"Imagine your best future self, and start acting like that person today."
Brendon Burchard is a high-performance coach and one of the most-followed personal development trainers in the world, with courses and talks reaching tens of millions of people. After surviving a near-fatal car accident in his twenties, he built his career researching what separates habitually high-performing people from everyone else — the foundation of High Performance Habits.
Our in-depth summaries and reviews of his work
Brendon Burchard's research-backed system of six deliberate habits — clarity, energy, necessity, productivity, influence, and courage — that anyone can adopt to…
Read Summary →Clarity, Energy, Necessity, Productivity, Influence, and Courage — Burchard's research across thousands of high performers found these six habits, not talent or luck, best predicted sustained success.
Motivation fades; a felt sense of necessity doesn't. Connecting your goals to identity, obligation to others, or a larger mission creates a more durable drive than relying on willpower alone.
High performers are ruthless about protecting their time and energy from other people's priorities — saying yes to everything good is often the biggest threat to doing anything great.
"When you learn the difference between busywork and your life's work, that's the first step on the path of purpose."— High Performance Habits
"Seek clarity. Generate energy. Raise necessity. Increase productivity. Develop influence. Demonstrate courage. These are the six habits you need to adopt to reach high performance in any situation."— High Performance Habits
"Just because people want to put things on your plate because you're good doesn't mean you should let them."— High Performance Habits
"Gratitude is the golden frame through which we see the meaning of life."— High Performance Habits
Brendon Burchard's research-backed system of six deliberate habits — clarity, energy, necessity, productivity, influence, and courage — that anyone can adopt to achieve sustained extraordinary results.
