gubernick

Brian Gubernick

Welcome to the No Days Off podcast with Brian Gubernick - where we believe that each day brings a new opportunity to get better - better at business, better at our relationships, better in health,…better at life! Brian Gubernick is a visionary leader with over 20 years of diverse business and life experience. Currently the Chief Real Estate Officer for PLACE Inc and Co-Founder of Metrix Masterminds, Brian has held numerous other significant roles in the real estate industry including property

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All Episodes

08:39

858. The 4 Sources of Confidence - and the One...

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/14

Most people wait to feel confident before they act. In this episode, Brian breaks down why that has the order exactly backwards — confidence isn't a feeling you wait for, it's evidence you collect. Drawing on performance psychologist Dr. Gio Valiante's recent conversation on The Knowledge Project and decades of research by psychologist Albert Bandura, Brian walks through the four sources of confidence: mastery experiences, vicarious experience, self-talk, and how you interpret your body's signals —

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11:07

857. There Are Only 5 Ways to Win. Which One Is Yours?

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/13

Everyone in your market is working hard — so why do only a few actually win? In this episode, Brian breaks down performance psychologist Dr. Gio Valiante's five ways to win: talent, work ethic, process, differentiation, and hiring. Drawing on Valiante's work with PGA Tour golfers, the Buffalo Bills, and elite investors, Brian reframes the model for business owners — and makes the case that you don't need all five. You need to be dominant at one. Plus, a simple self-grading exercise to find your edge

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10:50

856. The Bigger It Gets, the Simpler You Live — 7...

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/10

As business and life grow, so do the responsibilities, demands, and noise that come with them. In this episode, Brian shares a hard-earned truth: thriving at a higher level isn't about managing complexity better — it's about removing it. He walks through seven specific moves he's made to simplify his world, including making "no" his default answer, replacing meetings with memos, turning off voicemail entirely, and creating a response rule that puts space between stimulus and reaction. Whether you

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07:51

855. Is Your Team Telling You the Truth?

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/09

Are you running the business you think you're running — or the version your team has learned to show you? In this episode, Brian breaks down "The Two-Organizations Problem," a framework from business executive Irina Wolpert, and translates it for small business owners. Every business is really two businesses: the one in your reports and the one your people live every day. Brian covers the three forces that quietly widen the gap between them — filtering, incentives, and time — and shares three

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10:12

854. Build a Bigger Frying Pan

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/08

In this episode of No Days Off, Brian shares a memorable story told by Nick Saban about a fisherman who kept throwing back the biggest fish because they wouldn't fit in his nine-inch frying pan. It's a humorous story with a powerful message: too often, we don't miss opportunities because they aren't available—we miss them because we've outgrown neither our thinking nor our capacity. Brian explores how the people you surround yourself with, the books you read, the podcasts and YouTube channels you

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08:15

853. Right Thing, Wrong Crowd

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/07

Most people know the right thing to do. The real test is whether you'll do it when it goes against popular belief — when the room disagrees, when your advisors say no, when the crowd is moving the other way. In this episode, Brian breaks down a quote worth building your leadership around, using two historical examples: the doctor whose simple discovery was rejected by his entire profession, and the publisher who risked her company and her freedom on a single decision nearly everyone told her not to

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07:52

852. Smart People Change Their Mind

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/06

In this episode of No Days Off, Brian breaks down the idea that one measure of intelligence is the ability to change your mind. Too many people treat changing their mind like weakness, inconsistency, or admitting defeat. But real intelligence is not just being right with the information you had yesterday. It is being willing to update your thinking when better information shows up. Brian explores why this matters in business, leadership, relationships, parenting, health, and personal growth. The

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08:58

851. Put Your Name On It - A July 4th NDO Special

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/03

In this Fourth of July episode of No Days Off, Brian shares the lesser-known story of Mary Katharine Goddard, the Baltimore printer who published the January 1777 broadside of the Declaration of Independence with the names of the signers included. At a time when independence was still uncertain and public association with the cause carried real risk, Goddard did more than print the document. She put her own name on it. This episode explores patriotism beyond fireworks, flags, and celebration. Real

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10:31

850. The Fun That Sucks While You're Doing It

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/02

Not all fun feels fun while you are doing it. In this episode of No Days Off, Brian breaks down the idea of "Type 2 fun," the kind of experience that is hard, uncomfortable, exhausting, or frustrating in the moment, but becomes meaningful and memorable afterward. Inspired by Michael Easter's The Comfort Crisis, this episode explores why modern life has made comfort too easy to chase and discomfort too easy to avoid. But the things that shape us most often come through chosen hardship: difficult

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09:55

849. The Real Meaning of Passion

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/07/01

In this episode of No Days Off, Brian breaks down the real meaning of the word "passion." While we often use passion to describe excitement, energy, or enjoyment, the word traces back to the Latin passio, meaning to suffer, endure, or undergo. That origin changes the question. Passion is not just what lights you up. It is what you are willing to endure because the outcome matters. Brian connects this idea to business, real estate, health, family, leadership, and personal growth. It is easy to feel

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16:13

848. My 5 Biggest Lessons From 29029

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/30

What does climbing a mountain teach you about the rest of your life? In this episode, Brian shares five lessons from completing the 29029 endurance challenge—lessons that extend far beyond the mountain. He reflects on how every person's journey is different, why we should never assume we know what someone else is carrying, the importance of accountability when the temptation to quit is strongest, and how our preparation usually determines our outcome. He also explores why the hardest moments often

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08:28

847. The Decision Was Made the Night Before

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/29

A baseball manager wins a World Series game with a call he made the night before — and that's the whole point. Based on a Harvard Business Review study of eleven elite coaches across football, basketball, baseball, and rugby, this episode breaks high-pressure decision-making into three clear phases. Before the moment: decide in advance, control the information coming at you, and learn your people. During the moment: steady your emotions, read the room, and trust the work you already did. After: own

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09:55

846. The Voice That Wants You to Quit

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/26

If the effort is long enough, that moment is coming — the one where a little doubt creeps in and starts looking for a reason to stop. Brian shares what he's learned from years of pushing past his comfort zone, and why the people who don't finish almost never fail because of their bodies. They fail because of the voice between their ears. Inside: the two questions to ask yourself the moment you want to quit, why what you tell yourself in the hard middle changes everything, and a one-sentence plan to

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09:35

845. The Clock Inside You

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/25

Most high performers treat every hour like it's the same — and quietly waste their best ones. In this episode, Brian breaks down your circadian rhythm: the roughly 24-hour internal clock that drives your alertness, focus, mood, and energy, all set largely by the light that hits your eyes in the morning. You'll learn why your sharpest window isn't random, how to guard your peak and respect the afternoon dip, and the common mistakes quietly wrecking your edge — late caffeine, late screens, and a

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09:20

844. When It All Hits at Once

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/24

Life doesn't hand you setbacks one at a time. More often the big work problem and the personal crisis show up together — and both get harder for it. Drawing on an article that Brian recently read, he walks through four moves for leading through overlapping pressure: admit it's messy and reset what "good enough" means right now, recover on purpose by building systems instead of relying on willpower, ask for help in a way that multiplies your impact, and build resilience into how the work gets done so

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07:53

843. How People Are Really Using AI in 2026

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/23

AI can do almost anything now — including your thinking, if you let it. In this episode, Brian unpacks a Harvard Business Review piece by Marc Zao-Sanders that names a risk hiding inside our daily AI use: "thinkslop," the lazy thinking that creeps in when we lean on the tool too hard. You'll hear the four ways it sneaks up on you — losing track of what you actually wanted, racking up "cognitive debt," giving up the writing that sharpens your ideas, and getting flattered into quitting too early —

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13:02

842. The Four Letters Between You and a Bad Decision

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/22

Most of our worst decisions aren't skill problems — they're state problems. You knew better. You just weren't in a place to act on it. In this episode, Brian breaks down HALT — a four-letter self-check borrowed from the recovery world: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired. It's a fast way to catch a bad decision before you make it. You'll hear why each of these states quietly hijacks your judgment, why they almost never show up one at a time, and the two-second pause that can save you the calls you'd

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11:39

841. Know Their Argument Better Than They Do

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/19

Most people don't listen to understand. They listen to respond. In this episode, Brian Gubernick unpacks a powerful lesson from Charlie Munger on leadership, sales, communication, and decision-making: before forming an opinion, understand the other side's argument better than they do. Learn how great leaders uncover the real objections beneath the surface, build trust, and make better decisions by asking better questions. If you want to improve your leadership, sales skills, recruiting

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10:06

840. What You Can't See and What You Won't Hear

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/18

Are your biggest leadership challenges coming from things you can't see, or things you refuse to hear? In this episode, Brian Gubernick breaks down the difference between blind spots and deaf spots, and why both can quietly limit your growth as a leader, business owner, spouse, and parent. Learn how to identify hidden weaknesses, receive feedback more effectively, build a trusted feedback circle, and develop the humility needed for continuous personal and professional growth. If you want to improve

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09:25

839. Knowledge You Can't Retrieve Is Not an Asset

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick ·

2026/06/17

Are you consuming information or actually learning it? In this episode of No Days Off, Brian Gubernick shares a powerful idea that could transform how you approach personal development, leadership, business growth, and learning: Knowledge you cannot retrieve is not an asset. It is a receipt for money you wasted. Brian breaks down why most people struggle to retain what they learn from books, podcasts, coaching, masterminds, and training programs, and how retrieval, repetition, and application are

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