Are you all in or faded in your freedom

Felt off - questioned covid - got real and realized... I am the problem - I am the solution. Tired Wore out Head banging Taste and smell was off Chills Went back and forth for a week feeling better then worse. Today I feel normal - what the hell caused this. My mind jumps the gun thinking the flu / covid / life... So I took a little ownership of my mind instead of renting our my own truth to the stories of the masses. I am the problem I am the solution - how about you? Do you point the finger - ok ok maybe you now someone who is pointing the finger instead of asking the question what got me here. I made a list of all the shit I have done wrong VS the flu or covid or..... Here’s what I came up with For the last two weeks I have not drank as much water I backed off Vitamin C I backed off multivitamins’ I backed off amino acids I had 4 different times in the last 2 weeks family came into town and I ate like I was on vacation. I have slept like shit cause my baby girl keeps getting up at 1 am. There is a solution. I backed off walking in the AM as much. I backed off deep meditation settling for breathing meditation I shifted from a proactive state to a reactive state I shifted from moving within my day with power to forcing life as it was forcing me. What the hells the solution? What’s the path? What’s possibility? #1 Stop lying - this is on me. #2 Stop reacting - get back to moving from a place of earned power. How Own the morning Stop doing the shit that takes from my own ability to have a body on fire. My question for you? Where are you pointing the finger at a society accepted excuse? Where do you need to look in the mirror - take account of your actions? Where do you need to stop being reacting and starting owning your day being proactive with the things that make you - unchained from excuses and whatever life throws at you? Branden Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie

Will I fail as a father - yes! Will my son fail - yes! Will my babygirl fail - yes! Will they be able to navigate this life? Will they live a purpose driven life? Isn’t it crazy our kids can say - you have no idea what it’s like to be a kid these days and they would be right! 2021..... this isn’t 1980 and they ain’t playing Atari...this is real There is no room for ignorance... only purpose driven authenticity. I know great men, great parents, successful and full of love and courage... yet their kids are walking the line between life and death. What do we do..... lead by example like the gift of today is always on the line. How - live the Warrior. I start my day with the power of Warrior CORE 4 - my son sees it - my son does it - my son is empowered by it.... and he’s 7 years old. So damn proud of my boy. My son - he earns the power of presence every morning. Crazy thing is - last night I picked him up from his friends after crossfit. He told me - guess what dad... I talked to my friend about Warrior CORE 4 and he said he was going to do it in the morning. Can’t make this up - just a powerful reflection of purpose driven action. If you want to know more about Warrior, CORE 4 send me a message, give me a call, text. My son ... he will succeed, he will fail and living the Warrior way he will learn to learn through it all. He will step from the peaks and valleys a greater young man. He will always be in a state of becoming just as I am. How about you? Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie here is a link to the Tedtalks video https://youtu.be/UUnRKf2CemA

Powerful lesson learned from a Ted talk I listened to while walking in the morning. Practice rigorous authenticity - surrender the outcome - do the work. I reflected on Warrior and the mindset of be real, raw, relevant so that our results reflect our true desires. Maybe these words spoken by this gentlemen on Ted talks rang true as I linked them to what I have learned living the warrior way. Maybe my own recent shortcomings made the words he said sting a little more than usual. I am either authentic or I am a liar. Its that simple. The tricky part is when I hold back from being authentic and ... the only one who knows is me. This guy who at one point used a rope as a belt was speaking from a place of power. He wore no mask - he was honest - he owned the fact at one point he was an addict. The truth of his pain set him free as he stood face to face with reality. Empowering to see, hear, watch others as they live life unchained. It was a powerful reminder I am on the right path no matter how bumpy shit gets at times. Freedom is not covering up all my failures - it’s embracing the power... the fact I have lived. I have lived in the dirt of Iraq, I have fought and failed as a man, I have crossed lines, I have made grave mistakes and yet all of it was the darkness of my life that lead to the light of here and now. I live less in regret everyday as I live the Warrior way. I am more interested if not curious how I can continue to bring this all together in way that serves me and those I associate with. Share the lessons - surrender the outcome. The only thing greater than reflections of the past and or dreams of the future is the undeniable empowering moments of here and now. Live it, share it - embrace the greatest gift - this moment. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie here is a link to the Tedtalks video https://youtu.be/UUnRKf2CemA

Father son lesson learned - raising his voice ... told me - you made me this way... That voice within was quick to say - own it, learn .. share it. Do you own the moments of life that are both good and bad? My 7 year old son Derek was raising his voice talking back to my queen... told him to calm down... don't do that .... he then comes over sits by me and says..... You made me this way... Painful and yet living the Warrior way I was quick to own it.... he was right. I get it man - I get life - peaks and valleys moments its all incredible and then the painful reality delivered compliments of a son who speaks pure fire, truth unfiltered. Never the less - I want to own the lesson. I want to pivot from it and move better as a man, as a father, as a leader. Own my frames! The days I run, the days I am stepping, owning, becoming, learning, growing, pivoting - those days I step with power. When my actions are out of line - I reflect the man I do not wish to be and its undeniable cause I am off. What you see is what you get and if I am not getting mine, if I am reacting to life instead of taking action in life - it is what it is. Forget the stories - forget the excuses - no one cares. LESSON: Step with earned power or live life forcing the world around us to change because we are willing to change. When I step with earned power daily - he steps with a father living life owning the frames. When I am forcing life - sedating - slipping - he sees an example - he has a window - he has an excuse... He has the opportunity to say ....thats what my dad does... May the peaks and valleys be leveraged so that we can embrace the journey of today. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie

Why do we lie to ourselves? Maybe you are a saint.... I got some work to do! I am thinking what powerful wisdom to tell you when the reality is... I can’t tell you how to figure this out. Only you can find your own truth. What I can tell you is a story that may empower you to step with courage learning and leading from your lessons in life. May the peaks and valleys be leveraged so that we can embrace the journey of today. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie

My son didn’t get a medal and I am glad - he got something better! He felt the pain, considered his options and took action. He asked the question - what do I need to do to earn a medal? So damn proud of my son. He earned a little courage and with that he has a lesson that will serve him for the rest of his life. How about you? What questions are you meant to ask today - courageously. Isn‘t it crazy - be it 7 years old or 43 years old like me there is an undeniable power to be earned when we are courageous enough to ask the questions meant to be asked. What questions come to mind you now... if you had the courage to ask everything could change. In your body? In your spiritual world? With your family? In your business? Make today count, be like my son, ask the question and set your sails based on what matters to you. Your destination and most importantly your journey depends on it. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie

Monday, March 15th 2021 Surprises are a beautiful thing. Decided to head north for one day to see my pops for his birthday. It was a good drive, Derek was amazing helping with Genevieve and while she only broke down once seems lunchables was the solution. Soon after arriving pops looked at me and said - thank you. I did not do it for that - it was not about hearing the words - it was the look in his eyes. It was .... I was just so happy to see him happy. To see him happy knowing for his birthday we would be together. Surprises are a beautiful thing. As I dig through this considering ... what is the revelation I realize something. Along the journeys of life we live ... ...it is when we get lost in it all that the gift of being here now comes into focus. There is another feeling that is close to that which is when someone does something for another that is a surprise with no strings attached. Its as if along the path of their lives something happens - a little break from it all that generates a reflection - a smile. Understand this - God has given me a gift of a good man who has lived within my life as a great father. As we consider our opportunities to step into anothers world and do something nice make sure you are doing this for the right person. This is tricky because there are times we can do things for others no strings attached and it may be someone we do not know. I get that. For this particular reflection it was about my pops - a man I think the world of. REVELATION: 2 things! 1 - live life getting lost within the good and bad - choose the frames that matter and be all in so that the start nor finish line can not hold a candle to the light found within the journey. 2 - Give in life so that as others are within their journeys - what we do is a blessing to them. What we do can at times take them from their beginning and ends... from their missions and desires for destinations pulling them into a moment if not second where they say thank you and ... its so damn good a look is more than enough to know - we made the right decision to at that point in time step into their world. CONSIDER WHO, WHAT AND WHEN? Who do you love? What can you do ( no strings attached ) for them? When will you do it? Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do! By the way I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage brother! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie

If you bury your feelings and emotions you will not succeed. I am talking true success - real joy, real happiness, real peace .... How many times? How many times have you buried your feelings and emotions in life..... Sit with this because if you don’t get this right - if we don’t get this right we will lose the gift of today. THE STORY: Was walking in the AM early listening to the Warrior Audio App - powerful tool I leverage daily. My mission is to move my body and my mind. By listening learning I am earning a bit of clarity, certainty, faith as I step into this crazy thing called life. On this particular day Coach Garrett discussed how decades ago - feelings plus emotions equals death when it came to the young men sent off to War. On the battle field it was about survival - get to the end. That mindset was brought home and I believe has influenced us ever since. 5 years military Infantry deployed coming home on leave numb thinking ... don’t get comfortable because its not over .... I gotta go back. Stay faded, stay sedated and just get through it. Don’t show emotions, bury those feelings and drive on. 13 years as a business owner - one that I enjoyed and embraced and yet over time that business owned me. I became faded, sedated and like the military began to bury my emotions. 2 years living the Warrior way and I see the truth with a fight to own that truth — to own today. How crazy is it that the key to our success right now is raw feeling, raw emotions.... What separates us is not our ability to be like a certain group, to act in a certain way..... forget that false lift shine... So many are faded in the false lift of looking good within a frame of life they dont even belong... I know because it was me. THE QUESTIONS - IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO OWN THE MIRROR Where in your life within your body, spiritual world, family, business - where have you buried your feelings and emotions that you know - they were not meant to be buried. WHY IS THIS RELEVANT: Never been a harder time in the history of mankind to be - who we were always meant to be. Not because there is a lack of opportunity. Not because we don’t have the means. It has never been harder because the world we live in is so sedated within reflections that are the furthest thing from real. I know I have lived and continue to battle. My own struggle to just be me. It’s the flipside of sedation ( bury those raw feelings and emotions ) that inspires me though When I listen to coach Garrett or a brother embracing a struggle, a victory I know I am amongst something more.... It’s a breath of fresh air. To cross paths with a man or woman becoming. Being true with feeling emotions - all that shit we have buried brought to life within moments of not seconds. That’s the good stuff!!! LESSON: Raw feelings and emotions leveraged within Warrior stacks turned into light brought to life within the actions taken - I will consistently earn my faith, my presence, my courage, my becoming. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? How will you leverage the raw emotions and feelings within today? I have one recommendation - join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge! Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage brother! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: Don’t let Wednesdays Suck - usually by mid week I am wrecked but that has changed! THE STORY: Usually by Wednesday or Thursday my body and mind is wrecked. The combination of walking in the morning and hardcore crossfit at night, kids, work, life.... for a number of weeks I have been frustrated that mid week I felt like shit. I dont believe it has to be that way. The story I ran was this is normal.. three days of pushing... I am going to feel rough. But rough did not translate to earned powerful presence for me. It reflected a necessity to sedate in stories for how I felt Be tough, suck it up, don’t bitch .... being a man is about feeling beat up and pushing through.... Now two weeks into a training program I am creating I feel powerful - I have a sense of earned presence. It is the first time in a long time I felt good regardless of what day it was be it Wednesday, Friday, Monday.. CONSIDER THIS: What if everyday you could wake up - Clear headed! Focused! Motivated! Driven! The opposite of what so many define as hump day... Why live for Friday when you can live for today??????? MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS THIS: What can you change today so that tomorrow you wake up a little brighter, a little lighter with a few less stories and excuses needed to be all you are meant to be? How you sleep? How you eat? How you hydrate? How you prepare for the next day before calling it a day? How you start your day? It’s on you to own up and embrace each day! Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do! By the way I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage brother! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie

Stop sedating in education start living in Execution! Do the work you are meant to do today! DATE: Saturday, January 30th 2021 SUBJECT: Education is important - refreshing to read, learn and grow from others knowledge. The power of perspective outside our own opening our mind to the possibilities we alone can not see.... and yet at some point...we need to go, to do, to execute! When who we are becoming in body, being, balance and business is dialed in - our ability to learn from actual experience on our path far outweighs education from a traditional sense. Both have a place - but what becomes 80 percent education 20 percent execution shifts to 20 percent education 80 percent execution. In 80 percent execution what gives us the ability to not only sustain but rise beyond is stacking the real, raw, relevant lessons of today. For better or worse. If we are not living our life in body, being, balance and business with soul purpose - owning, accepting, standing and fighting for the land below us only we could take.... if we are not fighting for our life - we will always have to rely on education. We will have to search for the answers outside of us. We will have to sedate with stories, justify with excuses and play that fucking rerun of ... I just need to learn how to .... My question for you is this where in your life in your body, being, balance and or business - where do you need to stop educating and start executing? Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do! By the way I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: Walking in the dark, in the desert has the power to empower beyond all the city lights. DATE: Tuesday, January 19th 2021 HERE’S THE STORY: Got up 3 am - decided to stay up knowing another hour of sleep would have probably messed me up more than serving me. Started my walk at 440 am dark as hell. As I walked I realized while I could not see beyond 20 feet in any direction clearly what matters was the light in front of me. In the dark in the desert beyond what I could see was really irrelevant. What matters was the light from my flashlight - the path infront of me and my goal. To walk, move my body and start my day off from a place of power. Another idea came to mind - as I was walking knowing I could not control beyond what I saw - I considered what I did have control of. - I knew my path - I had a light - I had a back up light - I had a ruck full of rocks ( not sure that would serve me outside reminding me I choose the weight I carry in life ) - I had my knife - I had my phone - I had the key to the house I had been in the dark before, rucking in the military, Warrior week, in the dark mentally in business, as a husband, father, friend.... The dark is no fucking stranger and yet - its been a while since I walked in it literally for 45 minutes. The point is - I know what I know, I know what I have, I know my mission - beyond what I can literally see is out of my control so gotta rise up and focus on the ground in front of me.... ... because thats all that fucking matters. WHY IS THIS RELEVANT: We talk about the dark all the time - finding the light in the dark. It’s powerful to walk in it. As I was walking off to the left was nothing but desert off to the right was about 200 yards of desert between me and the homes by the beach. I was tempted to take a turn walking next to the houses but I wanted the lesson. As I turned back I saw the lights of the city and thought how comforting it would be to walk there. I considered how so many are pulled towards the lights.... That feeling of wanting to be where everyone else is and yet - I was more alive walking in the desert with nothing but what I needed. LESSON: Walking in the dark, in the desert has the power to empower beyond all the city lights. MY QUESTION FOR YOU: What can you do outside the box to push yourself beyond your normal routine to see where the true light lies in your life? Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do! By the way I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

Title: Pivot within VS Pivot away from - the power is on you! Branden Mackenzie | Jan 10th 2021 THE STORY : Was listening to a powerful audio from the Warrior audio app and realized there are two ways we must pivot in life. 1. Pivot away from that which does not serve us. It is a false lift to live and pivot within the frames of life we do not belong. There is a bit of mercy as we go through the years of life we have created - an understandable amount of struggle to break through the barriers created, to burn the bridges we were never meant to cross or build and yet at some point the power of learning from those places loses its power if we don’t step from them. 2. Pivot within the frames of life we where meant to embrace. It is a different place of earned presence, to fight for something than against. WHY IS THIS RELEVANT??? There is a disconnect in life - the power of pivot can be a false lift. So many times I have fought my previous wars to feel as though I am heading the right direction when in fact I know - its time to fight another war. LET’S GET TO THE QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT YOU! Where in your life are you pivoting within frames you are meant to be? Where do you find yourself pivoting away from frames you are not meant to be? I can’t help but realize there are ways I pivot in all areas of my life - both within and from. I pivot in a good way finding powerful presence from doing right and ... I find myself pivoting away from things that do not belong in my path. How about you? Here’s what I believe as I reflect on my pivots in life..... Pivot within or suffer the consequences of having to pivot from, fight against, defend against - that energy wasted is the missing ingredient of consistent growth from the place of purpose driven power. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do! By the way I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage brother! https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: Don’t lose the love of the game - the love of living in the moment! DATE: Sunday, January 17th 2021 HERE’S THE STORY THAT CREATED THE LESSON: Played ball yesterday - got lost in it. It was a blast. Hit good, made a few great plays, wanted to win. I love the game LESSON: Live the life we get lost in like playing a game we love. Sounds fucking cheesy... yet I know it is the dividing factor between a purpose driven life and forcing, justified with stories and lies. When purpose outweighs pain nothing can stop us because there is no place we would rather be. Life - takes us places and within body, being, balance and business. In someways we are on point, we are in the hunt, we live and breath with passion the road we are on. In other ways we are in pain, we are lost, chasing something that was never meant to be ours. MY QUESTION FOR YOU: Where in your life are you getting lost in the love of the game? In your body? In your being ( spiritual world )? In your balance ( family ) ? In your business? On the flip side where are you in the dark chasing a life that was never meant to be yours? In your body? Being? Balance? Business? Here’s to the moments worth getting lost in!!! Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do By the way I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage brother!

Title: Don’t give up the power that is meant to be yours! Do you influence from a place of power or force??? Family, kids, work, employees, coworkers, sales, health... this is a game changer in how you and I show up. THE STORY: As I walked I kept losing signal messing up the flow of listening to the Warrior Audio App. Challenged I started to question why the hell do I walk everyday with the weight. In these moments I know its a glitch in my mindset and that I need to keep pushing forward. Crazy thing is that frustration built the platform for a powerful revelation. In business, in body, in being ( spiritual ) and balance ( family ) Where do I step from a place of earned power - where do I force life. Initially this idea of power vs force was focused on promoting what we represent in business. A buyer who is promoted to from a place of power is very different than force. Shifting gears on my walk I listened to yet another powerful audio in the Warrior app covering the idea of being real, raw, relevant and how those three ideas greatly impact our - results. Here’s where it all came together I believe in life there are those that build, those that fix and those that drive. I considered a car and hesitantly thought ... I could build a car, I could fix a car but I really want to drive the car. You might be asking at this point ... what the hell is he talking about... Here’s what brought this to a point of - ah ha. The night prior to walking I was working on my business creating a simple website and after 2 hours of time invested I was done. Very basic but clean. This triggered me as I was listening to the idea of power and force. You see I was forcing myself to do the work when somebody else was really meant to do that work. ** now - I get at times we have to make but I dont think that should be the justified story for us living a life untrue to our purpose. The car had me thinking about a site I was working on - I spent two hours last night created something that was not my calling to make. I can force it but the process and time invested will not yield the return in comparison to investing in the person that was meant to build it. Keep in mind I got a great tip from a brother within Warrior and found a powerful option to hire someone which I will but I failed to step from a place of power and forced the wrong action. How does this all come together? Power is knowing our purpose and what we are meant to do. Force is attempting to take action in the wrong part of the creating. In everything we do - question... Am I meant to build this ( car, website, funnel, service ) Am I meant to fix what is broken or need of adjusting? Am I meant to drive ( the car, the traffic, the message ) Why is this relevent? We must force ourselves to do the work on our own...... Or must force ourselves to invest in others so that we can in turn invest our time and energy where it’s meant to be. Power is soul purpose driven! Force is when we are out of sync with our calling. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: Don’t demand before creating desire in business, family, body .... in life! DATE: Wednesday, December 30th 2020 RESOURCE: Living the Warrior way! THE STORY: Listening to a powerful audio from the Warrior audio app. Greatest takeaway was this.... Don’t demand people buy - create the desire which is the fuel lighting the flame of demand. WHY IS THIS RELEVENT? We see it everywhere - people pushing to buy. Vomiting their bullshit all over the internet. Its the perfect ad with the perfect smile, perfect script and all of it is so perfect it is - full of shit. Its the programs being created and pushed that have never even been done by those pushing Desire I believe is the reflection of actions taken... it is the leading to of a sincere question. They know we are coming from a place of power, they see we live it and our goal is not manipulation but to hold the mirror asking no more than the questions we ask ourselves. LESSON: Life is earned - no matter how we look at it. There’s no cutting corners when it comes to doing what is meant to be done. Our focus must be to create desire to earn demand. MY QUESTION FOR YOU: Where in your life are you demanding when you should be creating desire? In your business? In your body? In your balance ( family ) ? Look we all know - because I say so is the absolute worst way to influence a child and yet.... We all know the guy that say what you should do before he asks - what do you truly want to do has one agenda and it’s not yours. Let’s approach from a place of power, a place where we are reflecting the desire to impact. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie By the way I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage brother! https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: How do you see what you see? I see it Warrior CORE 4 style. DATE: Friday, December 18th 2020 THE STORY: Got up today at 430 with a desire to do some good. Working for earned presence doing Warrior CORE 4. Something powerful about the process I have grown to embrace. As I sat looking out the window into the dark slowly the light came around. Just as I was wrapping up my CORE 4 looked outside and saw these amazing colors in the sky through the clouds. Decided to go out on the patio and capture taking a picture and short video. Got me thinking...How do I see what I see????? My question for you - how do you see what you see? THE TAKEAWAY - I saw this eyes wide open with gratitude, earned energy, clarity because of CORE 4. How do you see what you see in the morning? WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT How we see life is influenced by how we start life each and every day. Its not a one time thing its an everyday earn it thing. LESSON: The morning and the night are the two greatest opportunities we have to influence how we see life from the start and the end... sunrise to sunset. MY QUESTION FOR YOU: Do you want more clarity? If yes - what are you going todo to earn it? In your body, being, balance and or business what are you willing to give up? What action can you take that earns the life you are meant to see??? Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie By the way I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage brother!

TITLE: It’s not weakness - its wisdom to look for guidance. Do you - don’t be something you are not! DATE: Monday, December 28th 2020 Lessons learned from a powerful coaching call with my Warrior brothers. I have a problem - my desire to do shit on my own and yet - I know my value is not in creating websites. My value and desire is to create content to put within sites, pages, funnels. My goal is to impact and lead leveraging my lessons learned using a platform to present that message. There is a gap between my desire and the produced outcome - the gap is lack of knowledge, expertise, proper being ( am I meant to be in that space ).... That gap can be as big as the sea if I fail to understand where my strengths are and where I must look for help. It is not weakness to look for guidance - its wisdom. No matter where we are in my life as our experience grows we must not allow ourselves to think we are the ones meant to build the frames ( website / funnel ). I believe is it our mission to shine a light within the frame and at times ( most often ) the frame is someone’s else’s creation built by the influence of a similar vision. Feeling this is to damn deep in thought... - the point is my desire to fight on the field not paint the lines. WHY IS THIS RELEVANT TO YOU AND I: We are as far or as close to our desired outcome as we choose to be. Do it or pay for it - don’t freaking swim in the sea of indecision. MY QUESTION FOR YOU - THE QUESTION I ASKED MYSELF: Where in your body, your being ( spiritual world ), balance ( family ) and or business - where can you bridge the gap by realizing where you are meant to focus your energy and where you are meant to look for support. Don’t attempt to accomplish what was never meant to be done..... by you! YOU DO YOU! Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage my brothers and sisters! https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: Don’t get mad at them because you are mad at yourself RESOURCE: Being a dad THE STORY: My son was working on a project for school. He was moving to quick and Reyna ( my wife ) called him on it. He got a little frustrated and shifted his focus to Genevieve his baby sister who was messing with some cables from behind the TV. As he went to get her I saw he was a little aggressive and I told him prior to picking her up. Don’t get mad at her because your mad at yourself. Should have seen the look on his face. Jaw dropped - eyes wide as if he knew I was 100% correct... in that second I realized as I saw him... I saw myself. I quickly ran through a number of times I have been mad at Reyna, my son, work.... life and it was no more than a trigger from a previous situation I failed to walk from and in turn I was walking with. It is as if I was putting the wrong fuel on the fire. It was only a matter of time before those emotions got the best of me just as they did him. MY QUESTION FOR YOU??? ( The question I ask myself ) Where in your life, in the frames you choose to be in with your body, your being, balance and or business. Where are you getting mad at a person, a situation, a thing when the real problem is not within that moment but the failed fire you did not handle when the opportunity to get clarity presented itself. It reminds me of my father ( a wise man ) who often encouraged me to give it 24 hours. A great great recommendation that saved me so many times but there was a problem with it. By not addressing the challenge I faced to a certain level of clarity I was unable to move from it. I carried it with me. Everything in my path from that moment to 24 hours later was in some way affected by it. So the question is clear - where in your life are you getting mad at someone else or something because really - you are mad at yourself? WHAT’S A SOLUTION??? My Solution - I leverage the Warrior Stack App - a powerful series of questions that helps me get more clarity and understanding of the situations in life that .... I fail to immediately understand. I am challenged, I am in the dark but I know there is a lesson within it and I want that lesson. I surely don’t want to take out my lack of understanding on others. Its the raw emotions of anger, frustration, irritation to joy, bliss, gratitude.... be it a good or bad moment I know I can learn from it and step from it with earned presence and power that will serve me and those I care about. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day basis. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.

TITLE: The phone or my son - I must pick ... over and over! THE STORY: Just last night he was playing Xbox and I was on many phone. I was not doing something productive. I looked up and realized I am giving up time with him .... for this. If I am not producing I am wasting time that could be spent with him and from now on I am not giving that up. WHAT GOT ME REFLECTING: The Warrior Gratitude Stack Every morning my mission is to start my day with power. One of the greatest ways I get centered is by giving thanks for that which I have. I do this with the gratitude stack. A series of powerful questions to amplify what I am thankful for. Today I did one for my son. HIGHLIGHT FROM THE GRATITUDE STACK FOR MY SON: I am just so damn proud of him. From helping set up the house with Christmas decorations to watching out for his baby sister. He is becoming everyday a great young man. DESIRES AND ACTIONS DEFINED WITHIN THE GRATITUDE STACK: Fight for my time with Derek. Make the time we have count. Play games with him, uno, Xbox, baseball, fight with him in the bed, do the things that makes him happy. LESSON LEARNED: The greatest gift of seeing him in who he is becoming is a combination of the path he is on and the time we spend together. That path is on me as a father to build initially. The time we spend together must not be wasted. REVELATION FROM THIS EXPERIENCE: Life is fueled by what we do right! Our life’s fuel is taken by what we do wrong. My life is fueled by expansion in the frames of life I choose to live within. From working my body to my spiritual world, from my family to my business. My mission is to fight for greater clarity in those areas. My fight is for the moments I have - do what fuels the fire, be a man showing up with earned faith for my family and everyday know that - today is a new day. What I bring to the table today is earned in the actions of today. ACTION GOING FORWARD: Do what fuels my purpose or spend quality time with my family. MY QUESTION FOR YOU: Where in your life in your body, your spiritual world, your family and or business - are you giving up quality time sedated on your phone? This seems so irrelevant - yet the 2, 3 or 4 minutes wasted here and there over the years end up being a huge impact on the reflection of all we have done. Imagine 10 minutes a day or about an hour a week being 52 hours in a year X 18 years. 936 hours or 39 days - would you give that up for surfing the web or some action that takes from the very person you are becoming. I am questioning you because everyday I am questioning myself - am I doing enough of what matters? Answer the question and lets get better for who we are becoming and those we love. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day basis. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.

I walk daily for an hour with a 30 pound ruck. My path I always take was muddy so I took the hill off to the left. This is about all the times in life we see the path ahead... the path we have always taken... we notice the mud ahead and realize there is another way. This is about the journey over the desination. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie... Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.

Title: Date night - When? How? Family, kids, travel, work, working out, covid - WHEN?? Here’s the story: Went to crossfit with my queen. With mom and dad in town we had a chance to push some weight and get our hearts pumping. The wod 1:30 min bike followed by squat cleans - back and forth doing one each till we both hit 5 and then back to the bike. 5 rounds adding weight. Seeing my queen push, grind, hustle right in front of me .... proud, inspired, motivated .... turned on by the beauty of her ... in motion. The truth is setting us free!!! We fight we grind we hustle in life - at times we do battle, we collide and its powerful as we are able to come from those challenges with a greater sense of awareness and respect for each other. At time we fight, we collide, we do battle as King and queen against the chaos and world outside of us with great desire to stand for our own way of life. That same fight is the fight I saw as we worked out. What a way to be in it together... to see us doing our best and pushing the envelope of life. To walk away thinking.... what just happened, we succeeded, we failed, we encouraged - we fist bumped and went home listening to our favorite music elevated in our stand together in all we believe and most importantly in who we are becoming. Unlike a night out drinking we pushed reality in a different way and while we were sore the next day we were not slow and faded - we were powerful, inspired - motivated to take on the day with a bit of love, pain and earned faith. One of my greatest desires is to find a way to do this weekly - once we get it dialed in add a lunch date or movie once a week. Simple lesson: Enjoy what you enjoy and at times do it together. We enjoy crossfit, we enjoy playing cards, we enjoy amazing food ( carne asada ) we enjoy good sleep - when all of those are on point we are living within a world only we could create, FINAL INSIGHTS or REVELATIONS that you’re leaving this with? How we embrace this journey is up to us. Maybe its a date with drinking, dancing ...maybe its crossfit and a partner wod..maybe its a cup of coffee, lunch, a movie, a hike - its our life, its your life - choose the path. My question for you: What can you do with your significant other once a week that may not be the wild and crazy date night but will be a time for you both to enjoy and wake up feeling like the King and Queen of your castle. Here’s to and your good life - on your terms in a way that works for you. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: The weight of our lies we carry with us DATE: Wednesday, November 4th 2020 I was walking today with my ruck and 35 pounds of weight. I thought about my lies ... not the ones I have spoken as those are far and few inbetween. I am talking about the unspoken lies. I consider the weight I was carrying representing all those times I should have said something but kept my mouth shut. I realized how those little unspoken lies over time have had a big impact the way I see life. I realized there were 4 that were big and worthy of a deep dive. I got to thinking - usually I wear a 40 pound vest - today was the ruck and the way the weight pulled on me combined with the idea of carrying my lies with me was undeniable. It literally pulled on me in all that I believe to be in life. Here’s where the light came on from my darkness to an idea of what could be fulled by a single thought. The 40 pound vest is easier. The weight is spread out evenly - it is meant to be carried. Alright what if I flip the script - what if I had the opportunity to drop the weight of my past, my lies, my stories - and in turn by doing so I get the opportunity to carry a different kind of weight. All these experiences that have griped me - touched my soul with the pain and at times pleasure of living.... they are stepping stones ... they are gifts of the journey but BUT if I dont embrace, embrace the lesson to learn they turn into stones. They end up weighing me down like stones in a ruck I have carried so long I almost forget that.... its my choice. Carry the ruck with the weight of my past, my lies, my stories or Carry the weight like a vest that was meant to be moved. From this day forward I carry the weight not of my lies but the 7 areas in my life I choose to fight for. My questions for you? What lies have you been telling to others? What lies have you been telling yourself? Most importantly what unspoken lies have you been walking through life with worthy of figuring out and letting go. What could you let go of so you can grab the weight of life worthy of carrying. If you had a backpack / ruck you choose to pick up everyday but could only put 7 Rocks in it representing the most important things in life you stand for what would they be. Is it a person, your passion, your work, is it spiritual, is it about your body and a way you want to move it daily? Just consider if you had that backpack / ruck, you knew the right rocks to carry and embraced today like there was no tomorrow... what a life you would live. So many options these days. Imagine as you go through your day you have a high focus on what matters. Imagine as things come up you consider the rocks and how it serves them. How it serves the weight you choose to carry. That weight when served daily with deeds of courage becomes more and more of a gift. When we carry the weight we should and our actions do not align with serving the greater good of our journey that weight becomes a burden or worse we become numb to it and lose the greatest gift of all. As we are in those frames we know - this is the rock I choose to carry, to hold, to stand for right here right now. Here’s to you putting some of the weight you carry making room for the weight you where always meant to stand for. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

Targets, goals, dreams, visions, destinations - all powerful and yet I wonder is the power in getting there or is the real power in the journey. In the struggle, in the victory of presence within the moment. I believe at times we fight so hard to get to that certain place that ( it ) becomes the obsession. There is a shift. Its as if we lose site of the power to be had within the journey because so much energy is being used to fight for the image we want and or created yesterday. We are taught in many ways life is about obtaining, it is about title, it is about the defined success of the masses.... good job, nice cars, start a family....... how often do we get lost fighting for the image losing site of the real gift right infront of us. How do we break that cycle of losing track in the process of what matters. We have all done it in body, in our spiritual world, with our family and in business - attempting to maintain an image of yesterday success and or so lost in the destination we fail to see all the opportunities right here and now. We have a target, a goal, a mission and the mission becomes everything with major focus on the future. The other option is to have the target, goal, mission and have the focus be on embracing the journey so that over time we have this.....earned presence that inturn rewards us with our desired outcome. Almost in a way and time we don’t expect it. You remember a time when you embraced a path and the reward was a moment when you looked in the mirror and was proud or someone within the journey says something and you realize ....this is why I am on this path. Its when we are doing the work and we lose track of time - in a good way. That’s the reward. The destination is an idea, a vision, a feeling ... this is the way I am supposed to go. The true gift is not a set date or definitive outcome... its when we get lost in the journey and at one point along the way we have this feeling .... like this is it. This is why I live my life this way. If we live for the power of presence within the journey over solely focusing on the future - we will earn presence in the frames that matter most and almost naturally what ever the desired outcome was will not only be accomplished it will be superseded with powerful gifts along the way. We may actually end up at a very different place when all the dust settles and thats fine because it will be a place we found by living life true fighting for the moments and seconds over the title, object, destination alone. This idea is not easy but it is simple and true. I have not figured this out but everyday living this way I get closer not to a destination but a state of becoming where I can see. I can really see. MY QUESTION FOR YOU: What do you want out of the journey over the destination? Body? Working out, walking, running, kayaking, hiking, yoga, surfing, playing music.... Tip choose the activity you will enjoy and get lost in - over time I would bet you will surpass any goals you might have set doing something you dislike. Being - Spiritual? Church on Sunday, morning meditations, mid day meditations, guided meditations! Balance? Family breakfast, lunch, dinner, movies, outdoor activities, games at the table? Business? What do you love about what you do? If you are in a transition - what is real soul purpose? Let your motivation to succeed at your current position be fueled by the fire that this is a stepping stone. These are not easy questions to consider, the answer is always there if we are willing to step with courage. If you want more clarity, certainty, my presence in the moments that matter most check out one of the greatest programs I am been through with my brothers and sister at Warrior. Minimal cost with undeniable impact if you are up for the challenge. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: WHERE DO YOU LEAD AND WHERE DO YOU LEAN - IT’S TIME TO TAKE A STAND! THE STORY: Had a powerful call with my brothers from Warrior and the question was asked - where do we lead and where do we lean. I realized one of the ways I lead is by leveraging the most powerful tool if not weapon I have at my fingertips - the Warrior Stack App. Life continues to hit, I have moments where I shake my head in disbelief wondering why and then moments of bliss and I wonder how can I be so fortunate. I lead by stacking those moments - I lead by clarifying the truth and by doing so I am able to better navigate this crazy thing called life. * For the sake of connecting to this lesson - you could consider stacking like journaling only with specific questions created to get the absolute most out of our moments in life that grip us. WHERE I HAVE FAILED - WHERE I AM LEANING: There is a moment within the stack where I get the revelation - I get the gift of clarity... I get the truth of the real story and in that moment I have a choice. The choice of walking away from it with some knowledge and hope I remember if a similar situation comes up. OR THE BETTER QUESTION - WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO NOW? Truth - I have failed to take enough action. You see it is one thing to recognize how these moments happen yet another to see the truth and then set a specific action to respect the true power of the revelation. Its like that devil is on my shoulder saying - hey man ... you are doing more than most... relax.. no need to go crazy and take action. Not taking action .... is an action that in a way supports not becoming a better man.... I am actually leaning on the ways of my past if I dont do something with this new found clarity. Its deep and I can see most wondering ... what the hell this guy talking about... Alright for those who get it..... MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU - What do you do when life hits both good and bad to get those feeling down? What are you going to do from the point you have the revelation to take that power a step further? It’s smart to call a timeout and find truth within the moments of our life’s ....... ........ it is courageous to take action once we see the light within once the dust clears. It’s one this to stand, one thing to lean and another to step. Here’s to you stepping toward the life you where always meant to live! Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE - MY SON DREAMT I WAS THE BAD GUY...WHAT A HORRIBLE FEELING. Branden Travis Mackenzie | May 18th 2020 THE STORY : I hear my son Derek get up like he had a bad dream. Told him I was here. He said he had a bad dream and that he dreamt I was a bad guy. My heart sank ....what a horrible feeling .... I QUICKLY WONDERED WHY AND REMEMBER THE NIGHT PRIOR: The night prior I told Derek as he challenged me - go up stairs. I did not yell, I told him in a way he did not question, he moved. When I went up stairs he was mad. I told him when I say something he needs to listen. Problem is I over reacted - he was right. This is where shit gets fucked up. This is where I run the saying - it’s my job to be a parent and his job to be a kid. But that doesn’t justify using force over power. I acted like a fucking dictator. The end result my son has a bad dream that I am the bad guy. THE TRUTH - THE RAW FACTS: I was having a bad day and he didn’t listen. His lack of attention was a trigger to my frustration and the result was me taking it out on him. This is not about the moment I failed at the end of the day but the moments I failed at the beginning of the day. A PAINFUL REVELATION: There is a bad guy within all of us and I am not exempt. I want to cage that man. I want that guy to only come out when the shit hits the fan where I am in a position of absolute fear for my family. Outside of that I can not allow the actions of that night. Some may say - hey man you are just being a dad. Fuck that - I was a dick. I was an asshole dad that was short tempered. Combine that with the wrong actions in general and outside influence from the wrong people in society and my son will end up a magnified version of the man I was that night. WHEN ALL THE DUST SETTLES: To understand that my mission is to be a good man, a good father and husband. I want to never forget this as it is a reaction to my actions. My son dreamt I was a bad guy. There is a bad guy within. When I fail to rise that’s when I slip. I allow sedation from stories like - your job to be a dad. Forget that - it’s not a job nor a title - it is an honor. MY QUESTION FOR YOU: What can you do? How can you own your day from the start so that when those you love challenge you ... in the end you are not the bad guy - you are not the bad guy in their dream.... Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

MY STORY: I continued to get up through the night - I was so tired of not getting straight sleep. I would sleep for an hour get up sleep for an hour get up. Thought this has to change. THE REALITY - TELL IT LIKE IT IS. Sleep had been a problem since I can remember. As a kid I had horrible nightmares, then in the military sleep just became a fucked cycle of always on edge. I would have these dreams of getting shot - gun to the head wake up dripping in sweat. I would deal with it by popping caffeine pills at 4 am then taking a shower with a strong pot of coffee brewing. I had a hard time getting it right... or better...nightmares as a kid, sleepless nights in the military.... THATS MY STORY - MY STORY HAD TO CHANGE The better question remained - what the hell could I do....this is what I did.... IT DOESN’T START AT NIGHT....it starts from the moment I wake up. I start my day with power - from the first step out of bed I am geared through Warrior to live by the code. One huge step in the right direction of starting my day with powerful presence is CORE 4. Check out www.warriorapp.com - 6 more actions I take that help covered in this podcast. MY QUESTION FOR YOU - What is one thing you can do to get better sleep? Don’t wait take action. Its not one night nor the 10 or 15 minutes lost you could have had a bit more peace... its years and years of it all adding up to a painful reality. Let’s flip the script and make sleep our place of power we often replace with caffeine. Here’s to your good life... better said - here’s to a good night sleep! Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

I have never felt such pain or fear. I will never forget. I learned from my mistake and while she is ok .... it should never have happened. Take the time to do the things that matter now. Don’t wait. Don’t leave what is meant to be done today for tomorrow. I share this story because someone else shared theirs and it changed seconds that will forever last a lifetime. I want to fight for today like there is no tomorrow. I have been blessed to experience some amazing peaks and valleys. The ones I wished for a few more seconds and then those I wished to never comeback from. In the end it comes down to right now. One of my greatest decisions in life was to join Warrior. The www.Warriorapp.com is powerful if you are interested in a little more clarity, a little more belief.. maybe a little more fight in your day. As it pertains to business one system I am currently learning and realizing has a power that will connect my service in a way no other to those I may be fortunate to serve is click funnels. If curious check out this free book I am reading right now. https://trafficsecrets.com?cf_affiliate_id=1960477&affiliate_id=1960477

We all have experienced it. People in our lives who have impacted us greatly and over time we lost contact or maybe we got sideways.... one this is for sure there were times we will never forget and that is the sign... the sign that its times to make the call, write the note, send the text. Today is the day. I want to fight for today like there is no tomorrow. I have been blessed to experience some amazing peaks and valleys. The ones I wished for a few more seconds and then those I wished to never comeback from. In the end it comes down to right now. One of my greatest decisions in life was to join Warrior. The www.Warriorapp.com is powerful if you are interested in a little more clarity, a little more belief.. maybe a little more fight in your day. As it pertains to business one system I am currently learning and realizing has a power that will connect my service in a way no other to those I may be fortunate to serve is click funnels. If curious check out this free book I am reading right now. https://trafficsecrets.com?cf_affiliate_id=1960477&affiliate_id=1960477

This is about fighting for the power of now. This is about making the moments of today count. This is about eliminating the stories that I / we allow to justify waking up feeling off. Which is how I felt Friday morning. I don’t want to accept that I want to fight for today like there is no tomorrow. I have been blessed to experience some amazing peaks and valleys. The ones I wished for a few more seconds and then those I wished to never comeback from. In the end it comes down to right now. One of my greatest decisions in life was to join Warrior. The www.Warriorapp.com is powerful if you are interested in a little more clarity, a little more belief.. maybe a little more fight in your day. As it pertains to business one system I am currently learning and realizing has a power that will connect my service in a way no other to those I may be fortunate to serve is click funnels. If curious check out this free book I am reading right now. https://trafficsecrets.com?cf_affiliate_id=1960477&affiliate_id=1960477

Lessons learned as a father as I raise my son. He amazes me and yet I know there is so much I don’t know. This is about starting our day with power and while the hills will be infront of us, while life will hit us hard at times - we are better prepared to stand for what is ours. Its believing what matters is not our past nor our future. It is the moments if not seconds we roam within daily. Fight for today like there is no tomorrow. I have been blessed to experience some amazing peaks and valleys. The ones I wished for a few more seconds and then those I wished to never comeback from. In the end it comes down to right now. One of my greatest decisions in life was to join Warrior. The www.Warriorapp.com is powerful if you are interested in a little more clarity, a little more belief.. maybe a little more fight in your day. As it pertains to business one system I am currently learning and realizing has a power that will connect my service in a way no other to those I may be fortunate to serve is click funnels. If curious check out this free book I am reading right now. https://trafficsecrets.com?cf_affiliate_id=1960477&affiliate_id=1960477

Going to war to die VS going to war to survive. This is about our fight daily for more than survival. Its the calling we continue to hear, that voice saying go. Its believing what matters is not our past nor our future. It is the moments if not seconds we roam within daily. Fight for today like there is no tomorrow. I have been blessed to experience some amazing peaks and valleys. The ones I wished for a few more seconds and then those I wished to never comeback from. In the end it comes down to right now. One of my greatest decisions in life was to join Warrior. The www.Warriorapp.com is powerful if you are interested in a little more clarity, a little more belief.. maybe a little more fight in your day. As it pertains to business one system I am currently learning and realizing has a power that will connect my service in a way no other to those I may be fortunate to serve is click funnels. If curious check out this free book I am reading right now. https://trafficsecrets.com?cf_affiliate_id=1960477&affiliate_id=1960477

While reading Traffic secrets I was hit with the reality of paid vs earned traffic. In my own twisted way I walked away with some undeniable truths I felt worthy of sharing. If you want a free copy of this pivoting book as it relates to sharing your message - https://trafficsecrets.com?cf_affiliate_id=1960477&affiliate_id=1960477. At the end of the day I believe there are many ways to advertise all with their own unique value and connection to the message. But nothing - nothing is more powerful than the message. That is ours to explore and then our responsibility to share with those waiting to hear.

This is about feeling the weight and then letting it go. Life is not easy. We all know that. I have found peace in pushing myself this way. Its about literally feeling the weight and then the freedom of letting go. Easy no - one and done - now way. Yet the power gained is worthy of consideration. The power of knowing some of the weight we hold onto ... if we let go life can be a little more amazing.

Own the land below your two feet or someone else will. Now is the time to stand, rise and believe how we move is what matters.

At a time when most will take the hill I question is the real opportunity to pivot right below us? Never the less now is the time to - move!

Sometimes we gotta slow down and listen to hear what is meant to be heard. Lesson learned!

Take a stand for you - for the things that matter most in your life. Rise up against - rise up for all that you were meant to be. Meant to become. Meant to embrace. There is a journey to be had by all of us. This is about stepping on the path you and I were meant to blaze. A little dust, for sure a few storms - some pain, some regret but also a bit of bliss that we have a chance once again in this moment to not give in, not give up. This is about becoming. Honestly while this will be about my own trials both good and bad I don’t know exactly what this is or will become. I just believe I am supposed to do this. Hope it speaks to you and sparks a bit of thought to fuel your fire for the life you are meant to live. Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

Amazing how fast we are going these days! Against the masses against the grain I am seeing life is the opposite of face value. Its an opportunity to go beyond what we have by being more of who we are - to be more than present - to have power presence in the moments we will never get back Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie