Most men either suppress their emotions or get consumed by them. There’s a third way...use them. Turn stress and pressure into power, overwhelm into clarity. You do this by living in that space between stimulus and response. Some men dabble there. Few live there. At Proof of Heart, we call that space "The Sauce" "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." --Viktor Frankl Direct from Brandon's Coaching Sessions: One of my clients snapped at his wife every time she brought up money. He thought he was upset she didn't trust him , but it wasn’t really about that. It was about his fear. He tied his worth to his net worth, and when Bitcoin didn’t perform quite like he had expected, he felt like he was failing his family as a provider and protector. We sat in that fear, the fear of failing to provide, instead of bypassing it. Because there's deep wisdom on those feelings, if you give them space to be heard. The fear quickly turned into clarity. He saw that his family needed his presence most of all, and was able to pinpoint exactly where in his day he could be 100% on with his kids and wife. Having that new focus helps him let go of expectations around price. And of course, the connection gained with his family is worth more than any market move. This is how real sovereignty is achieved. It's the discipline of living between stimulus and response, where emotion becomes wisdom and reaction turns into power. Sovereignty Starts Within.

You can’t save everyone and save yourself. The strongest among us spend our lives trying to do both. Is that you? 👀 But they always hit the wall. Over-giving looks noble, but slowly breeds resentment and exhaustion. It feels like leadership, until you realize it’s how you’ve been avoiding yourself. Brandon has a client who's been the giver her whole life. Always protecting and rescuing others, never receiving. Now she’s learning the hardest truth: Real self-love feels soo selfish at first. But stay with it...because one day you’ll give again, and it’ll come from overflow, not emptiness. That kind of giving is more powerful than any amount of money you could ever give. Any over-givers out there starting to realize it’s your turn to fill up first?

Every man who stands for something real goes through the same three stages: JOKE. THREAT. TEACHER. It’s not just Bitcoin’s path. It’s the path of every man who refuses to live small. When you choose truth over comfort, they mock you. That’s the test of conviction. When you won’t back down, they feel threatened. That’s the test of courage. When you stay rooted and keep creating, you become the teacher. That’s mastery. So if you’re being doubted, dismissed, or misunderstood right now…good. You’re right where every real man begins.

You know how Bitcoin gives you financial sovereignty....control over your money, your time, your future? That’s big. But that’s just one layer of it. Real sovereignty is internal. It’s what Viktor Frankl was pointing to when he said: “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” That space...the ability to stay in control of yourself when everything in you wants to react...is true sovereignty. Because if you can’t master yourself, then your wealth, your Bitcoin… just ends up owning you... Which will prevent you from finding the thing you really wanted all along...peace, purpose, direction. That’s what Proof of Heart is about...helping men build that *internal* kind of freedom. ⸻

If you can’t stay in command of yourself, your wealth is just a bigger cage. Real sovereignty is the ability to stay in command of yourself when life, business, or emotion pulls you off balance. If you can’t master that, it doesn’t matter how much Bitcoin you hold, you’re still owned by your reactions. Real sovereignty is control of your state.

You don’t fix a bad morning by outrunning it. You fix it by facing it. Brandon shares how he resets fast with his five A's, his process for quick state shifting. It's about moving from chaos and reaction back to calm and clear. Here’s how he usually breaks them down: 1. Awareness – Notice what’s actually happening inside. Name it without judgment. 2. Acceptance – Stop fighting it. Own what’s there. 3. Allowance – Give yourself permission to feel it fully instead of controlling or fixing it. 4. Alignment – Ask, “What’s true right now? What matters most?” to ground yourself. 5. Action – Move from that grounded state. Take the next, clear step that comes to mind. Something always emerges.