The CreateU Experience

Many entrepreneurs offer the most sophisticated products and yet are still unable to grow, expand, or move forward. One of the most probable reasons that this is so is because of their strong fear of opinions. By always concentrating on the negative feedback you receive from customers alone, your offers would not see the light of day no matter what. Brendan Meyers aims to change this stigma by presenting a simple eight-day journaling process to deliver the best products and continue engaging with clients instead of simply falling into the abyss of insecurity. He also shares a simple process of self-awareness check for entrepreneurs to be able to understand their experiences and trauma that may be hindering them to come across customers in the most engaging ways.

The pandemic seems to have turned the whole world upside down and has torn down many businesses in its path. One company that is flourishing despite it, though, is Fit Sol, the brainchild of Jonnie Ellis and the premier provider of virtual and in-person corporate wellness and personal training. Jonnie’s story is a story of transformation. Five years ago, he wasn’t even in the fitness industry but owned a dispensary in Denver. He relates how his falling out with a business partner led him to create success in the fitness space and the opportunity to serve some of the largest tech corporations in the world, especially with the pandemic restrictions now where basically everything has to be virtual. 

Feedback is usually taken in a negative way, perhaps as a form of attack. But without gathering feedback and acknowledging them as they are, the path to true leadership will remain blocked. Brendan Meyers lists down five important points in getting feedback, digesting it, and utilizing it to hone your leadership skills and become a better person overall. He also explains why one who aims to get honest and constructive feedback must also learn the art of giving the same courtesy to other people.

Prepare to challenge your disbelief because this episode’s guest is an absolute powerhouse. Joining Brendan Meyers on the hot seat is Nadya Okamoto, the 22-year-old CEO of the lifestyle period brand, August. Fueled by a passion for eradicating period poverty among the homeless, Nadya started her first nonprofit when she was 14. Her hunger for learning and willingness to ask for support allowed her to achieve in a few years what most people will never accomplish in their lives. But there is another side to all this success. Nadya has her own share of hardships as a young leader of a new brand that is still in its build phase, coupled with an ongoing struggle to overcome childhood trauma and mental health issues. Brendan dives deep into these two sides of Nadya and shows us why she is a true embodiment of the CreateU Experience.

When you’re good at something, people can get value from you. It is the business building mindset, however, that brings that ability into fruition as it allows you to extend your services to the people who need it. This is what Josh Clay, a performance and movement specialist based in Santa Monica, California, discusses in his conversation with host, Brendan Meyers. As a fitness expert, Josh is very well aware of the value he can give through the services he offers, but he is also painfully aware that he will be doing people a disservice if he doesn’t scale his business to include as many clients as possible. Join in as they trade their insights on growing a business, building relationships, and more in this episode.

Your network is your net worth. We keep hearing this saying every now and then, no matter what business you are in. True enough, if you want to succeed, then you should surround yourself with successful people and learn from them. In this episode, host, Brendan Meyers, dives deep into this great life hack of building your network. He shares with us his experiences of finding the people who inspire him to reach his goals, imparting some great wisdom to help us in our own journey.

The majority of people focus too much on the things that they’re going to lose at, and that what sets successful people, entrepreneurs, and brands apart. They’re all extremely focused on the big vision, the ultimate goal, and they never stop transforming. On today’s show, Brendan Meyers explains why we should be focusing on the good, and how this winning mindset can help us stop thinking about the possibility of losing. At the end of the day, if we don’t shoot for the stars, then we’ll never get there.

Times are tough right now, and if you haven’t bailed out on your dreams yet, you must be doing an excellent job. It is in times like this that we must keep pushing ourselves to keep our vision alive. In this reassuring episode, Brendan Meyers reminds us that we have come a long way to give up now. He shares some things we can do for ourselves to reconnect with our vision and get results. It is the very message of positivity that we all need in these trying times.

With everything happening around the race relations issue in the United States right now, thought leaders from all walks of life are stepping up and raising their voices in the fight against oppression. Joe Thurman is the Founder and CTO at Jobber Group – a corporate executive running a corporate organization. When not wearing his CEO suit, Joe is well aware that he is foremost a black person. With each turn of events, it becomes all the harder for him to ignore the realities around oppression and the struggle against it that is happening around him. Joining Brendan Meyers on this podcast, Joe shares his insights on the current state of events and raises a call to action against racial inequality and oppression.

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Contrary to popular belief, doing things on impulse is not as bad as many would like us to think. On some occasions, it can even be seen as a strength. Brendan Meyers, in this Quick Time Friday episode, talks in praise of rushing decisions. He sheds light on how rushing decisions can help us when we have to take a risk—when we are at that game-time moment where it is okay to shoot for the fence. We don’t have to hold ourselves back all of the time. Sometimes, we have to trust our gut and allow it to reveal an opportunity that may have passed if we did not take that jump.