​​Brian Bogert is a human behavior and performance coach who teaches clients to leverage self-awareness and intentionality to become the most authentic version of themselves: who they already are. Brian helps executives, entrepreneurs, athletes, and growth-minded individuals learn this transformative approach that cultivates perspective, motivation and direction to help them align their life with their true purpose and defy their own expectations. He teaches not just to accept change, but to embrace pain in order to avoid suffering.   In this episode, Brian and Brad unpack what the root of the problem is and how it works to unpack as well as what it means to really understand what it means to be aware.   00:00 Intro 01:34 Brian’s story 05:37 “We all have the ability to pause.” - Brian Bogert 05:45 The two lessons Brian learned from his experience 06:30 “Embrace pain to avoid suffering.” - Brian Bogert 07:50 Bomb 1: When people seek the external for success, they will never be happy but when it comes from within, they will. 08:12 Bomb 2: Joy, freedom, and fulfillment comes from within 09:20 “Pain gives us perspective and it points us to what is important if we are listening.” - Brian Bogert 10:55 Awareness 12:15 “Nobody actually aligns with what they want.” - Brian Bogert 16:10 How do you get to the root? 17:16 Movement 21:43 Two lists to make 28:44 How shame is created 32:29 Comedy when it gets deep 34:00 “Human connection without emotion is not actually human connection.” - Brian Bogert 36:20 Bomb 3: The most important relationship is the one we have with ourselves 38:07 Why does it have to be either/or 41:00 What creates suffering 47:35 “You cannot give what you do not receive and that requires you to open yourself up to receive it.” - Brain Bogert 57:00 How to be effective 01:02:00 LinkedIn 01:04:30 What who stories company does 01:05:59 Go to https://www.brianbogert.com to learn everything Brian and his companies do 01:08:40 The questions to ask 01:12:10 Bomb 4: The 3D world that you know exactly how to move through