Monday Mindset

Happy Monday!

Today, we are going to pause on the Adversity is Your Advantage implementation framework.

Instead, I want to honor the day.

Here in the States, it’s Memorial Day. 🇺🇸

It’s a day to honor our fallen heroes. 

Yes, I hope you enjoy the day off from work with some family time. 

However, I hope you don’t forget the meaning of it.

The hard truth about life?

Freedom is not free.

It needs to be protected.

Throughout history, the lack of freedom is the norm, not the exception.

This is what today, we honor the men and women who lost their lives defending the freedom we enjoy.

My humble request and mindset message is not to let their adversity, which is our advantage, go in vain.

Happy Memorial Day. 🇺🇸

Adversity is Your Advantage,

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

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Happy Monday!

We learned the 4 moves on how to Turn Adversity Into Your Advantage.

And that the 2nd part is to “Endure it.”

Enduring it requires growth.

Within this growth phase, 3 practices have helped me and will do the same for you.

The first?

Cultivate Curiosity

Curiosity is the starting point of all growth.

It begins when we stop pretending we know everything—and start asking:

• What don’t I know here?
• What’s working, and what’s not?
• What challenges am I still avoiding?
• Who could help me get better?

In my case, I got curious about alcoholism back in 2016 after a horrible experience that took my best friend away.

And that curiosity showed me what needed to change.

The problem?

I didn’t know how to do it.

The solution?

I got curious for a solution, which led me to the next move that I will share next week.

Adversity is Your Advantage,

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

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Happy Monday!

We learned the 4 moves on how to Turn Adversity Into Your Advantage.

Today, I’m going to hit on #2:

Endure it!

How do you do this?

Once you’ve embraced the truth, now comes the real test:

Can you stay in it long enough to grow through it?

This is where self-mastery is forged.

This is where self-leadership begins.

Because once you’ve got that burn, your anti-mission that gives you a paradigm shift, you’re holding something powerful:

Discipline.

And that’s what allows you to endure.

Enduring doesn’t mean surviving.

It means choosing challenges. 

Proactively.

It means picking up the adversity you’ve been ignoring and saying:

“I’m coming for you this time.”

That’s how strength is built.

This isn’t a one-time step—it’s a loop.

The more you grow, the more you can handle.

And the more you handle, the more you’re able to lead.

So, how do you build endurance?

There are 3 practices I use again and again.

I will share them next week!

Adversity is Your Advantage,

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

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Happy Monday!

Last week, we learned the 4 moves on how to Turn Adversity Into Your Advantage.

Today, I’m going to hit on #1:

Embrace It!

How do you do this?

To truly change, you must hit rock bottom.

Sads bad, which it is.

However, rock bottom is a gift.

It doesn’t feel like it in the moment, but it’s the catalyst for change.

The starting point of turning adversity into your advantage…

Is to be willing to actually feel it.

To stop hovering, avoiding, explaining, or defending—and finally say:

“Enough is enough.”

Here’s what I’ve learned:

You don’t change when it gets hard.

You change when it gets too hard.

When you hit that moment of internal pain that forces clarity.

And here’s the process I’ve lived:

You hit rock bottom.

That pain creates the burn—your anti-mission.

The thing you’re running from—and the reason you won’t go back.

And then… You can finally surrender the ego.

You stop trying to prove.

You start trying to change.

For me, my self-leadership rock bottom moment came in front of a mirror—when I decided to stop drinking in December of 2016.

That was the burn.

That was the anti-mission:

Break the bloodline of alcoholism.

And from that moment forward, I saw everything differently.

It wasn’t logical.

It was emotional.

And it gave me the fuel I needed to grow.

I finally embraced the truth I’d been avoiding.

And the second I let go of my ego, that’s when the growth loop began.

So ask yourself:

“What change do I already know I need to make… but I’ve been avoiding?”

Because that internal conflict?

That’s your rock bottom whispering.

And when you embrace it, you move from stuck… to free.

Adversity is Your Advantage,

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body

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Happy Monday!

Check this out..

I’ve spent the last 18 months reflecting on my 4 decades on this planet with a project top of mind.

There’s been plenty of good, bad, and ugly.

With reflection, 1 guiding principle in my life has been to adopt a mindset that adversity is my advantage.

Why?

Because it is.

This mindset has allowed me to turn tragedies into blessings, which is what I want for you!

As I did the work, I broke down the path into 4 distinct moves.

Here they are, and I will break them down in the coming 4 weeks so you can do the same. 

1. Embrace Adversity – Rock Bottom is a gift. It’s the catalyst for change.
2. Endure Adversity – Self Mastery creates growth and the ability to endure.
3. Reflect on Adversity –  Reflection happens after every growth loop, which creates perspective.
4. Reframe Adversity – With growth and reflection, you can connect the dots and reframe your adversity as your advantage.

Adversity is Your Advantage,

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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