In this episode, we dive into the five factors of perseverance with Brandon Young, a professional who has spent more than 25 years building and leading teams in the military, corporate healthcare, and nonprofit sectors.

Brandon is the co-author of Perseverance > Endurance: Lead with Resilience. Grow Through Adversity. Win Together. This is a book that he wrote alongside Blayne Smith that provides key insights for leading teams through the battlefield of uncertainty – a narrative that explains why perseverance is necessary for navigating today’s complex world…

Brandon is a former US Army Ranger with four combat rotations to Afghanistan. He has been published in various magazines and peer-reviewed academic journals, has assessed, mentored, and trained more than 1,000 Ranger leaders, and placed third in the 2006 Best Ranger Competition. He is also the co-founder of Applied Leadership Partners, a consulting firm that shares hard-earned leadership wisdom with professionals navigating growth changes and adversity.

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• How Brandon’s diverse past has shaped his current ambitions.
• The ways that your work ethic can change when you make hard decisions.
• Various ways to cultivate a purposeful approach to life.
• How veterans reconcile their profound loss of identity after their service.

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Dr. Rich Orbe Austin joins the podcast to discuss his latest book, Your Child's Greatness: A Parent's Guide to Raising Children Without Impostor Syndrome. As a comprehensive guidebook designed to create healthy relationships, Your Child’s Greatness identifies key conflict resolution tools aimed at building healthy, emotionally regulated, and impostor syndrome–free families.

In this episode, we dive into:

• What imposter syndrome is, and how to identify it.
• The origins of imposter syndrome, and the experiences that contribute to it.
• The three primary familial roles.
• The benefits of challenging and improving negative narratives about yourself.

Dr. Orbé-Austin is a psychologist and a partner of Dynamic Transitions Psychological Consulting, LLP, a career and executive coaching consultancy in New York City. He has worked in the field of career and executive coaching for over 15 years and was the founding director of NYU’s Graduate Student Career Development Center. He earned his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education and his BA in psychology from NYU.

Want to keep up with Dr. Orbé-Austin and his work? Follow him on Instagram @drrichorbeaustin!

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Clément Decrop joins us in this episode to discuss his latest book, The Idea Space: The Science of Awakening Your Non-Self. In this fascinating book, Clément offers a groundbreaking, scientific approach to understanding the mind. The Idea Space invites readers to view their thoughts objectively and identify their impact – thus uncovering a happier existence and a deeper understanding of life’s purpose.

Clément is a Belgian-born author and inventor who moved to the United States with his family at the age of six. Since then, he has led wellness events for thousands of participants across the globe. He is knowledgeable on the topics of mindfulness, sleep, exercise, and nutrition. He has also submitted more than 130 patent disclosures in one year, of which 50-plus are filed and 12-plus are issued.

Join us now to explore:

• What inspired The Idea Space, and how to experience it for yourself.
• The three major subjects that have stood the test of time, and how they’ve impacted human consciousness.
• How the human mind fits into the rest of the universe around us.
• What the “science of the first-person" is, and the tools we need to study it.
• The key to finding valuable thoughts.

Click here to learn more about Clément and his intriguing work!

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