Brad Lea, a self-made powerhouse and visionary behind Lightspeed VT, is a game-changing salesman whose no-nonsense advice has inspired millions worldwide. As an entrepreneur, author, and podcast host, Brad has mastered the art of scaling businesses and igniting personal success. His fearless and influential approach has made him a sought-after mentor and speaker. With his dynamic personality and strategic mindset, Brad Lea continues to empower individuals and businesses to reach new heights. Takeaways: Mindset and Choices Brad's insight on mindset being key to taking action Explanation of heavenly and earthly energies and their choices Impact of mindset on life choices Racking Up Wins and the Sacred Six The importance of collecting small wins daily Explanation of the Sacred Six and building confidence Detailed breakdown of choices affecting personal and career goals The Concept of Eliminating Negativity Importance of removing negative influences and environments Brad's experience with positive versus negative energies and vibrations Steps to improve one’s environment and mindset Relationships as Currency Significance of relationships in personal and professional life How relationships relate to success and resources Sales and Preparation Preparedness and intentionality in sales Importance of building trust and focusing on helping rather than selling Soundbites: "Knowledge isn't power, applied knowledge is." "Get rid of the idiots, bro. Get rid of the idiots." "There is 1000% scientific evidence that words matter. So the words you tell yourself, the words you allow other people to say around you, it's all affecting you." Connect & Discover: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradlea/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbradlea/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBradLea Website: https://bradlea.com/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dropping-bombs/id1260808808 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therealrealbradlea Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/THEREALBRADLEA X: https://x.com/therealbradlea Book: The Hard Way Connect with Mick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mickunplugged/ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mick-unplugged/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mickunplugged/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPaMel-Fb4zQmCSZDPHu4A LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickhunt/ Website: https://www.mickhuntofficial.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: Who is Brad Lea and what makes him a powerhouse?
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged, and today... We've got a showstopper for you. Today's guest is a self-made powerhouse. He's the visionary behind Lightspeed VT and a game-changing sales trainer whose no-nonsense advice has inspired millions worldwide.
As an entrepreneur, author, and podcast host, he's mastered the art of scaling businesses and igniting personal success. Get ready to learn from the fearless, the influential, the unstoppable, my good friend, Mr. Brad Lee. Brad, how are you doing today, brother? Good, Mick. Thanks for having me. Appreciate you, man. Thanks for for coming on, man.
You know, like I was telling you about your book and we're going to go into the book, man. But I just wanted to thank you for writing it because it helps people like me, like understand one. I don't know everything, right? And two, you give articulate, impactful, succinct advice that people can and should follow, man. So I just wanted to say thank you from my soul for that book.
Well, you're welcome. Thank you for reading it. And I told you, I'm on time number two now, right? I read it. Literally, the book is so good. I read it in two days, took a day off and went back and started rereading it. And I have like highlights and notes and everything in the book, man. But before we get to the book, Brad, you're a powerhouse, right?
What is your because, that thing that's deeper than your why? Like, what makes Brad tick? What's the legacy you're trying to leave behind, brother?
You know, that's a great question. I ask myself that often. You know, ultimately, I just feel like God gave us potential, and it's our job to reach it or at least try. And so I just try to outdo the day before. Yeah.
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Chapter 2: How did Brad Lea turn his early life challenges into success?
That I love, man. That I love. So let's talk about your journey, man. A lot of people may not know this, but at 16, Brad dropped out of school, right? Going to move to Hollywood and become an actor, going to do all those things. And then your life changed a little bit, man. So what was that like saying, I'm going to not just take an opportunity, but in my words, be an opportunity for myself?
Where did that kick off for you?
Well, when I got kicked out of my house at 16 years old for not mowing the lawn, you know, I was kind of excited out on my own. No real parental supervision and just thought to myself, you know, a I wanted to be a movie star since I was a little kid. So I figured I'd probably just shoot down to Hollywood and see what I could do.
and ultimately found myself homeless on a beach and didn't want to pay the price to stay there. So I realized there's something called nepotism, which is basically when someone else gets your part or whatnot. Back then, again, I didn't have the same mindset as I do today, but ultimately I thought, man, I'm going to go get rich so I can make the movie and I can decide who's who in it.
And I just didn't realize it would take 30 years. I figured I'd be able to do it in a couple, be on back. And, you know, that didn't happen too well. But I learned a lot. And, you know, ultimately, I think getting kicked out of the house was, in retrospect, kind of a blessing.
Yeah. So you didn't want to mow the lawn, huh? Like that was it. You were just like, I'm done. Yeah.
Well, I just forgot, really. I mean, you know, I didn't really have much discipline or integrity back then. You know, I was always trying to get away with stuff and, you know, escape responsibility, etc. And I didn't appreciate, you know, having a roof over my head. Kids will be kids, right? That's it.
That's it. One of my favorite quotes by you, Brad, is knowledge isn't power. Applied knowledge is right. Tell the people about that, man, because to me, as you started learning not just about yourself, but how industries worked and how people work. You didn't just keep it here. A lot of people talk about mindset, mindset, mindset. That's great.
But at some point, you have to apply the things that you feel like you've learned. What was that like for you, and then how do you impart that into others?
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Chapter 3: What is the concept of heavenly and earthly energies?
The heavenly frequencies or the heavenly vibrations or the heavenly energy, as I call it, are all the good things you would assume. You know, courage, confidence, abundance, happiness, joy, love, courage, all the things that you could imagine. And then the earthly is the doubt, the guilt, the shame, the anxiety, the worry, the frustration, the greed, the envy, things of that nature.
And we literally have a choice to operate by either one. And we were given free will. And with that free will comes a choice. So we literally have a choice to operate in the heavenly energy or the earthly energy. And unfortunately, most people are unaware that those exist. And to me, it's like a no brainer. I mean, What you see becomes your frequency.
And if you operate in a frequency, more of those frequencies will come to you. In other words, it's almost like it attracts more to be in that frequency about. So if I'm negative, that will attract more things to be negative about. And the opposite is true. If I'm positive, it'll attract more things to be positive about.
So from the second I wake up, I understand that there's simply a choice to make and you can choose to operate in your heavenly energy or your earthly energy. And that's all mindset. It's a perspective. And what I try to do is just shift people's perspective by a little bit because believe, believe it or not, it makes a big difference. Yeah.
And although action is required, I teach that too, but I think mindset's the most important and that's why people don't take action. They don't have the confidence. They're attracting negative energy. They're allowing negative people to be around them and it costs them dearly. I don't think most people realize that.
no totally agree man and again there's some fundamental things that you have in the book lessons i've learned the hard way so you don't have to right like i want to go there because my favorite chapter and i told you i've been rereading this it's chapter three right and in chapter three you go into some really big things and i i have these written down so that i don't mess them up
You've got your sacred six, right? Freaking love the sacred six. My favorite two, because there are things that I also talk about, and I'm going to start with the first one. You've got to rack up some wins. And for me, I have the same, Brad. You can't be a winner. Or you can't be a winning person until you first learn how to win one time.
And then with you, with the consistency and the habits, then you can build a winning philosophy and become a winner. Talk to us about racking up wins, man, and that philosophy behind that.
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Chapter 4: Why is racking up small wins important in personal success?
Well, I mean, winners win and losers lose. So if you find yourself losing all day long, you know, it's hard to feel like a winner. And the sacred six is really how to build your confidence. And the racking up the wins is simply a matter of deciding because, again, who gets to choose what a win is?
Nope.
You do. Right. So a lot of people are like, I'm going to make a million dollars and they don't. And so that's a loss. And all day long, they're technically losing, even though someone could say, well, that's pretty good. I don't know if you've ever played sports, but trust me, an L is an L. Right. So all people have to do, believe it or not, is lower their idea of what a win is.
Like my win is drinking water, enough water. My win is brushing my teeth. My win is raising my heart rate and exercising. I got wins happening all throughout the day from the second I wake up. The first and most important win of all is just gratitude. That's that choosing that energy. Gratitude is in the heavenly energy.
I wake up and I realize there's no amount of money that would be worth me not waking up. So when I wake up, no matter what else happens, I want. So literally, my mind goes to a win the second I wake up. I start getting excited, enthusiastic. Why? Because, again, I chose heavenly energy. I chose to be grateful. Nothing needs to happen. I don't need anything else to happen. So that's a win.
Then I jump out of bed enthusiastically and I go hit the gym, get the heart rate going. Why? Because I'm going to be bombarded with negativity all day long. I might as well, you know. beef up the shields. So then I hydrate, I drink the water. Then I obviously go to work and do all that. But before I leave the house, I wake up with extreme gratitude.
I work out, I focus on relationships because that's what's key. Then I focus on reading my brain and then I focus on some money because money's also important. But back to the racking up the wins, it's pretty simple. People, in order to get confident, need to feel like a winner. And confidence is really just the memory of winning.
So if you can just lower what you consider a win, most people won't tell you that. They'll tell you to stretch your goals and set high standards and all this. Yeah, you can do that also. But I'm talking about on a daily basis. Start celebrating the little things that most people take for granted. And you will literally start walking a little taller.
You'll start feeling a little bit better about yourself. But then number four is get rid of the negativity. As soon as you start to feel better about yourself, bro, everybody and their dog is going to start saying, I don't like the new you. What are you trying to do this and that? So all six of those are important. Just racking up the wins won't do it. You've got to, number one, forgive yourself.
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Chapter 5: How can eliminating negativity enhance your life?
Dude, I so believe all of that. When we talk about racking up wins, I talk to leaders about that, especially high power CEOs, where if you don't celebrate small wins for your team, you're going to have less people than you thought that are bought in.
Somebody might physically be on your team, but mentally they're never there because you're pushing them and not celebrating the small things for them. One of my first key ingredients for any culture that I go into and we talk about changing culture is tell me about the wins that you celebrate. And the first thing most people talk to me about are big projects that they had.
I'm like, no, no, no, no, no. That's a project. You should get that done. Did you celebrate wins along the way? Because if you don't, if you didn't, your team is just going to think that that's how you're wired. And maybe you are, but everyone's not wired like you. And so that's why I appreciated that in the book.
And then my second part of that chapter, and everybody who doesn't know Brad, I mean, most people already know Brad, but he shoots from the hip, right? Like he's a straight shooter. Get rid of the idiots, bro. Get rid of the idiot. I so connected with that because I go through this exercise twice a year where I literally evaluate my circle. And I changed that. I'm not evaluating my circle anymore.
I'm just getting rid of idiots, man, because it's so right. And sometimes idiots are entities, not just people. So I'd love for you to elaborate about that a little bit too, bro.
Sometimes it's also environments. Right. You know, one time I was using chat GPT and I put in there, if you were Satan, how would you stop a man from being successful? He gave me 10 things that he would do. One of which is surround you with negative influence environments. And when you go through all 10, you realize that that's the recipe for failure. So the opposite must be true as well.
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Chapter 6: What is the significance of relationships in success?
Number one, these almost gave me the chills when I read them because I've heard them a million times. So, so yeah, I said, what would you do to keep someone from being successful? He said, first of all, I don't know why I'm drawing a blank all of a sudden. My phone just dung and I turned it off. Now I'm all brain dead for a minute. But the fourth one was victim mentality.
The third one was surround you with negative people. So the first one was I would basically plant fear and doubt into your mind. I'd whisper things like it's too risky, you're not good enough, etc. Yeah. Number two, I would distract you with instant gratification. Number three, I would surround you with negative people and environments, influences. Number four, I would give you victim mentality.
Number five, I would make sure you remained comfortable. Number six, I would make you think that you had to plan everything. Number seven, I would erode your confidence. Number eight, I would make you focus externally instead of internally. Number nine, I would give you bad habits, especially health. And number 10, I would remove your sense of urgency.
And then I wouldn't have to touch you at all because you'd sabotage your own success. And if you think about that, it's like, wait a minute, I've done that a million times. Now I'm thinking, man, was that influenced? So what do you do if you want to win? Well, I would say reverse those things, okay? Get a sense of urgency, okay? Start implementing good habits. That's why I'm so big on habits.
I mean, the habits in your life will literally determine the quality of it. So extremely good habits, especially health. I would focus inward instead of externally. I would build my confidence with the sacred six, not allow it to be eroded. If you just reverse every single one of those, that's the map. That's the path you want to take.
Man, I'm amazed that you had the insight to go to ChatGPT to do that. And then knowing Bradley, obviously saying, okay, the opposite then must be true as well, right? Well, sure.
That is freaking fire, dude. Yeah. I mean, I mean, if you think about what he said, fill your mind with doubt and fear, whisper things to you. Like, again, a lot of people think that it's going to be yelling at you or it'll be evil. Sometimes, man, listen, you've worked hard. Take it easy. You deserve a day off. Go ahead and eat the donut, bro.
It doesn't matter if they don't like you a little out of shape, then they're probably not your friend anyway. Like all the things we've told ourselves to procrastinate, to do these things, but fill your mind with doubt and fear. Distract you with instant gratification. Everybody wants everything immediately, even though we know things take time. Surround yourself with negative people.
Why are you allowing all of the negative influences in your life? They constantly will change your energy. Negative energy is powerful. You can choose positive energy and hang around negative people, and pretty soon you're going to get negative. The reason why is because... what you frequently see becomes your frequency and that's your vibration.
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