As a 2-time best-selling author, Matt captivates all types of audiences with an honest, hilarious, and exciting look into Leadership, Team Building, and Corporate Culture. He has been speaking since 2006 all over the world including the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Some of his clients include: U.S. Bank, John McAfee (Founder of McAfee Antivirus), New York Life, Project Management Institute (PMI), University of Southern California, Whittier Law School, The Point Church Network, Keller Williams Real Estate, The YMCA, and others. Matt has been an entrepreneur since 2002, and is the host of The Purpose Driven Entrepreneur podcast. He also filmed in the movie The Journey with training legends Brian Tracy and Bob Proctor. He is an avid motorcycle rider, church pastor, and rock climber, climbing technical roped ascents of mountains like Mt. Whitney and Halfdome in Yosemite. After spending time in California, he now resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his amazing wife Lola and awesome son Valiant. In today’s episode, we discuss: Super heroes and leadership going hand in hand Why people do what they do What NLP is and why it matters Assigning meaning to things that happen to us How we can change our attitude or cause of things ... and so much more!!!   Website: MattBrauning.com/choice Email: Support@evolutionseminars.com Twitter: @MattBrauning Instagram: @Mattbrauning Facebook: Facebook.com/mattbrauning Youtube: Youtube.com/user/EducationForLife Firebox Book Website: Fireboxbook.com Burn Institute of San Diego: Burninstitute.org/camp-beyond-the-scars Articles of interest ... NLP therapy: NLP Pattern Interrupt in Orange County with Matt Brauning of Evolution Seminars Recommended Books ... The Firebox Principle: The 7 Drives That Fuel Every Entrepreneur by Matt Brauning Past "Success is a Choice" podcast episodes of interest . . . Josh McDowell (Author, Speaker and Evangelist) – Episode 103 Jon Gordon (author of "The Energy Bus") - Episode 100 Sue Enquist (Hall of Fame Softball Coach at UCLA) - Episode 077 Ken Coleman (Host of “The EntreLeadership Podcast”) – Episode 072 Todd Gongwer (Best-selling author of “LEAD… for God’s Sake”) – Episode 062 Bob Burg (Best-Selling Author of the “Go-Giver”) – Episode 051 Michael Catt (Pastor of Sherwood Baptist & Executive Producer of “Facing the Giants”, “Courageous”, and “Fireproof”) – Episode 049 Justin Maust (John Maxwell Leadership Coach) – Episode 040 John Brubaker (Speaker, Award-Winning Author, Executive Coach) – Episode 024 Kevin Harrington (Original Shark on “Shark Tank”) – Episode 021   Today’s podcast is brought to you by audible – get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial (new subscribers only) at www.audibletrial.com/SuccessIsAChoice. Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player.  Our friends at audible are offering a free download of some of our past guests including Todd Gongwer, Kevin Harrington, Lolly Daskal, Bob Burg, Amy Morin, Michael Burt, Larry Winget, Jon Gordon, and Pat Williams. Take advantage of this great deal by visiting www.AudibleTrial.com/SuccessIsAChoice.   Please consider rating the podcast with 5 stars and leaving a quick review on iTunes.  Ratings and reviews are the lifeblood of a podcast. This helps tremendously in bringing the podcast to the attention of others.   Thanks again for listening and remember that “Success is a choice. What choice will you make today?”