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No Days Off with Brian Gubernick
Welcome to the No Days Off podcast with Brian Gubernick - where we believe that each day brings a new opportunity to get better - better at business, better at our relationships, better in health,…better at life! Brian Gubernick is a visionary leader with over 20 years of diverse business and life experience. Currently the Chief Real Estate Officer for PLACE Inc and Co-Founder of Metrix Masterminds, Brian has held numerous other significant roles in the real estate industry including property…
Episodes
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick940. Missing My Marathon Best by 9 Seconds, and Why Your Habits Have to Match Y
Nine seconds. That's how far Brian finished from his personal best at this year's New York City Marathon, his fifth straight year running the five boroughs. He…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick939. Why Aren't You Working on Your Most Important Problems?
At Bell Labs, mathematician Richard Hamming once sat down at the chemists' lunch table and asked a question so direct that he was never invited back. One of…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick938. 10 Minutes, 10 Months, 10 Years - A Simple Test for Hard Decisions
Every entrepreneur has a decision they've been sitting on. The hire they can't quite justify. The client who pays well but doesn't fit. The late night at the…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick937. Jevons Paradox, Why Getting More Efficient Hasn't Given You More Time
In 1865, an English economist noticed that a breakthrough in efficiency led to more coal being burned, not less. More than 150 years later, the same pattern is…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick936. The Wrong Train Rule for Bad Hires, Bad Clients, and Bad Bets
A saying about trains has been making the rounds online, usually labeled an ancient Japanese proverb. Brian checked, and its origins are a mystery, but the…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick935. Compress Time, Set Bigger Goals, and Plan Next Year Differently
Planning season is here, and most business owners are about to do the same thing they do every year: take last year's number and add a little to it. In this…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick934. Your Relationship Isn't Fading, It's on Autopilot
Most couples don't lose the spark because of time. They lose it because the relationship slowly turns into a schedule, a list of logistics, and the same Friday…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick933. Fear of Failure vs. Perfectionism, and the Dinner Question Sara Blakely's Dad Asked
Fear of failure and perfectionism get treated as the same problem, but they show up in very different ways. One keeps you from starting. The other keeps you…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick932. Don't Wait for January. How to Pull Ahead in Business, Health, and Wealth While Everyone Else Slows Down
Every November, most businesses quietly downshift. Plans get pushed, prospects say "let's talk after the new year," and everyone lines up to start fresh on…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick931. Resume Virtues vs. Eulogy Virtues, and How to Build the Ones That Matter M
Ask any high achiever which matters more, what's on their resume or what gets said at their funeral, and the answer comes fast. The eulogy. Then look at where…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick930. If You Have Time to Scroll, You Have Time to Call
A simple line from a commercial—"If you have time to scroll, you have time to call"—hits harder than it should. In this episode, Brian breaks down the hidden…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick929. Explore, Identify, Exploit - How to Find the Work That Actually Grows Your
If only a few hours of your week truly matter, why not cut the rest? Because you can't know which ones they are in advance. In part two of the Price's Law…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick928. Price's Law, Why 10 People Do Half the Work and What That Means for Your
One percent of artists on streaming platforms generate ninety percent of what people listen to. That pattern isn't unique to music. In 1963, physicist Derek de…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick927. Why You Coast After a Big Win, and How to Stop It
You finally hit the big goal. The client signed, the launch shipped, the season ended. Then the next few weeks slip away, and the habits that got you there go…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick926. The Power of Position: Why Smart Entrepreneurs Still Make Bad Decisions
The best entrepreneurs aren't necessarily smarter than everyone else. They've built businesses that allow them to make decisions from a position of strength…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick925. The 10-Question Leadership Test, No Sevens Allowed
If your team copied every habit you have for the next thirty days, what would they pick up? Every leader casts a shadow, and the team absorbs whatever falls…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick924. Think Big, Aim Small
Big ambitions are great, but they're worthless without precise execution. In this episode of No Days Off, Brian explores the philosophy behind the saying "Aim…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick923. Why Most Changes Don't Stick, and the 5 Requirements That Fix It
Brian discusses why most changes quietly fade within a few weeks, whether you announced them to your team or promised them to yourself. The problem is rarely…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick922. Why Nick Saban Says You Don't Need to Win a Championship
Brian discusses a single line from Saban, the new ESPN docuseries on the coach with seven national championships, and why it changes the way most business…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick921. Would You Buy It Again Today? How to Stop Overvaluing What You Already Own
Brian discusses why business owners keep paying for tools, commitments, offers, and goals they would never choose if they were starting fresh today. He breaks…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick920. How to Operate From Want Instead of Need in Your Business and Your Life
Brian discusses the difference between operating out of need and operating out of want, and why the business owner who can walk away from a deal usually ends…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick919. How to Keep Your Best People From Following Each Other Out the Door
Brian discusses what to do when good people start leaving your business one after another, and why treating each resignation as a separate personal decision is…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick918. The Power of a Name: When to Rebrand a Metric, a Meeting, or a Business
Brian discusses a wave of rebranding stretching from Washington to Silicon Valley: a new executive order replacing "artificial intelligence" with "Super…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick917. Do the Work, Clear the Way, Shorten the Deadline: Leadership Lessons from SpaceX
Brian discusses a blunt claim from Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX, at the 2026 All-In Summit: there is no such thing as a people manager. In…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick916. Replay - How to Create a Culture of Winning
A culture of winning is a culture that sets the groundwork for success. What are the characteristics of a winning culture and how do you incorporate them into…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick915. Replay - The Preparation and Psychology of Game Day
In this episode, Brian Gubernick breaks down one of the biggest lies in business: that showing up is enough. Pros in sports spend countless hours preparing…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick914. Replay - What Keeps You Going When Everything Hurts
Brian Gubernick shares a powerful concept inspired by endurance athlete James Lawrence, aka the Iron Cowboy: your bag of whys. It's not just one big reason…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick913. Replay - Integrity and Being True to Yourself
Are you being true to yourself? Are you displaying integrity in your actions? In this episode, Brian shares a lesson from one of his mentor's, Mack Newton…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick912. Replay - Impossible Goals Made Practical with Dr. Ben Hardy
In this episode of No Days Off, Brian Gubernick sits down 1-on-1 with Dr. Benjamin Hardy, organizational psychologist and bestselling author of The Gap and the…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick911. Decide, Delegate, Schedule, or Kill It: Clearing Decision Debt
Brian discusses a liability that never shows up on a balance sheet but charges interest every single week: decision debt. Every choice an owner puts off keeps…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick910. Capital Can't Fix a Production Problem
Brian discusses one of the most expensive mistakes a business owner can make: using money to fix a problem money can't fix. When revenue falls short, the…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick909. You Can't Transfer Trust With an Intro Email
Brian discusses what actually happens when a client, account, or team member changes hands. The work moves in minutes. The trust does not, and the standard…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick908. If Your Best Employee Quit Friday, What Breaks Monday?
Brian discusses why the employee a business can't afford to lose is less a talent story than a design flaw. Starting from a recent retention conversation, he…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick907. How to Become Someone People Actually Root For
Brian discusses a short piece of advice from writer and investor Sahil Bloom: be easy to root for. Show up, do what you say, be kind, be reliable, and you…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick906. Obsolete Yourself Before Someone Else Does: Gwynne Shotwell's Rule for Staying Ahead
Brian discusses a line from SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell at the 2026 All-In Summit: if you don't make your own products obsolete, someone else will do it…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick905. The Emotional Cycle of Change, and Why You Want to Quit at Week Six
Brian discusses the Emotional Cycle of Change, a model developed by Don Kelley and Daryl Conner and published in 1979, and why it explains the sinking feeling…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick904. To Do Something You've Never Done, You Have to Do Something You've Never Done
Brian discusses a line he keeps coming back to: when you are trying to do something you have never done before, you may need to do something you have never…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick903. Why Balance May Be the Most Underrated Predictor of How Long You Live
Brian discusses balance, and makes the case that it may be the most underrated input in the entire longevity conversation. Most people rank sleep, nutrition…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick902. The Two-Question Test for Reversing a Decision You Regret
Brian discusses the courage to change your mind after you have already announced your decision. He opens with a seventeen year old family friend who quit…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick901. The Horseshoe: A Test for Whether You've Taken a Business Practice Too Far
Brian borrows a model from political theory and puts it to work on management. Horseshoe theory says the ideological spectrum isn't a straight line but a bent…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick900. How to Argue Better: Steel Manning, Straw Manning, and the Difference That Costs You Information
Brian breaks down two terms that get thrown around loosely and are worth understanding precisely: the straw man and the steel man. One of them is a trap most…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick899. Leaders are Teachers: The Five Laws of Learning, and Why Most Leaders Quit After the First One
Brian makes the case that a leader is a teacher above all else, and that most of what a leader does has a hard ceiling of one person's capacity. Teaching is…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick898. Liking Your Team vs. Loving Your Team, and Why Only One of Them Is Your Job
Brian discusses a sentence he thinks every leader should be willing to say out loud: I will not like you all the same, but I will love you all the same. Half…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick897. REPLAY - My Personal System for Getting the Right Things Done
Brian Gubernick shares the exact time management system he uses to stay focused, productive, and in control of his schedule. From the 3-1 prioritization method…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick896. The Trash Bucket
Brian discusses the morning he accidentally handed his entire team the leads his company had already thrown away. His director of operations was out of the…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick895. Your Blind Spot and the Johari Window
Brian discusses self-awareness, and why almost every business owner overrates their own. He opens with a recent experience and uses it to make a case that most…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick894. Genius Is Nothing But Patience: What That Means for Your Business, Your Body, and Your Team
Brian discusses a nine-word line about genius that most of the internet has been crediting to the wrong man for two centuries, and what it actually demands of…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick893. Plan, Do, Study, Act: W. Edwards Deming's Four-Step Method for Improving Anything in Your Business
Brian discusses the improvement method W. Edwards Deming taught for four decades, and the reason most business owners are running a version of it that Deming…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick892. Why 94% of Your Business Problems Aren't Your People's Fault: The W. Edwards Deming Story
Brian discusses W. Edwards Deming, the American statistician his own country ignored for three decades while Japan rebuilt its entire industrial base around…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick891. I Used to Teach Three Drivers of Trust. Now I Think One Thing Divides Them All
Brian discusses a framework he has taught on this show and from the stage, and the part of it he now believes was incomplete. There is a certain kind of…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick890. Why Bezos Banned PowerPoint: The Six-Page Memo, Silent Reading, and Better Decisions
Brian discusses the meeting mechanism Jeff Bezos built at Amazon in 2004, when he banned PowerPoint from senior leadership meetings and replaced it with…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick889. Five Ways to Be a Better Friend Without Stealing Time From Your Family or Your Business
Brian discusses a question Simon Sinek's recent commentary on friendship left him with: why do we build entire industries around romantic relationships and…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick888. The Five-Minute Meeting That Doubled a Team's Output
Brian discusses a twenty-year-old field experiment at a university call center where turnover ran around 400 percent a year and nothing management tried moved…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick887. The Midlife Happiness Dip, and What to Do in Your 30s, 40s, and 50s
Brian discusses a number from happiness research, and what it implies about the timing of the hardest stretch of an entrepreneur's adult life. The finding is…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick886. The Man on the Back of the Page
Brian discusses a line he heard this week that he has not been able to put down, and the old parable it came out of. A father facing hours of work tears a map…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick885. Uncover Your "Why" by Asking Your Best Friend This One Question
Brian discusses one of the most persistent blind spots in business ownership. Most entrepreneurs can explain what they do and how they do it without…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick884. 3 Rules, 3 Questions - the Katy G Birthday Special
Brian discusses a text he sent his kids on the first day of school, and the question underneath it that most parents have never actually tested: if you asked…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick883. Build an Opponent Harder Than the Real One
Brian discusses the strangest fact about the most dominant run in American sports. John Wooden won ten national championships at UCLA with teams known for…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick882. Trust is Cheaper Than You Think
Everybody in business can tell you about the time they got burned. The partner who walked, the hire who lied, the vendor who disappeared with a deposit. Those…
No Days Off with Brian Gubernick881. No Days Off Interview with Gian Paul Gonzalez
Brian Gubernick sits down with Gian Paul Gonzalez, the high school teacher whose two-word message to a 7-7 New York Giants team in December 2011 became the…