How Productivity Feeds Your Happiness

Motivation with Brendon Burchard

Brendon Burchard

Education, Business, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ever wonder why you still feel unfulfilled—even after a full, busy day? It’s not always about how much you’re doing, but what you’re doing that matters. When your actions lack alignment and meaning, no amount of hustle will make you feel accomplished. True happiness isn’t found in checking random boxes—it’s found in completing what truly moves the needle in your life. In this episode, Brendon Burchard reveals how productivity is one of the fastest ways to generate happiness, confidence, and forward momentum. When you complete meaningful tasks, you build character. When you follow through, you gain self-respect. And when you stay consistent, you start to believe in your ability to create the life you truly want. If you’ve been feeling behind, stuck, or mentally heavy, this is your wake-up call to get back in the game—not with pressure, but with power. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why the completion of tasks boosts your happiness and emotional well-being How following through strengthens your identity and self-worth The surprising reason why unfinished tasks rob you of motivation _____________________________________ This episode will challenge you to stop overthinking and start finishing. Because when you finish what matters, you become who you’re meant to be. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resources: Become a GrowthDay member to unlock daily motivational audio from Brendon, weekly training from the world’s top coaches and experts, exclusive Monday Motivation from Ed Mylett, Brendon AI, and over $5,000 of courses! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://growthday.go.link/hsAqg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download Brendon’s famous 1-Page Productivity Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.growthday.com/pdf-g⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ✨ Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more motivation: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brendonburchard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@growthday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@BrendonBurchard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@GrowthDayMotivation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brendon Burchard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GrowthDay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ _____________________________________ Don’t forget to leave a review and share this episode with someone who needs to hear this!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We always think that freedom comes with this joy of not having to be scheduled,
0:07.4	not having to write down our ideas or go after our goals and just kind of like tra-l-l-la-law through life.
0:13.7	But the truth is, that ends up being a recipe for a lot of time wasted to do the things that freedom would give you the chance to do.
0:27.6	Hey all, it's Brendan, and I want to make sure that you go check out growthday.com.
0:36.0	It's an all-in-one personal development platform where you can do everything you
0:41.4	would like to do for personal development in one place. You can capture your mindset journaling,
0:47.7	set your goals, track your habits and improve them, take wellness challenges, and learn from the highest-powered,
0:56.6	highest-paid, most respected motivational teachers, wellness coaches, and life coaches in the
1:03.2	world live every week. Your personal development is worth a dollar a day. Your access to these people is worth a dollar a day.
1:12.3	But you can start free right now when you go to growth day.com.
1:19.3	Let's talk about why.
1:22.2	Everyone wants to say, Brandon, you're really into goals and you're really into writing this down.
1:25.3	And, you know, I'm more freewheeling. I just like to go to go through it you know I got a note card here or a post it note there
1:32.0	and you know I write a little here and there but geez it seems like you really do do what
1:36.7	you're talking about you really write all this stuff down and you really do manage the calendar
1:40.7	and you really do this goal planning stuff. How did you develop that discipline?
1:45.8	I go, oh, that wasn't discipline. That was called being tired of being miserable.
1:52.6	See, we always think that freedom comes with this joy of not having to be scheduled,
2:00.4	not having to write down our ideas or go after our goals,
2:03.9	and just kind of like tra-l-l-la through life.
2:06.7	But the truth is, that ends up being a recipe for a lot of time wasted
2:11.9	to do the things that freedom would give you the chance to do.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 26 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brendon Burchard, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Brendon Burchard and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.