Dr. Albert Bramante on Breaking Free from Mental Scripts

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Rich Bennett 1:00
What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't your talent? But the mental script you've been reading from your whole life. I'm joined by Dr. Albert Bromante, Psychology professor, Certified Hypnitist, former talent agent, and author of Rise Above the Script to talk about how even the most successful people battle without fear of success and imposter syndrome. Albert shares his personal journey from silently struggling behind the scenes to reclaiming his voice and stepping into his power. We're going to dig into how self-sabotage disguises itself as ambition, how mental scripts shape our lives, and how to start rewriting the ones that no longer serve us. If you've ever felt like you were performing in your own life, this conversation will hit home. So grab your drink, whether it's coffee, tea, or whatever, and get ready for a raw, real, and refreshing look at what it means to stop playing small and start living big. Albert, how are you doing? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 2:11
I'm great. Thanks, Rich, for having me. I'm happy to be here. 

Rich Bennett 2:14
Oh, my pleasure. I want to get right into it. So your personal journey and the book, you spent years behind the scenes helping performers shine. What made you realize it was time to step into your own story? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 2:28
When I started talking about more conversations with this topic with people and helping other actors come out of there. Having their own periods of self-doubt and overcoming that, and it was at that point where I realized it's time to put my story out there. It's time to help other actors, and that's why I wrote the book, Rise Up of the script, which I published in 2004, and it was actually part of my doctoral dissertation, the topic. So I transformed it into a book, and I'd been kind of sitting on that for years, and it was to actually do something about it. 

Rich Bennett 3:13
Wow. So in the book, you talk a lot about mental scripts. So what was the script you were living before things actually shifted for you? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 3:24
The script that was playing too small and playing invisible, most likely again behind the scenes, and I think I really took that 100% behind the scenes, so I wasn't really putting my message there, and it wasn't until I was part of a mastermind for authors, and 

Rich Bennett 3:47
the 

Dr. Albert Bramante 3:48
statistic that I heard, which was a bit of a mini-wink-up call for me, was that only 1% of authors are going to publish. That's how they were going to publish, I actually knew it. And I was easily becoming that 99% 

who don't, and who sit on the pipeline, and I think for the people around me, it was like the boy who cried wolf in the center kept telling him when we write this book, and yet nothing year after year, nothing was being done about it. 

Rich Bennett 4:18
Until 

Dr. Albert Bramante 4:21
I actually sat down and said, "You know what, I've got to do something here, I've got to take action and write the book." 

Rich Bennett 4:29
All right, I have to ask you this because I'm big on mastermind groups, and I don't think there's enough out there, but how did you find a mastermind group of just authors? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 4:40
Well, I joined a program, training program on self-publishing, yeah, for self-publishing books, and that was sort of thing. And I read Masterminds or it's familiar born, that's what kind of it got me from, you know, taking an action to action. So, and I actually, this has actually kind of been established even if you, if anybody's ever, you know, who's listening to a word in the book, thinking, "Grow rich when the polling..." 

Rich Bennett 5:03
Yes, one of the first books I read. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 5:06
Yeah. He advocates masterminds. So and how they're so important. And that was something that really kind of resonated with me. Like, this is important. 

Rich Bennett 5:20
It's funny because I read that book. I'm going to see when I was about 12 or 13 and then of course, the other other way to the law of success. And one of my co-hosts came to me because I always asked for ideas on. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 5:33
recordings. 

Rich Bennett 5:35
And we're going to be recording this one soon. He said, let's record an episode about brainstorming in a mastermind group. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 5:43
Right. 

Rich Bennett 5:43
Now, all right. So, Albert, you know, when you read books like that when you're 12 or 13, you don't remember a lot of the stuff in it. And my first thought was, what in the hell is mastermind group? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 5:59
Right. 

Rich Bennett 5:59
So I, of course, I did my research and bought the law of success again. And I'm in the process of reading that. But you, you always see people doing networking groups. But not mastermind groups, which is a big difference that people didn't realize 

Dr. Albert Bramante 6:16
that. 

Rich Bennett 6:17
So I'm in the process of launching a mastermind group now. And I just, when you get all those minds together, it can make a big difference. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 6:28
100 percent, because everyone has something to contribute. 

Rich Bennett 6:32
Well, and actually, I want to get back to the book because you know, you had stopped writing for a bit, right? And then you join the mastermind group. Is it the mastermind group that actually helped you that really pushed you to finish writing the book? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 6:48
Yes. And it was really that statement as statistic that really resonated. 

Rich Bennett 6:53
Was it 

Dr. Albert Bramante 6:54
hearing that 1% and you know, the start and stop and another strategy that I learned was that really helped me write the book was the idea of not editing until you're done. And for me, the issue that I would write what I would start to write the book is I would write one or two pages and then get really obsessive and deleted, you know, because I wasn't happy. And then it was just, you know, getting that out there. And of course, you know, other you know, talks and things online. And 

Rich Bennett 7:35
Yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 7:35
you know, the whole idea of being in perfect action was really what got me to stop editing to, the idea of the imperfect action like, 

Rich Bennett 7:45
right. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 7:46
And that was really a relief. And so what I, I put myself on the schedule that for two hours a day, I'm just gonna write the book. 

Rich Bennett 7:56
You 

Dr. Albert Bramante 7:56
know, and that's what I did in 2023 from July to the end of September. I had put myself with writing at least, you know, two hours a day just writing. And in two and a half months, I had a mining script. 

Rich Bennett 8:14
All right, Albert, I gotta ask you this then because if you are, I need you to put fire into my ass. Do you actually mentor people too now when it comes to writing books? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 8:27
Not currently. 

Rich Bennett 8:30
Okay. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 8:30
But, you know, we know it's about in the future, but that's one thing I would say is one take action and just set a schedule. That's my one tip, and I would say for anybody whether it's writing a book or working on, developing a course, developing a program is to take action. 

Rich Bennett 8:50
I love that because I've been working on writing a book for, I'm gonna say two years now, but I never thought about it just, I'm always a busy scheduling podcast recordings and everything. And with my good news website, scheduling stuff, I never thought about just scheduling time. Even if it's just an hour 20 minutes or whatever a day. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 9:13
Right. 

Rich Bennett 9:13
The focus on that 

Dr. Albert Bramante 9:16
because it's just, it's just like when you're scheduling the podcast, it, when you put something in a calendar, it's, it's actually real. It's actually happening. So, yeah, I mean, I would schedule and whatever time you have, schedule an outward half an hour a day and just write. Because when you schedule, it becomes real and it's not just a 

Rich Bennett 9:36
Yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 9:36
Sunday or a by-treme or because that that's also another thing that I kind of earned throughout the years is the word someday, is non-existent because someday 

Rich Bennett 9:47
right 

Dr. Albert Bramante 9:48
is not a commitment. Someday is not real. They, so supporting an account are so holding yourself accountable. And that was another thing, which I felt good for the mastermind group, but they held it accountable. Okay. When we you have, I mean, you know, when will you have an update for us and how many pages he wrote. And so that kind of put my feet to the fire. In addition to an addition to putting it on my schedule, it, I was able to complete it. Otherwise, I would have been sitting here now with 2025 telling people, I'm going to That's it, bye. 

Rich Bennett 10:21
right. I love that. I'm gonna have to do that. And the fact the other thing that you say, which, yeah, when I was writing, I was doing as well. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 10:51
because perfectionism is a symptom really. And it's only to procrastination. So it's just, I need this to be perfect. I need to have the right inspiration and you start delaying thing because you say, well, I'm not ready. 

Rich Bennett 11:10
yeah. So 

Dr. Albert Bramante 11:11
And 

Rich Bennett 11:12
I actually, oh, go ahead. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 11:14
So the idea is if you wait for that, it'll never happen. 

Rich Bennett 11:18
mm-hmm. 

I'm definitely, I love this. So you already put fire into my ass, and didn't even know it. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 11:26
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 11:27
So you've actually worked with actors, performers, and even high achievers. why do so many people who look successful still wrestle with imposter syndrome? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 11:41
So 

Rich Bennett 11:41
And for those listening, explain what imposter syndrome is to, if 

Dr. Albert Bramante 11:45
So 

Rich Bennett 11:45
you don't 

Dr. Albert Bramante 11:46
the textbook definition is a person who feels like they're fraud, but it's much more than that, forthcoming, complex than that. So it, it comes up with the areas itself, so you might start feeling, am I really worth doing this? Am I really worthy enough of having this thing being done, especially as an author? Who's going to want to read my book, you know, I'm just little little on me. And you start doubting yourself and you start negating all the experience that you have in a bag. You just throw that out the window. 

And then it just becomes a cascading element of self doubt. And then start holding yourself back, like you small or you high. 

Rich Bennett 12:36
Right. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 12:37
And it's a normal experience. I don't think you know, to label, boss, syndrome as a primit. Well, it can only be bad. But it's, it's not, it's something that all, even higher achievers experience. 

Rich Bennett 12:51
Yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 12:51
And peak performers experience and those that are really successful. I mean, I, you know, there seems to bounce case with a list actors, after that, I'm filming will sit there and adapt their choices and they make the right choice. They do the right thing. And, you know, these are sometimes award winning actors. Not just, you know, traditional one to the middle actors. So If that kind of made it more, I would say it's a normal process. I think we normalize in past or syndrome, which is important. So, first of all, I would say anybody's having it is normal. It's just a goal. To have it. And there's nothing wrong with it. And I think just admitting it to yourself. It's like, okay. This is not really necessarily real. That's my own story. I'm telling myself. 

Rich Bennett 13:41
Right. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 13:42
And for me, the way I, I think One of the things that delayed me writing the book was I was so worried I'm gonna get these negative views. You know, I'm gonna get these one to star reviews on the side, people are going to really hate the book. And 

The one thing that kind of made comfort in a real, real way was some of you know, another coach, mine had said, Would you rather have a book with bad reviews that have no book at all and regret it? I'm putting it out there. And I said, yes. And then also part of again, you go back to that mass merger buzzing part of you know, I'm learning. We had a marker when you know, who came in and gave some Resonations and said, sometimes even if you get that one or two star reviews, I can actually Improves the Nutterize you. But 

Rich Bennett 14:34
Yes. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 14:34
And then if you look at a lot, I keep it the pulling it all. You, you know, has one star reviews on Amazon for second Grouch. So that kind of made it like, okay, you know, this is a story I'm telling myself. So, you know, but the, the important thing is to take action even small actions. 

Rich Bennett 14:52
Yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 14:52
And I think a lot, while a lot of people also procrastinate as they set unrealistic goals. 

Rich Bennett 15:00
Yes. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 15:00
Beginning. And I can talk about this to my book to it to to an element. This is setting a realistic goal. Small steps, rather than you know, because eventually little small steps, they had up and even what might be similar to small step. At a time, it's one step closer to then you were, you know, yesterday last week. So The one thing I would say is to take action by taking small steps, creating the calendar, hoving yourself accountable and not happy to do with calendar is actually helpful. To 

Rich Bennett 15:33
Oh. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 15:34
do lists are great and they can be helpful. The problem is that you're also doing overwhelming and then when you start to see those lists in front of you everything you need to be done. You develop something what I call decision paralysis when you nothing will then get done. That's why if you look at the person and you know I need to call myself on on this to is the person who has so many things on our desk and so many tabs open on their browser. And they get nothing done you know it's like because there's too much so create a schedule and block time out to say 

Rich Bennett 16:13
yeah 

Dr. Albert Bramante 16:14
even you know I know some leaders that will like even block out time for answer emails again. It's time of the day I'm going to go back and I'm going to answer emails for the day. 

Rich Bennett 16:24
That's a great idea. I never thought about that you're right because I'm you know I got to do list on you do list all the all the different list and a lot of the stuff that doesn't get done because I don't have it on my calendar. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 16:39
Right, so that has been put on your calendar. Otherwise 

Rich Bennett 16:43
was 

Dr. Albert Bramante 16:43
it 

Rich Bennett 16:43
on my calendar I get done. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 16:47
They will get done and that's how I did it with my book and it was like okay this is going to be real one or two and I would block time out and that's all the two words like okay I'm going to take those 60 minutes of writing or block two blocks of 60. I'm just going to write and that was helpful because otherwise if you have all these you know these notifications going on so you're going to be distracted. 

Rich Bennett 17:16
So and you cover a lot all all this stuff in your book? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 17:20
Yes. 

Rich Bennett 17:21
So in a way your book is also well self help book 

Dr. Albert Bramante 17:27
I would say that yeah I mean and even it was written for actors and performer artists. If there's a lot of them I can apply to everybody I kind of 

Rich Bennett 17:35
yeah 

Dr. Albert Bramante 17:35
create a lot of advice I can apply to all profession and I've had a lot of people who book a book that were an actor. They wrote that and many 

Rich Bennett 17:45
right. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 17:46
So I think it's an important book to have. 

Rich Bennett 17:50
You think about it technically everybody you're I don't know what you know different job titles and everything in a way isn't everybody a performer? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 18:03
Yes. 

Rich Bennett 18:04
So it'll fit 

Dr. Albert Bramante 18:05
If 

Rich Bennett 18:05
them. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 18:05
you're a speaker if you're a pod as opposed to your performer if you're a 

Rich Bennett 18:10
salesperson. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 18:11
If salesperson performer if you're a teacher you're a performer. Even if you're working there's her reflection you're still performing a job so that's why we're all performing artists on some level just you know a different way. 

Rich Bennett 18:23
And when was the book released? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 18:25
24/24. 

Rich Bennett 18:27
And this is your first and only books so far right? 

So far yet. I like I like the way you answered that so far 

Dr. Albert Bramante 18:36
Yeah. So another way that you can start to even using you know flying like to these toward yet so I haven't 

Rich Bennett 18:44
yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 18:44
worked my second book yet not I haven't worked my stuff. You know if you say word yet. And if that's where the statement like that like what I haven't done anything you say yeah because it signifies possibility. 

Rich Bennett 18:58
Yeah. Now actually with the book since it came out of 2024 and I love the ask authors this authorpreneurs this. What has been the biggest struggle so far since the books been released? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 19:16
I think just promoting it and getting it out there. 

You know it's great that it's on Amazon but unless you actually you have to actually mark the book otherwise it will. 

Rich Bennett 19:27
Yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 19:27
So sit there and I mean I haven't moved for months I have it as a kind you know need book I haven't paid right and I also have an audio book you know I've bridging up it so an audible and like Spotify and Google book and the Apple book. So 

Rich Bennett 19:42
you did the voice right? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 19:44
No. No. No I had somebody do it. I didn't I didn't do the AI route with some people do. I know some officers are doing it. I don't want to do that. So for me I actually hired a narrator to do that. 

Rich Bennett 19:57
Oh okay. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 19:58
You know because somebody who does originally I mean I probably will do it in the future because my next book I will most likely narrate it myself. 

Rich Bennett 20:07
Yeah why not? Cheaper. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 20:11
100% yes. I 

Rich Bennett 20:14
mean and think about it you're you're getting on all these podcasts and everything promoting it so you got the equipment to do it. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 20:23
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 20:23
Why not? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 20:24
So I have what I mean like well that suits us. I'll just do that. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 20:28
Yeah um actually I wanted to ask you this too so how does self sabotage off the masquerade as being driven or ambitious? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 20:40
So, to think about what self-sabotage and ambitious, most of the time what can happen, especially if you are ambitious and, and, you know, highly driven, what can often happen is you have fear that's, you know, popping in there, fear of failure, even fear of success. 

Rich Bennett 21:02
And 

Dr. Albert Bramante 21:04
that all be back. And I think about the self-sabotage, and I, you know, this is why I've wrote the book on it, is it's not a pattern that you realize you're doing, it's not a conscious pattern. You know, now you might be going to realize that somebody might say, "Why can't anything go right? You know, why does it always happen to me? Why am I having such bad luck?" The harsh truth to some level, and this is also with love, of course. 

Rich Bennett 21:32
You 

Dr. Albert Bramante 21:33
might be the reason have that happening to yourselves. 

Rich Bennett 21:38
Okay. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 21:38
Take a step back and figure out what exactly is happening. What exactly is going on, in a sense. What issues are holding you back? Was it, again, fear is even perfectionism, and I think perfectionism is a warm self-sabotage because it leads to procrastination. And I've often said that perfectionism or procrastination are really dissimplanted as some other, it will work that you may need to work on. 

There's a lot of great programs on that procrastination. I think it's great. But they're only deal with a band-aid approach to the problem. They're not 

Rich Bennett 22:20
Right. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 22:20
working with the deeper core reason. There's a reason why we might be procrastinating. Maybe we had some trauma growing up for some childhood events that really held us back. 

Rich Bennett 22:32
Yeah. You mentioned fear of failure and fear of success. What's the difference between the two at which one trips up people more in your experience? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 22:46
I would say it's quite equally feared, so very powerful protective mechanisms. There are some benefits of fear. I mean, that's when kept our species alive for millions of years and different, we swear on some. Fear is one thing 

Rich Bennett 23:04
alert 

Dr. Albert Bramante 23:04
that protects us. However, it can sometimes be a little overdrive and hold us back. As you would be, we fear change, and that's really the ultimate thing is, we fear change, we like being comfortable, we like staying comfortable. When you are successful, let's tell you when that job or you learn that promotion or you learn that mega deal, your life is going to change. There's going to be more pressure now added to you. If that is overwhelming, your mind is going to say, "Okay, well I'm going to protect you from that." 

Rich Bennett 23:45
And 

Dr. Albert Bramante 23:46
therefore, you won't exactly be successful, because especially with actors, now let's say you land a Broadway contract or you land a league of TV series or lead the movie, even. What will wind up happening is your life is going to change drastically. 

Rich Bennett 24:02
Oh yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 24:03
You're going to have a lot more on the day. You're going to have a lot of more time away. It's going to be a pressure to perform all the time. And that can be as much as that on a conscious level is desirable to be successful. It's also on a deeper, subconscious level, very scary. 

Rich Bennett 24:24
Wow, now you're no longer a talent agent though, right? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 24:30
I'm transitioning out of it. 

Rich Bennett 24:33
Okay, so now you're doing what hypnosis? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 24:37
More of coaching, more of mindset coaching. I do a little bit of 

Rich Bennett 24:42
Okay. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 24:42
hypnosis, I don't really do that. Full-time, I may integrate it a bit. 

In 

Rich Bennett 24:51
Okay. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 24:51
a more conversational way, in a sense that I help to women in beliefs, I might use some hypnotic brotha, but I do that as a coach, in a sense. 

Rich Bennett 25:03
Right, okay, because I noticed on your website, and for those listening, go to AlbertBremontay.com which I'll have the link in the show notes, the hypnosis audio collections that you have on there. I'm like, "Oh, I got to check these 

Dr. Albert Bramante 25:22
Yeah, 

Rich Bennett 25:22
out, 

Dr. Albert Bramante 25:22
there's something for everybody on there, whether you're 

Rich Bennett 25:25
yeah." 

Dr. Albert Bramante 25:25
looking to improve your athletic performance, if you're looking to improve your leadership and communication skills, if you're looking to improve your mindset or in any way, overcoming addictions in any way, improving 

Rich Bennett 25:38
your success, 

Dr. Albert Bramante 25:39
and concentration, there's recordings available. They're not long recordings, they're 15 to 17 minutes, so they're great to listen to on a daily basis and you could listen on your headset, while you're relaxing. 

You know, you do that once or twice a day for, you know, 30, at least 30 days and you'll, you'll start to see some changes in you. Um, it's not a magic pill. It's not gonna be like one time, uh, it's an ass and be consistent with it. 

Because it works with, working with the subconscious motivations, the real decor issue, we go to the court. 

Rich Bennett 26:30
Mm hmm. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 26:31
What is it? Like again, the trauma, the, the fear. And it works to limit and read and rewire that and yield from that. And it may be a child, some childhood wounds that make them up. You know, that my, of course, my recordings aren't gonna cover that, but that would be more of a professional one of what's at it, where we would come up with, uh, work or any childhood trauma that you're going through. And you may never realize it. And when I talk about childhood trauma, you know, I'm not talking this sort of drastic things like abuse or, or violence. It could just be, not getting enough attention to the appearance and over a period of time. That can be a trauma. 

Rich Bennett 27:14
Yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 27:16
Not feeling you're hurting your household. That can be a trauma. And then what wants to happen is to repeat these patterns throughout lights that we've learned. At such an early age, we internalize them against the way the world is. And then we wonder finding ourselves repeating the patterns over and over again, in our adult relationships, in our adult behavior. So, working with hypnosis, we can change that to some level so that you're empowered to make changes in your life. And rather than having a mind where against you, it's like, now let's have your mind work for you. 

Rich Bennett 27:53
And it's like rewiring 

Dr. Albert Bramante 27:55
it. It's exactly what we're doing. We're rewiring it. And I'll be a sense of nervous program. So it has to do with reprogramming in neurology. Because when you change a release, you actually start to change your neurology. It's like mind and body work hand in 

Rich Bennett 28:13
hand. Right, 

Dr. Albert Bramante 28:14
you know, your mind can influence your body can influence your mind. And your mind can change your body too. 

Rich Bennett 28:23
So back in the day when you were in high school, what was it that you actually wanted to do when you got out of high school? Is it what you're doing now? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 28:32
Sort of, I mean, I was always a bookworm growing up. I was, I was, I loved reading. And I started when I was iceberg reading books at the brain, reading books about behavior and reading books about emotions that I became very enthralled by it. So I kind of knew even the high school I wanted to be a psychologist, I wanted a major in psychology. That was something that really stuck with me. I really wanted to do that because I also had just an interest in science that was strong interest in science. 

Rich Bennett 29:05
Right. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 29:05
In school. So for me, it was just, you know, science and mind and so. But I was also, it was a little bit creativity to like high schools involved a lot of extra people activities, including the drama club. And for me, that was like a haven for me. 

Rich Bennett 29:24
Yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 29:25
It was fun. It was a haven for me. And I just enjoyed about being around creative people. 

Rich Bennett 29:31
Yeah, me too. It's, although I didn't do it in high school, but elementary school I did and I loved add living because I couldn't remember the lines lines. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 29:41
Yeah, that can be fun too, but. 

Rich Bennett 29:43
I had the teachers crack it up during the one play where it worked. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 29:50
Hey, go with it. And 

Rich Bennett 29:53
i 

Dr. Albert Bramante 29:54
that's also another thing about forming do is sometimes not sticking to his script. And I think that makes 

Rich Bennett 30:00
yes, 

Dr. Albert Bramante 30:01
nervous. I mean, of course, when you're doing a plan or filming, do have to say just script, but even when you're doing sales. This is why like I was ever a fan of the cookie cutter approach. Read the script to somebody. Okay. No, because, you know, and I think the important thing is connect with the person in front of you. Connect 

Rich Bennett 30:21
the yeah. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 30:22
The customer, the client in front of you, not relying so much on the script. 

Rich Bennett 30:27
Well, there's a lot of famous actors and movies out there where the actors went off script. I think of Gene Wilder. Well, he was the one there, was it Willy Wonka. Yeah, he when he was walking out when you first saw him walking out with the cane and the king got stuck. He had lived that he did that was all handled. Robbie Williams is a great one. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 30:50
Yeah, I would be 

Rich Bennett 30:51
Yeah, to. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 30:52
a lot of a lot of TV shows and movies, you know, they, they and they improv sometimes they'll make. They'll say we're on one and it's like the right side, let's keep that in there. 

Rich Bennett 31:04
Uh-huh. 

That's 

Dr. Albert Bramante 31:07
What 

Rich Bennett 31:08
all. did the tape or the outtakes? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 31:11
Yeah, sometimes the outtakes pickin' part of the film actually make There's another show that was very successful in HBO Carburet enthusiasm 

Rich Bennett 31:21
Yes, 

Dr. Albert Bramante 31:21
and what I knew that most of that was not scripted most of that was just Yeah, they mean it had scenarios in their mountain that's just what we're gonna do 

Rich Bennett 31:32
Mm-hmm 

Dr. Albert Bramante 31:33
But let's just have the camera roll and let's just do off the cup off the cup And that made great show on so many awards 

Rich Bennett 31:42
and it was yeah 

Dr. Albert Bramante 31:43
It was not scripted it was not scripted at all and That's 

Rich Bennett 31:47
why I always love to watch and whose line is it anyway? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 31:49
You know, that's a great show, dude Yeah And and it's just again some of the most sonnest moments are not scripted 

Rich Bennett 31:57
I'm not see now. I'm gonna have to go back and watch Carburet your enthusiasm I mean, it was what seven seasons 

Dr. Albert Bramante 32:04
I've had nine because they did 

Rich Bennett 32:06
Wow 

Dr. Albert Bramante 32:06
a reboot for a while I think they they did a couple of recent seasons They did seven altogether back, you know, years ago and then They brought it back for a couple of these extra seasons beyond that 

Rich Bennett 32:18
Okay, I'm gonna have to check that one out again. It's been a while So for listeners that are feeling stuck in a cycle of self doubt or playing small 

Dr. Albert Bramante 32:27
Yeah, 

Rich Bennett 32:27
what are a few minds that shifts or daily practices they can try right now 

Dr. Albert Bramante 32:32
So one is just taking action Um, and once a language that you use to yourself don't Don't say to yourself. You're inspiring this or dabbling this like starving this or struggling in that Because the words that we use and this is a part of things I can even give a Dottik principle the power of words Words mean a lot the words you use for yourself, the words that you use to other people like for the artists I work with don't ever introduce yourself with struggling after don't introduce yourself with struggling artists Starving artists because when you do that you wind up holding yourself back hmm 

So that would be the simple thing and just again, go back to what I said a couple of times taking action 

Rich Bennett 33:17
Yeah Taking action is definitely key. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 33:20
Mm-hmm. 

Rich Bennett 33:20
I think that's your next book Maybe 

Taking action What's something you wish more people understood about their inner voice? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 33:31
I would say trust it more listen to it um Embrace it, it's there to protect you now sometimes again they can come up um 

You know because it could have been programmed incorrectly by Barence and DJ's you 

Rich Bennett 33:47
right, 

Dr. Albert Bramante 33:47
know, and so but I would say it wasn't too into it to some level but Don't let it hold you back either either 

Rich Bennett 33:57
All right, so this journey. How has this journey changed how you show up as a professor an agent and just as Albert 

Dr. Albert Bramante 34:10
by taking action again, just 

Rich Bennett 34:12
Okay, 

Dr. Albert Bramante 34:12
doing it. Yeah, and even for me like you know doing the whole podcast You know experience store, you know, I I just took action I reached out. 

Rich Bennett 34:21
I yeah 

Dr. Albert Bramante 34:21
People have joined Padmatch. I joined other, you know sites. I just took action and that's it just the important thing is showing up You know, even Woody Allen said the best 80% success is just going up So the important thing is show up and if we make mistakes Those are learning experiences those things failure only feedback If we're saying so make those in perfect action 

Rich Bennett 34:46
All right, so something very important Tell everybody how they can find your book and I have to y'all eat you for this Because I don't see your book on your website 

Dr. Albert Bramante 34:57
Yeah, that's gonna be worth a minute on Amazon. So if you go to 

Rich Bennett 35:00
okay 

Dr. Albert Bramante 35:01
Amazon, rise above the script and 

You 

Rich Bennett 35:06
and 

Dr. Albert Bramante 35:06
soar 

Rich Bennett 35:06
I'll make 

Dr. Albert Bramante 35:06
down 

Rich Bennett 35:06
sure I had the link in the show notes for that as well 

Dr. Albert Bramante 35:09
So it's it's time I'm like I said you can get it on audiobook and candle or paperback 

Rich Bennett 35:16
And tell everybody your website again because you got a lot of great things on here for people 

Dr. Albert Bramante 35:21
Yeah, so it's Albert from my folder and Albert from moti.com 

Rich Bennett 35:26
And those of you listening, I'm serious check it out because As much as we cover addiction on here recovery and business Oh my god the audio collections you have you have something for everybody on there Yes Which is amazing Amazing all right, so before I get to my last question is there anything you would like to add 

Dr. Albert Bramante 35:50
I would say just keep doing what you're doing and Take you know, I'll take take the imperfect action and just and be successful 

Rich Bennett 36:01
I I don't know if you're ready for this or not. I always love Trying something new and you're my guinea pig today 

Dr. Albert Bramante 36:08
Oh, okay 

Rich Bennett 36:10
So so we're gonna end with a random question just pick a number between one and 50 and that's going to determine what question I ask you 

Dr. Albert Bramante 36:19
28 

Rich Bennett 36:21
28 all right, why 28 first of all 

Wow. Okay. This is a good question. What's something you're deeply passionate about that most people don't know? 

Dr. Albert Bramante 36:44
Deeply spiritual person, I don't, and thus it's like an invited space. I'm one of those people that don't impose my beliefs onto other people, and thus of course it's asked and and invited to. So I have a deep spiritual person, I believe in a higher power. I don't, and I don't, similar self-religion at all. I don't 

Rich Bennett 37:06
right 

Dr. Albert Bramante 37:07
thrive doing or I'm going to have to grudge 

Rich Bennett 37:09
it. Interesting. That's, I've had a lot of people on here, and we've talked about that. And I just, One of the things I really want to do is study the different religions, different spirituality and all that because I, I don't know. I think the more you soak in, the more you understand other people as well and history. Ah, that's something I definitely want to get into. Man, we have to have you on again just to talk about that. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 37:42
Well, I'd love to come back. 

Rich Bennett 37:44
you. Oh, that could, that could be fun. Really fun. Albert, I want to thank you so much. It's been an honor and a privilege. And those of you listening, when you purchase the book, and again, I'll have the links in the show notes, make sure and you read it, make sure you leave a full review. Also, because I know it's going to help you purchase it for some other people that you believe it'll help as well. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 38:10
Thank 

Rich Bennett 38:11
And if you're the type that don't like to read a book, if you don't like the physical copy, you can get it on Kindle or the audible 

Dr. Albert Bramante 38:19
Exactly. 

Rich Bennett 38:19
version. Which I love even more. Albert, thanks a lot. 

Dr. Albert Bramante 38:24
Thank you again, proud of you. 

Rich Bennett 38:28
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