The Hard Choice with Brad Draper

From Wall Street to Wellness: A Dramatic Health Transformation Discover how a stark health warning transformed Brian's life from an overworked, 60-pounds-overweight Morgan Stanley employee to a vibrant fitness coach and mentor. After being classified as obese by his doctor, Brian embarked on an extraordinary 8-month journey that not only reshaped his body but revolutionized his entire life purpose...

Breaking Through Limitations: The Power of Momentum Discover how maintaining momentum, even in the face of setbacks, can lead to extraordinary achievements. Brad Draper, host of "The Hard Choice," shares his compelling journey of adapting to recent shoulder procedures while staying committed to his personal growth and fitness goals. Through his remarkable 2,005-day streak of journaling and writing...

The Power of Your Morning Choice: Building Self-Confidence One Alarm at a Time Did you know that waking up just one hour earlier could give you an extra 15 working days per year? In this compelling episode, Brad Draper dives deep into the critical moment that shapes your entire day - when the alarm clock rings. Drawing from his personal routine of rising at 4:45 am, Draper illustrates how small mo...

Pushing Boundaries: A 35-Mile Journey Through the Night In this gripping episode of "The Hard Choice," host Brad Draper takes us through his most ambitious "Misogi" challenge yet - a grueling 35-mile nighttime trek with significant elevation gain. What makes this story particularly compelling isn't just the physical feat, but the profound lessons learned about preparation, community support, and p...

Moving Mountains: Breaking Through Life's Barriers Ever wondered what it truly takes to move mountains in your life? In this powerful episode, Brad Draper delves into the transformative journey of overcoming self-imposed limitations that keep us from reaching our full potential. Drawing parallels between a catastrophic fault line shift and personal transformation, Draper illustrates how chaos ofte...

Turning Holiday Spirit into Year-Round Success Ever wondered how to maintain that magical holiday generosity and momentum throughout the year? Brad Draper reveals powerful strategies to transform seasonal inspiration into lasting personal growth. Drawing from John Maxwell's wisdom and his own intense "Misogi" experience of a 15-hour overnight walk, Brad shares how pushing beyond comfort zones can...

Embracing Your Journey: From Setbacks to Success Ever wondered how successful people navigate their failures? Brad Draper reveals the transformative power of embracing both wins and losses on your path to becoming a "level 10" person.** In this compelling episode of "The Hard Choice," Brad shares raw insights from his entrepreneurial journey, including falling for business scams that ultimately be...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad celebrates the 100th episode of his podcast, reflecting on its inception in May-June 2022 and its launch in January 2023. He recounts the initial insecurity and practical steps involved in starting the podcast, including hiring a mentor and producer. Draper emphasizes the importance of acting on thoughts and ideas, sharing that his podcast has influe...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad talks about his fantastic ability to kills plants. He relates the last 3 years of a Money Tree that has been named Dolla Dolla Bill Ya'll. He relates the growth of the plant and the thriving of the plant to the environment and nutritional properties given to it to your life and the thriving or dying. Check to see where you are growing or decaying in...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad talks about gratitude on this, Thanksgiving Day. He relates how gratitude is one of the base principles to all things. He relates stories on gratitude and finding it in all aspects of life. Brad speaks to the fact that all things work for you, not to you. On this day, Thanksgiving day, finding gratitude is imperative and one you should be doing every...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad discusses how much of life is what happens to you and how much you react. Brad relates a very funny experience that happened to him the morning of recording and how he and his family responded to the situation at hand. He relates the presidential election and how one is responding to the circumstances they find themselves in. Brad dives into the acti...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad discusses being you on purpose. So often we live day to day, simply to get things done. We roam through life and let it happen to us, versus us living with intention and purpose. Brad dives down into the reason why he does what he does, and how he does it. Most things Brad does is on purpose, with a particular reason. He shares insights into what mak...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad goes down the topic path of doing those things you do not want to do, but are called to do them So often, the path we are SUPPOSED to go down is the exact path we do not want to go down. We, as humans, are a natural enemy to God. We naturally desire the easy path. We naturally want the path of least resistance. The alternative path is the path of gro...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, we have the One Question with Tyson Allred and Logan Petersen. These two are best friends that decided to go into business together. They and Brad discuss going into business with friends and family, sharing of their experiences in doing that exact thing. Strong emotions are shared and you get a feeling for how Tyson and Logan operate as both business par...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad relates an experience he had while destemming grapes for grape juice manufacturing. He relates all kinds of life lessons derived from picking both the easy, and the hard, grapes. Life is a series of choices and the environment therein - an environment largely due to the choices made. Brad relates these little grapes, known as Frontenac grapes, and ev...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad discusses one of the most influential shows of his life. He recalls memories of watching the show as a little kid and how he truly looked up to Thomas The Train. The ideals and concepts created by this story, originally written in 1930, have shaped the man Brad is today. Throughout his life, as he has been presented with hard decisions, Brad both sub...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad discusses choosing who you are and going with it, with zero regard for what others think. Brad recalls comments made about his shoes and how we started to come to the look his personal brand now has. It all started with liking a particular type of shoe. From there, it grew to purchasing his first pair and actually wearing them, despite the fact they...

In this week's episode of the Hard Choice, Brad has Bronson Kaufusi with the One Question. Bronson was formerly an BYU athelete, NFL player, and is now an investor advisor with Harris Financial Group from Provo, UT. Bronson is one with a massive heart and intense focus. Brad and Bronson go down the path of mentors, mentees, and focus when it comes to winning. Bronson drops relentless nuggets and s...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad discussing the requirements for getting where you are trying to go. He relates an experience where he is speaking with a neighbor about what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur. Brad also revives the story of the caterpillar and the butterfly, with a new take and new understanding. It is amazing what we learn when we revisit previous learnings. No...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad speaks about growing line upon line and precept upon precept. He relates steady growth versus shotgun approaching getting to where you are trying to go. Brad re-speaks about step-wise growth in fitness and the time it takes to carve the body of your dreams, which is the same with life. This episode is a new lends and fresh set of eyes for topics that...

In this week's episode of the The Hard Choice, Brad relates an experience he had with his son and "the crazy wanting to come out". How often do we let the crazy run our lives and fail to control our impulses. Further, how often do we succomb to the carnal nature and let the crazy out or sit around and do absolutely nothing? The true key to success is consistancy and redundancy. Moving forward meth...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad speaks to fitness and life. These two are quite literally one in the same, yet also analogous to each other. There are many lessons to be learned in fitness that can be directly applied to life. In the case of this episode, a story is relayed about mountain biking, the climb, and looking back to see the beauty behind you. So often entrepreneurs stay...

In this week's episode of Choosing Us, Brad has with him Chip Hopper. They go on a deep dive of understanding yourself and from that comes your personal brand. They discuss why Chip is the way that he is and how he got there. This episode shares true nuggets on how to become truly free in your own skin and owning your personal brand. Deep dive into yourself and find how you uniquely stand out from...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad covers the need for added stress to a system for the system to expand. He covers the difference form stress and eustress, and their individual purposes. He relates stories from his past where he directly added stress to his life to cause expansion. Further, Brad discusses the need for a team surrounding you when you add this stress and how greatness...

In this week's episode of The Hard Choice, Brad discusses a variety of stories about growth and challenging of self. We, as humans, are creatures of habit. We desire growth and forward movement in some form or fashion. Because of this, growth requires difficulty. If difficulty is not implemented, stagnation and death will commence. Brad speaks about his Money Tree and the need for repotting due to...