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Leadership Lesson: Cool, Calm and Collected 150 150 Bryce Henson

Leadership Lesson: Cool, Calm and Collected

The higher in leadership you go.. 

The heavier the weight, pressure, stress, and 911 emergencies you will encounter. 

Bryce 1.0 would get riled up, pissed off and lose his cool.

I remember kicking my office door back in 2012, almost breaking my foot after a 1-hour botched video attempt.

Not good and a recipe for leadership disaster.

True story. 

While I have a ways to go, thankfully, I’ve learned and leveled up along with way.

Instead, strong leadership requires you to handle true disasters cool, calm, and collected.

Why?

Your composure gives you clarity around the situation and influence from your followers.

This is not easy because you must override your limbic system programming, which is why self-mastery is critical towards your leadership development.

In fact, self-mastery is your leadership north star, which is a journey worth pursuing. 

Just remember: Leadership requires you to be cool, calm, and collected through the chaos.

[MM]: “Oh shoot, I forgot my gun!” 150 150 Bryce Henson

[MM]: “Oh shoot, I forgot my gun!”

Happy Monday Mindset!

A few weeks back, I shared that I took an annual friends’ trip to Atlanta for the weekend.

We only have 48+ hours together, so we do a good job aligning on the agenda about a month before arriving.

This way we can maximize the time spent.

On the first day, I added a little something extra to the itinerary. 

I woke up early, squeezed in a quick body weight workout, and headed out to revisit the trailer home where I spent a few years of my childhood.

For my first decade, I grew up in a southern Atlanta suburb, deep in the heart of the South, before moving to Michigan when my parents split at age 10.

So I decided to take advantage of the destination and take a walk down memory lane, being it was about 30 minutes from our Air B&B. 

My wife, Tatiana, and my buddy Chris tagged along for the ride.

As we rolled into the trailer park, Chris suddenly blurted out,

“Oh shoot, I forgot my gun!”

Thankfully, he was kidding —no real danger in sight. 

Still, the place looked just as weathered and worn as it did when I left it over 30 years ago.

Back then, I’ll admit, I used to feel ashamed of it. 

But now? 

I’m proud of where I started and how far I’ve climbed.

It was a surreal experience!

Here’s my takeaway: 

Own your past—it doesn’t have to shape your future. 

Take your adversity, endure it, and re-frame it to your advantage.

After all, it is!

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to watch my 2024 Freedom Week Video, which launches for 2025 next week for Fit Body!

 

[MM]: Entrepreneurs change the world! 150 150 Bryce Henson

[MM]: Entrepreneurs change the world!


Happy Monday Mindset!

Politics aside, I was inspired last week by Elon Musk and the Space X team, along with NASA, who saved 2 American astronauts stuck in space for nearly 10 months.

This was an incredible accomplishment and am still in disbelief at what we saw!

What a giant win for space travel, human ingenuity, and for all of mankind!

I could have never dreamed of a day where a private company could save the day by serving the biggest superpower the world has ever known.

Well, it happened, and there are many lessons to be derived.

One of them is this:

Entrepreneurs change the world!

The truth is:

The world needs YOU!

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to learn my 5 Leadership Lessons from COVID’s 5th Anniversary.

Leadership Lesson: You won’t be liked 150 150 Bryce Henson

Leadership Lesson: You won’t be liked

I am here with a tough leadership lesson today grounded in truth.

As a leader, you won’t be liked in the short term.

Why?

As your leading responsibility grows and in most situations, you will be confronted with the need to make hard decisions.

Hard decisions that even if it’s the right decision, will upset people.

This is unavoidable. 

Want an example?

Think about putting your kids down for bed.

This is the right decision for their well-being and that of your family dynamic. 

However, at the moment, they are not happy with you because they want to stay up and play longer.

Hard but the right decision.

This is leadership my friend so embrace it.

I will leave you with a good life and leadership quote by the late Eleanor Roosevelt to put this lesson in context:

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”

[MM]: A reminder on priorities [Annual Friends Trip] 150 150 Bryce Henson

[MM]: A reminder on priorities [Annual Friends Trip]

Happy Monday Mindset!

I spent this past weekend in Atlanta with a friend group I met 20 years ago.

We worked together in sales for a private education company called Dream Careers, Inc. back in 2005, which was my first and only career before Fit Body.

For nearly a decade, we traveled the world together professionally which continues today on the personal home front.

They have been a blessing in my life.

Then after years of travel, life got in the way.

We didn’t lose touch but it had been nearly 4 years since we all got together.

Then 2 years ago, my good friend Chris married his beautiful Cuban-American bride Isabela in Puerto Rico and the crew was united.

It was a magical experience. 

I thought to myself, we need to be proactive in trip planning otherwise life will pass us by.

When we returned, I proposed we schedule a yearly trip where we put a 3-day weekend on the calendar.

So we planned St. Lake City last year.

We live in the 4 corners of the US (Los Angeles, Seattle, NYC, and Miami), so each couple gets to pick the dedication in round-robin fashion.

We don’t leave the trip until the next one is booked.

No, it’s not easy.

Yes, there are logistical issues with kids, etc.

However, my mindset message is this:

Life and business come at you fast.

If you don’t put down your priorities on the calendar first, life and business will pass you by.

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to learn WHY I Quit Alcohol And HOW It Changed My Life 

Leadership Lesson: Charge Hard With Flexibility 150 150 Bryce Henson

Leadership Lesson: Charge Hard With Flexibility

Here are 2 truths when leading. 

You will never have all the desired information before you need to take action. Yes, it’s important to source as much data before you begin to move. 

This will increase your probability of success.

Then once you do, charge hard with passion around the direction you believe is right.

However, you also have to be flexible enough when presented with new evidence that conflicts with your initial belief.

When this happens, you need to be able to pivot.

This is the dichotomy of leadership.

Today’s lesson:

Charge hard with flexibility my friend!

[MM]: A lesson from Mom! 150 150 Bryce Henson

[MM]: A lesson from Mom!

Happy Monday Mindset!

This week hits differently.

My mom, Donna, who we call “Mother Dove” is Michigan-bound on Wednesday.

She’s been my California roommate since 2014.

Lately, semi-retired, she’s moved between staying with me and my brother Barrett in Michigan.

Post-Christmas, she fled the Midwest freeze for some West Coast fun—and it’s been a blast.

We have had amazing moments.

We’ve squeezed in time for evening dinners. 

Hot tub vibes on weekend nights. 

Swapped stories from my childhood.

It’s been alot of fun!

While sad, I’m pumped for the next chapter with Barrett where she will spend the rest of the year before bouncing back to California again in January.

But here’s the real talk:

Time moves.

You have less than you think.

In a blink, it’s gone.

My message today?

Put the people you love first!

This is what matters in this thing called life!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to watch my episode where Why Young Men Are BROKEN (And How to Fix It) with BedrosKeuilian.

Leadership Lesson: Discipline = Leadership 150 150 Bryce Henson

Leadership Lesson: Discipline = Leadership

In the words of Jocko Wilink.

Discipline = freedom.

Here’s a 2nd truth.

Discipline = leadership.

You can only lead someone else as far as the discipline in which you possess.

So my leadership lesson is this:

Want to be a better leader?

Dial up your discipline.

Then watch your leadership explode!

Stay tuned for next week’s lessons as I will give you a strategy on how.

[MM]: The Lesson from 2 Guinness Book of World Records 150 150 Bryce Henson

[MM]: The Lesson from 2 Guinness Book of World Records

Happy Monday Mindset!

I spent the last week in Houston, Texas for our 1st Mastermind Workshop of the year.

Fit Body Mastermind is a leadership coaching program designed to provide extra leadership training for our owners. 

We had a solid crew of presenters who taught about leadership, process, and client experience as our theme. 

My buddy Dean Stott kicked it off with a ½ day of leadership training citing his experience in the British Special Forces and in completing 2 Guinness Book of World Records.

I linked my podcast episode with him HERE and below, for the full story we recorded back in 2023.

However, the cliff notes are that he completed the fastest bike ride from the tip of South Argentina through the top of Alaska in 99 days which beat the record by 19 days.

His secret?

In his planning phase, he spoke with the previous world record holders. 

All 3 of them started in Alaska and ended in Argentina.

From what they all shared, South America was by far the hardest part of the trip compared to North America due to a variety of factors most notably because of road and political conditions.

Due to his research and planning, he decided to flip the script and attack the hardest part first.

Therefore, he started in Argentina and ended in Alaska which was a contrarian move. 

As you would imagine, there were main twists and turns but he overcame them. 

This is the mindset lesson I derived:

Do hard first, then life gets easy.

The opposite is true.

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to watch my episode where I uncover How to Develop an Unrelenting Pursuit for Excellence with Dean Stott. 

Leadership Lesson: It’s Fickle 150 150 Bryce Henson

Leadership Lesson: It’s Fickle

Leadership is like fitness.

You can get fit.

But you can always get fitter.

You can learn to lead.

But can always become a better leader. 

Depending on how you view it, this can be exciting or depressing.

Exciting because there’s an endless opportunity to improve. 

Depressing because it’s overwhelming to know you need to to improve. 

That’s why leadership can be fickle.

My lesson today?

Realize that Leadership is a journey.

Sometimes you are ahead.

Sometimes you are behind.

The road is long.

The secret is to keep your head up and develop more skills every day.

“1 day at a time” as they say in my 12-step group.

This will help you navigate the fickle waters of this thing we call leadership.

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Bryce Henson, CEO of FIt Body Boot Camp

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