Brendon Burchard

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Brendon Burchard
Brendon Burchard with Motivation Manifesto (cropped).jpg
Burchard with Motivation Manifesto in 2014
Born (1977-02-28) February 28, 1977 (age 47)
Montana
OccupationWriter, High Performance Coach, Motivational Speaker
Genre Nonfiction
Notable worksThe Motivation Manifesto, High Performance Habits, The Millionaire Messenger

Brendon Burchard (born February 28, 1977) is an author, high performance coach and motivational speaker.

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Career

Burchard is the founder of the Experts Academy and the High Performance Academy. [1] The aim of both training programs is provide students with Burchard's lessons in business, entrepreneurship, psychology, productivity, and persuasion. [2]

Burchard cites surviving a car accident at age 19 as the inspiration for his core teaching questions: "Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?" [3] A video sharing his story has garnered over 27 million views. [4]

Burchard is the author of several books. His first, Life's Golden Ticket: An Inspirational Novel, was published in 2008. His second book, The Millionaire Messenger (2011), claims that “nearly everyone has an ‘expert’ within themselves and can leverage that expertise to create a profitable business.” The book reached #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list [5] as well as The Wall Street Journal , USA Today , and Amazon bestseller lists. [1] [6]

In 2012, his third book, The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive reached #1 on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list. [7]

In 2014, The Motivation Manifesto spent 32 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. [8]

In 2016, Burchard was named a member of Oprah Winfrey Network's Super Soul 100. [9]

In 2017, High Performance Habits became a Wall Street Journal bestseller [10] and was #2 on Amazon's "Best business and leadership books of 2017" list. [11]

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