Monday Mindset

Happy Monday Mindset!

Today, I share bittersweet news. 

This is my final one after 8 years and 485 Monday Mindset newsletters.

That’s the bitter news.

The sweet news?

The journey doesn’t end—it evolves. 🙂

Introducing “Adversity is Your Advantage,” a new brand carrying the torch forward.

Why? 

My core mindset belief, rooted in Stoic philosophy, is simple: Turn Adversity to Your Advantage. 

The tough truth is that life is beautiful yet brutal—adversity spares no one. 

It’s a constant, and you’ll face it again. 

You have two choices: be a victim of circumstance or harness adversity to win. 

The choice is yours.

My mission continues with Monday newsletters to forge a tougher mindset, equipping you with the mental tools to triumph. 

Embrace this truth: Adversity is Your Advantage. 

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to learn The HIDDEN COST of Being a “Nice” (And What to Do Instead)

Happy Monday Mindset!

I hosted my dear friend Dr. Petra Frese on a Fit Body Mastermind call a couple of weeks ago. 

Petra is a survivor of the hard socialist rule of East Germany post-World War II. 

She was 22 years old on November 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell.

On a cold morning, she waited 5+ hours to walk through a little crevice in the fractured wall with terror and excitement to taste freedom for the first time.

Something most of us took for granted.

It was an inspiring interview with a lot of takeaways, including a massive perspective shift. 

However, 1 question I asked her hasn’t left me.

I asked: 

“Petra – what’s the #1 thing Americans take for granted?”

Her response:

“Americans take the ultimate freedom for granted: Freedom of Speech.”

You see, this is a liberty not granted to most of humanity even today.

Using “first principles” physics thinking, all of our entrepreneurial freedom hinges on this.

While this has societal and political implications that are near and dear. 

This is because my great grandparents escaped the communist regime in Poland, like many of our ancestors.

However, I look at her feedback from a leadership framework, which is the spirit of today’s mindset message. 

Leaders create a strong feedback culture where people are comfortable sharing the good, bad, and ugly.

This is mission-critical to ensure your team, clients, and family are heard.

When done, this benefits your client’s experience when feedback can be shared freely.

The dichotomy of this is that just because you can say something, it doesn’t mean you should. 

There can and will be consequences for what you say, rightfully so, which is the dichotomy.

With great freedom comes great responsibility.

However, strong leadership leans into the danger and creates space for a feedback culture.

Short term, this can sting.

Long term, this is beneficial to your organization as human nature can analyze both good and bad ideas. 

With space, eventually, the good rise to the top.

However, this can only be done if you, as the leader, create the space for dialogue, which is today’s lesson.

After all, Good Leaders Create A Strong Feedback Culture. 

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to learn Why You’re Afraid of Change (And How To Overcome It)

Happy Monday Mindset!

This past Friday, I rallied my Fit Body HQ crew for some team bonding time.

It was a home run, pun intended! 😉

Kickball, steak fajitas, and connection.

However, here’s a truth bomb: 

I’m drowning in projects and deadlines. 

Work’s been stacking up like a Jenga tower on the brink. 

When I saw that 4+ hour block carved out on the calendar planned by my awesome Executive Director of Human Resources.

My inner control freak screamed, “Cancel it, I got work to do!” 

But we stuck to the plan—quarterly team bonding, no excuses.

The payoff? 

Explosive laughs, tight-knit vibes, and a squad that’s now deeper connected and unstoppable!

Short-term? 

A few hours of missed productivity on Friday.

Long-term? 

A powerhouse team that’ll blow our clients’ minds. 

That’s the magic of connection—real, raw, and relentless.

Here’s your reminder and mindset message today: 

Book that team event. 

Break bread together frequently. 

Build team bonds that bulletproof your business. 

When you do..

Watch your business results ignite like a rocket!

This, my friend, is the secret sauce to long-term productivity.

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to learn Why You’re Afraid of Change (And How To Overcome It)

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!

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.

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 

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.

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. 

Happy Monday Mindset!

“OMG, babe, something is wrong, I cannot walk!”

That is what I shrieked in late August to my wife Tatiana as I hopped off the treadmill just finishing my 2-mile run in agonizing pain!

You see, I love to run as it unlocks mental clarity and creativity which is my therapy. I run a couple of miles a day.

However, while I am a fit guy, flexibility and mobility are the weakest part of the fitness game.

The problem?

It became apparent when my legs locked up in the pain due to the tightness. I was now facing a Level 10 problem due to my lack of focus on it.  

I realized in that moment, that unless I begin to take action toward increasing my flexibility, there’s a tough road that awaits me.

So the next day I swallowed my pride and researched stretching coaches in my area which led to David.

I walked in on September 10, terrified but knew I needed help. 

After the initial stretch, while difficult, I could see the value.

I then asked for a long-term discounted membership.

Why long-term?

Well, I know that 1-2 months of stretching is a good start. However, it’s not going to reverse the 41 years of lack of attention.

So that next week, I got to work with David. 

Initially, we met 1x per week and after a few months have now increased it to 2x per week with 1 yoga session on Sundays.

It hasn’t been fun or easy.

In fact, hard, really hard.

However, fast forward nearly 6 months and I just hit my 40th guided stretch.

Am I a rubber band man yet?

No.

However, I’m out of pain and can see significant progress!

Game changer!

My message?

In the words of my friend Craig Ballantyne:

Identify what your Level 10 problem is and then begin to take Level 10 action against it!

This is how you build a better life.

No, it won’t be easy, but if you stick with it, it will be worth it.

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to watch my latest episode where I uncover How To CRUSH Your Sales Numbers Without Being Sleazy

Happy Monday Mindset!

This past weekend I spent in Daphne, Alabama.

I was there with my Fit Body Boot Camp Media team to capture some inspirational content showcasing some amazing transformations of our Fit Body clients.

While that was the business focus.

I was also there to acknowledge our amazing clients of Daphne Fit Body, and my dear friend Steven Hadley.

Steven and I met over 12+ years ago and he’s had a big impact on my life and career. We have learned and grown with each other over the years.

He has a big heart and passion to serve our mission of Inspiring Fitness and Changing Lives which he has done successfully for nearly 15 years.

He’s also a great leader and we have a mutual admiration for the great Nick Saban. 

To his big credit, he’s brought massive innovation to our brand so it was a neat opportunity to spend some time with him, his wife Lori, and the team for a win-win.

While there I had a BIG AH-HAH which made me think of you.

With all the hustle, bustle, and distractions in this thing called life.

The truth is that if you have 1) health and 2) relationships with good people who love you, you’re doing well in life.

If you’re anything like me who sometimes forgets this truth.

This weekend was a giant reminder of my blessings.

My hope is you take 2 minutes this Monday and reflect on yours.

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

PS Click HERE to watch my latest episode where I sat down with my Speaking Coach Mike Ganino as we covered The ReasonNobody Listens To You (And How To Fix It)