Andy Brown's Exploring Emotional Overdraft
Hosted by business coach and author Andy Brown, the Exploring Emotional Overdraft Pod is a series of honest and thought-provoking conversations with business founders and leaders, during which they explore:
- Their relationship with their own emotional overdraft
- The challenges they face in their businesses
- The impact running a business has had on their mental and physical wellbeing
- Valuable lessons they’ve learnt along the way.
A pod for business leaders or founders who have a habit of overcoming their company’s challenges at the expense of their own wellbeing, and for those who strive for a healthier relationship with their business.
Andy Brown's Exploring Emotional Overdraft
The power of progress and a masterclass in ambition without burnout with Brett Gilliland
This episode is a masterclass in ambition without burnout.
Andy Brown sits down with Circuit of Success host and Visionary Wealth Advisors CEO, Brett Gilliland, for an unfiltered, energising conversation on goals, habits, leadership, family, and what it really means to achieve success without draining your emotional reserves.
Brett’s got the kind of clarity and conviction that’s contagious – and he’s living proof that you can design a life of impact, fulfilment, and balance. This episode is packed with practical advice for anyone feeling stretched, overwhelmed, or caught in a cycle of “over work and under living.”
🎯 Key Topics Covered:
• The danger of goal-setting (and how to avoid becoming a slave to the goal)
• F to the Sixth Power: Brett’s powerful framework to keep life in balance – Faith, Family, Fitness, Firm, Fun, and Finances
• Emotional Overdraft – what it looks like and how Brett narrowly avoided it
• Journalling for success: Brett’s 90-day habit that has shaped his mindset, leadership and wellbeing
• Progress > Perfection: The small daily habits that lead to big change
• Guilt-Free Golf: Why recharging is productive, not indulgent
• Leading with mission and meaning – from personal assistants to charitable foundations
• Why writing things down beats any productivity app
• How to create your own personal “game” to stay on track
• Redefining success: from childhood ambitions to CEO mindset shifts
Standout Quotes:
🟡 “The only person who’ll remember you worked late in 10 years is your child.”
🟡 “If you think you can, you can. If you think you can’t, you’re right.”
🟡 “Write your goals down every day – it’s not discipline, it’s habit. That’s your brain tattoo.”
🟡 “We plug in our phones every night, but forget to recharge ourselves.”
🟡 “When I play golf now, I call it guilt-free golf – because I’ve earned it.”
📌 Why You Should Listen:
If you’re a leader, founder, business owner – or simply someone who feels constantly under pressure – this episode offers a rare window into how high achievers stay high-performing without running themselves into the ground.
Brett’s tools aren’t just for the boardroom. They’re for the kitchen table, the sidelines at your child’s football match, and the quiet moments you carve out to reflect. This episode will help you:
• Rethink what productivity really means
• Prioritise what matters most
• Create healthy, energising habits that last
• Avoid (or recover from) emotional overdraft
📚 Brett’s Journal: Achieving a Future Greater Than Your Past is available now on Amazon.
