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In this Build Your Success podcast episode, the hostwelcomes Brent Darnell, founder of Brent Darnell International, who has taught emotional intelligence and people skills in the construction industry since 2000 with a focus on mental, physical, and emotional performance.
They discuss how the industry has shifted toward collaboration, purpose, and relationship-driven work, and why emotional intelligence can be measured and improved compared to many personality tests.
Darnell explains how chronic stress impairs cognition, judgment, and safety, contributes to long-term health issues, and how improving emotional self-awareness and stress management can boost performance and longevity.
He shares tools and resources including a free emotionalintelligence test, nutrition and stress-recovery assessments, and practical stress relief techniques rooted in breathing (including Navy SEAL box breathing), mindfulness, and meditation. The episode closes with advice to prioritize self-care, sleep, nutrition, stress management, and connection.
Brent Darnell InternationalBrent Darnell | LinkedInHost Email:[email protected]
Host LinkedIn: Brian Brogen, PMP 🧱| LinkedIn
Host Website: BuildConsulting Services - Mulberry, FL - Brian Brogen
About the host: Do you want true engagement at your event?Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audience thinking long after the event ends.
Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractorand project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport your audience craves.
By Brian Brogen5
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In this Build Your Success podcast episode, the hostwelcomes Brent Darnell, founder of Brent Darnell International, who has taught emotional intelligence and people skills in the construction industry since 2000 with a focus on mental, physical, and emotional performance.
They discuss how the industry has shifted toward collaboration, purpose, and relationship-driven work, and why emotional intelligence can be measured and improved compared to many personality tests.
Darnell explains how chronic stress impairs cognition, judgment, and safety, contributes to long-term health issues, and how improving emotional self-awareness and stress management can boost performance and longevity.
He shares tools and resources including a free emotionalintelligence test, nutrition and stress-recovery assessments, and practical stress relief techniques rooted in breathing (including Navy SEAL box breathing), mindfulness, and meditation. The episode closes with advice to prioritize self-care, sleep, nutrition, stress management, and connection.
Brent Darnell InternationalBrent Darnell | LinkedInHost Email:[email protected]
Host LinkedIn: Brian Brogen, PMP 🧱| LinkedIn
Host Website: BuildConsulting Services - Mulberry, FL - Brian Brogen
About the host: Do you want true engagement at your event?Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audience thinking long after the event ends.
Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractorand project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport your audience craves.