About Michael Burke: Michael unlocks human potential so small businesses break through ceilings with less burnout and without delay. He has expertly coached hundreds of business owners, executives, and their leadership teams across the United States. His unique insight into what it takes to break through is forged in experience as a former "Turn-Around" specialist, marathoner, and thriving decades beyond his life expectancy.

In this episode, Ryan and Michael Burke discuss:

• Unlocking human potential through neuroscience-informed coaching
• The relationship between mental blocks and business problem-solving
• The role of brain function in stress, decision-making, and innovation
• Coaching structures designed for rapid, lasting personal and team transformation

Key Takeaways:

• Through targeted coaching conversations that stimulate insight and shift cognitive processing from the brain’s fear-based amygdala to the possibility-oriented prefrontal cortex, business owners can quickly access solutions to complex challenges that previously felt unsolvable.
• By combining neuroscience-backed coaching methods with the structured “mental fitness” framework from Positive Intelligence, clients not only experience breakthroughs in clarity but also retain and reinforce these insights through habit-building, minimizing regression and mental sabotage.
• Stress is significantly reduced when individuals learn to recognize and rewire their brain's natural bias toward threat detection and instead train their cognitive focus toward constructive thinking and creative execution using the brain’s higher-order regions.
• When entire teams adopt a shared coaching language and mindset, organizations experience fewer idea-stifling behaviors like fear-based reactions or leader-imposed shutdowns, replacing them with energized collaboration, sustained innovation, and execution consistency.

"No matter what's going on in your business, no matter what's going on in life, you already have what it takes to break through." — Michael Burke

Connect with Michael Burke:

Website: https://michaelburkecoaching.com/

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michaelburkelivebold

Schedule your free 1:1 Profit Breakthrough Session with Ryan here: https://go.oncehub.com/profit

Connect with Ryan Kimler:

Net Profit CFO Home Page: www.netprofitcfo.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: www.facebook.com/rkimler

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ryankfinancialclarityllc/

LinkedIn NPC Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/netprofitcfo/

LinkedIn FC Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/financial-clarity-llc/

Show notes by Podcastologist Andy Santiago

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