Malena Henderson's Notes On:

Closing Session

GrowthDay 2025

The Closing Session with Brendon Burchard brought together all the event's key concepts, reinforcing how to summon your best energy by naming, claiming, and activating it daily through simple practices that compound over time.

Brendon emphasized recognizing when you're slipping into the "pit" versus maintaining an upward ascension trajectory by focusing on the reason we generate: aliveness, connection, and meaningful purpose.

He concluded with powerful reminders about completing priorities by 1PM, avoiding the "ZAP" trap (Zoom in, Attach, Procrastinate), and leaving with the mantra "I'm Here, I'm Ready, I Go In Strength" to maintain momentum after the event.

What started as a great way to get "aligned" with life, business, and relationships, my husband Matt and I purchased tickets the moment they went on sale.

Unfortunately, Matt and our dog Marty ended up not being able to make the trip. So, this became a solo adventure for me into the unbelievable world of GrowthDay!

These are my personal notes from the event. I am not associated with Brendon Burchard, GrowthDay or Ultra. Any links on this site are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you use them to purchase any product.

Energy and Activation

  • Learn how to label our emotions and focus on the positive ones vs. negative ones

  • When we leave here, we can "summon” our best energy

  • Summon the best of who you are - name it, claim it, and activate it. Just a few minutes each day

  • Exercise - Name your energy/vibe

    • Hand on heart

    • Give this feeling a name, own it

    • Activate on it once in a while - if you have a word for it, you can summon it anytime!

  • 10 more minutes daily compounds into days/weeks/months, etc

What started as a great way to get "aligned" with life, business, and relationships, my husband Matt and I purchased tickets the moment they went on sale.

Unfortunately, Matt and our dog Marty ended up not being able to make the trip. So, this became a solo adventure for me into the unbelievable world of GrowthDay!

These are my personal notes from the event. I am not associated with Brendon Burchard, GrowthDay or Ultra. Any links on this site are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you use them to purchase any product.

Review of Core Concepts

The VOID

  • Think of this image to realize when we’re going into the “pit”

  • Need to realize when there’s too many months or years of plateauing b/c we’re just trying to get back out, or back to our baseline

  • Need to aim higher, “level up” that ambition, level up that aim - this creates an upward ascension trajectory

FADE

  • When we start to feel stuck, know that we’re fading

  • Must condition our mind and body for the level of service we want to give - level of life we want to live

  • Big ambition = big energy

Two Jobs

  • #1 alignment, connect, meaning and growth; study mental edge, study longevity, study leadership & wealth building

  • #2 inspire people, lead by example; happy people inspire others

Director vs. Character

  • Be the director of your life, not the character sitting on the couch watching Netflix

  • We can’t control all of the scenes but we can control our reactions in the moment

What started as a great way to get "aligned" with life, business, and relationships, my husband Matt and I purchased tickets the moment they went on sale.

Unfortunately, Matt and our dog Marty ended up not being able to make the trip. So, this became a solo adventure for me into the unbelievable world of GrowthDay!

These are my personal notes from the event. I am not associated with Brendon Burchard, GrowthDay or Ultra. Any links on this site are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you use them to purchase any product.

Strategies

Done By One

  • Priorities/tasks that move the needle done by one

  • When we finish main things more often, we become happier

Stay In Play Motion

  • Fell down? Don’t get discouraged, get curious

  • Don’t need to know the whole field, just get in the game; don’t sideline self b/c waiting to learn everything

  • More often we do this our confidence comes back and we recognize when “EGO” kicks in

Ascendency Drive/MAPS

What started as a great way to get "aligned" with life, business, and relationships, my husband Matt and I purchased tickets the moment they went on sale.

Unfortunately, Matt and our dog Marty ended up not being able to make the trip. So, this became a solo adventure for me into the unbelievable world of GrowthDay!

These are my personal notes from the event. I am not associated with Brendon Burchard, GrowthDay or Ultra. Any links on this site are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you use them to purchase any product.

  • To ascend, remember our motivations, what we’re searching for, what’s our priority in life

  • Remember the reasons we Generate

    • Aliveness

    • Connection

    • Meaningful Purpose

ZAP

  • Zoom in, Attach to negative, Procrastinate

  • Don't ZAP yourself; recalibrate instead

Motivation

  • Value

  • Evaluation of possibility

  • Identity

  • Risk vs. reward

  • Payoff timeline

2 Lessons

Role Model Mindset

  • Master switch for self regulation

  • Understanding our influence impacts our control over self

Build vs. Blame

  • Blaming is a trapdoor into the "pit"

  • Be mindful when we return home - others may not match our energy. Don't blame - encourage, teach, guide

Want to Implement These Insights from the Closing Session?

These notes capture what I learned, but the real transformation happened when I started using the GrowthDay app daily.

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  • Journal with Brendon's guided prompts every morning

  • Get personalized coaching from Brendon AI

  • Track my progress on becoming "the director" instead of "the character"

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