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Share Your Scars, Not Wounds: Authentic Power for Overflow

Spirit of the Deal

Release Date: 08/04/2025

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  1. The Aftermath of Live Events and the Importance of Integration

 

  • The shift that occurs at live events (e.g., Superhuman Selling Live Event in Portland).

  • Recognizing the feeling of an "inner snap" or "click" after an event.

  • The distinction between exciting breakthroughs and the essential nature of integration for lasting power.

  • The goal of grounding the leap and locking in a "new normal" of ease, wealth, and power.

  • The risk of losing momentum, collapsing frequency, or talking oneself back into smallness.

 

  1. Core Concepts: Identity, ROI, and Faith

 

  • The focus on identity shifts and their impact.

  • The concept of Return on Investment (ROI) in personal growth and business.

  • The role of faith, particularly faith in oneself.

 

  1. The Parable of Talents as a Metaphor for Personal Gifts

 

  • Introduction to the Parable of Talents as a framework for discussion.

  • The parable's interpretation as representing gifts, capacity, and vision.

  • The contrast between investing and multiplying talents versus burying them.

  • The master's expectation of growth and utilization of what is given.

  • Applying the parable to personal calling and potential, and one's unique frequency.

 

  1. Overcoming Resistance and Recalibrating to Higher Frequencies

 

  • The concept of an "activation" experienced at events.

  • The idea of speaking without scripting and selling from pure alignment as a "home frequency."

  • The "crabs in a bucket" analogy (specifically mentioning Kukui crabs and Robert Kiyosaki's book) to illustrate external resistance.

  • The nervous system's tendency to pull individuals back into old patterns, urgency, and metrics of worth.

  • The common fumble point: not anchoring the "upgrade."

  • Experiencing feelings of being "off," slow, or uncertain after growth periods.

  • Defining this as "recalibration" rather than regression.

  • The nervous system adjusting to a "new altitude" or higher consciousness.

  • Embracing discomfort as a sign of moving beyond the known.

 

  1. Brandon's Personal Journey of Holding Back Gifts

 

  • Brandon's realization of holding back personal gifts, not due to disbelief, but fear of being "too much."

  • The self-imposed limitations of protecting others from their full voice or light.

  • The subtle impact of holding back, slowing down progress in unproductive ways.

  • The connection between hesitation and the obstruction of overflow.

 

  1. The Wisdom of "Share the Scar, Not the Wound"

 

  • Introduction of the adage: "Share the scar, not the wound."

  • Brandon's initial misunderstanding and later realization of its meaning.

  • The underlying reason for not sharing wounds or scars: fear of doubt from others regarding current strength.

  • The realization that people need the "true version" of oneself, not a perfectly polished one.

  • The importance of showing healing and the learned path, rather than a lack of past struggle.

  • The role of integration in stabilizing transformation for serving from it, not bleeding from it.

 

  1. Connecting Personal Growth to Tangible Results and ROI

 

  • The dual desire for the "woo" (spiritual or mindset work) and tangible results.

  • The impact of meditation and nervous system regulation on decision-making, retention, and creativity (citing Harvard and Stanford research).

  • Higher EQ, closing rates, greater retention, and bigger deals as outcomes.

  • The significant advantage (e.g., 20%+) that can be gained.

  • Operating from identity versus operating from performance.

  • The benefits of identity-based operation: faster selling, smoother scaling, attracting loyal clients.

  • The work is about functioning better, not just feeling better, without burnout.

 

  1. Community Support and Ongoing Integration

 

  • Mention of resources within the "Superhuman Selling community" (e.g., guided recalibration, audio meditations).

  • The ongoing process of integration and achieving "Overflow" as a new normal.

  • Brandon's community coaching and mastermind discussions on "grounding the leap" and "not collapsing frequency."

  • The importance of a "container" or additional space for integration after events.

  • The consequence of lacking such support: loss of momentum and feeling drudgery.

  • A call to action to create such support if not already available.

 

  1. Final Call to Action: Investing Talents and Stopping the Leak

 

  • A direct question to the audience: are they investing their talents or burying them?

  • The need to stop hiding behind mastered strategies and address where energy is being leaked.

  • Identifying areas of shrinking from what is rightfully theirs.

  • Recognizing the pre-existence of calls and tools.

  • An invitation to reach out if ready to stop burying talents and to discuss the next steps for their gifts.

  • The process of grounding the leap and making overflow the new normal.

  • Shifting from chasing sales to becoming a "signal voice."