| Brendon Burchard | |
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Montana |
| Occupation: | Writer, High Performance Coach, Motivational Speaker |
| Genre: | Nonfiction |
| Notableworks: | The Motivation Manifesto, High Performance Habits, The Millionaire Messenger |
Brendon Burchard (born February 28, 1977) is an author, high performance coach and motivational speaker.
Burchard is the founder of the Experts Academy and the High Performance Academy.[1] The aim of both training programs is provide students with Burchard's lessons in business, entrepreneurship, psychology, productivity, and persuasion.[2]
Burchard cites surviving a car accident at age 19 as the inspiration for his core teaching questions: "Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?"[3] A video sharing his story has garnered over 27 million views.[4]
Burchard is the author of several books. His first, Life's Golden Ticket: An Inspirational Novel, was published in 2008. His second book, The Millionaire Messenger (2011), claims that “nearly everyone has an ‘expert’ within themselves and can leverage that expertise to create a profitable business.” The book reached #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list[5] as well as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon.com bestseller lists.[1] [6]
In 2012, his third book, The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive reached #1 on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list.[7]
In 2014, The Motivation Manifesto spent 32 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list.[8]
In 2016, Burchard was named a member of Oprah Winfrey Network's Super Soul 100.[9]
In 2017, High Performance Habits became a Wall Street Journal bestseller[10] and was #2 on Amazon's "Best business and leadership books of 2017" list.[11]