In this introductory episode Brendon Burchard welcomes listeners to the deluxe audiobook version of his book High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way. He explains that the deluxe edition includes the unabridged audiobook plus bonus interviews, videos, trainings, tools, and downloadable resources available through a members‑only area. He outlines how listeners can access the content via a special link or by purchasing the book on brendon.com/habits, which grants entry to the members portal. Burchard then shares the research foundation of the book, noting three‑plus decades of personal work and three years of original research that examined why some individuals and teams achieve sustained success, happiness, and motivation. From this research he identified six deliberate habits—seek clarity, generate energy, raise necessity, increase productivity, develop influence, and demonstrate courage—that most strongly predict long‑term high performance across external outcomes (career, finances) and internal well‑being (health, relationships). He describes the book’s structure: each chapter opens with a vivid vignette, presents cutting‑edge scientific evidence, and offers concrete exercises. He also highlights a free High Performance Indicator assessment (normally $97) in the members area that lets users measure progress on the six habits. Throughout, Burchard expresses gratitude, enthusiasm, and a call to action for listeners to engage with the additional resources and begin applying the science‑backed, heart‑centered plan for a better quality of life.
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Foreign. Hey, my friend, it's Brendon Burchard. And welcome to the deluxe audiobook version of my book, High Performance Habits. How Extraordinary People Become that Way. I'm so thrilled that you've been able to access this deluxe audio book version and first and foremost, thank you for your support. I cannot express my deep appreciation enough for the support of this work. As you know, over three years of research went into this book and that doesn't even count the 20 years of my insights and work and personal development. And so it feels like my entire life is in this book. And I know that these habits will make you extraordinary. So welcome to the Lux Audiobook version. Let me share with you how this works. You've been able to access this through a special access link and download this almost as a special edition of a podcast. And so let me share with you this here you're going to find the regular audiobook version of the book, unabridged, all right here. And you'll find some bonus interviews and some bonus audios we'll be adding as we continue the book launch and the book tour for High Performance Habits. You're going to love it. So keep revisiting here for exclusives and more downloads. But please know this too. The deluxe audiobook version here is not just what you've accessed on audiobook here in that in your members area, that's your online members area. You'll also find exclusive videos and trainings and tools and downloads that are only available in your members area as part of this deluxe audiobook version. So we're really trying to create a universe of work here for you that's more than just this particular download or podcast that you're accessing. Now. If all this sounds like completely foreign to you, then I don't know how you stumbled upon this secret backdoor link to this podcast and download. So tell you what, if you're not yet a member, just go to brendon.com habits that's brendon.com habits. You'll buy a book there through Amazon and as my thanks for doing that and taking that action, we will then get you access to the members area where you find those videos, tools, downloads that I'm referencing in addition to what you'll be accessing and learning and hearing here. With that, let me share what the book is about and then we'll jump into the introduction right away and you can access the bonus materials as well. So I hope you'll enjoy that. Twenty years ago, I became obsessed with answering three specific questions. You'll hear me talk about in the introduction. Why is it that some individuals and teams succeed more quickly than others and actually sustain that success over the long term of those who pull it off? Number two, why are some miserable and others consistently happy on their journey? And number three, what motivates people to reach for higher levels of success in the first place? And what practices are proven to help them improve the most? This book is about that, the most part, the needle movers in helping you succeed or over the long term. And that's what high performance is really about. Success over the long term, that you are able to achieve externally in your career, or your finances, or your goals, objectives or dreams, but also internally. The magic of what we found in our high performance research is that high performers are happier, they have more positive emotions, they are healthier, meaning they take care of themselves better. We can tell by their emotional, physical and mental health capabilities and powers. And we also know that they maintain positive relationships more. So the idea that you're going to ruin all your relationships or your health or be completely stressed out on the way to the top is just not true. So after extensive original research, you're here in this book and a decade as the world's leading high performance coach, I really found the answers to these questions because it turns out that just six deliberate habits give you the edge. Anyone can practice these habits and when they do, extraordinary things happen in their lives, their relationships and their careers. So which habits can help you achieve long term success and vibrant well being? No matter what your age or your career, what your strengths or personality is. Well, to become a high performer, you're going to have to learn how to seek clarity, generate energy, raise necessity, increase productivity, develop influence, and demonstrate courage. Don't worry, that's what the entire book is about. This book is about the art and science of how to cultivate and practice those proven habits. And we found the distinctions that make all the difference. So look, even if any of that sounded common sense to you. Yeah, yeah, Bren, of course. High performers seek clarity and yeah, they raise necessity. Please understand that we measured over 100 different performance variables. These six mattered the most and correlated the strongest in terms of helping somebody reach high performance. So whether you want to get more done or lead others better, or develop skill faster, or just increase your own sense of joy and confidence, the habits in this book are going to help you achieve it. So each of the habits in the book you'll hear is basically illustrated by a powerful vignette. I open each chapter with a story of a coaching client or a situation I found myself in as a high performance coach. Then I share some cutting edge science to help you round out your understanding of the concept and why academics even have found it so important. And then I give you some thought provoking exercises or practices. I tell you what to do and things. These are all things you can do right now. So my friend, thank you for being here. If you've ever wanted a science backed heart centered plan to living a better quality of life, it's busting your ears right now. So best of all, you can also measure your progress. Log into your members area. You can take the high performance indicator again from for free. That's usually a $97 performance assessment. You can take that in your members area. There's a link for that so that you can kind of target which of these habits you need to focus on the most and also chart your own progress over a period of time. So make sure you check that out too. All part of the bonuses for this deluxe audiobook version. I hope that you enjoy it and again, thank you for your support. This is my life's work and I think a very important moment in our space where you know, we're going beyond just giving our own perspective about what makes successful and really start trying to codify it and bring some science to it. Bring a little bit more of that empirical analysis, doing those literature reviews, trying to understand not just, you know, our own opinions about what makes us successful, but what we know worldwide from the data. And that's what we've been able to pull together for you here. So I hope you really enjoy it. Without any further ado, jump into the next episode and listen to the introduction of High performance habits.