The Two Voices
There is a voice that speaks for your future and another that argues against it. Which one are you strengthening?
Read the story →AUTHOR • SPEAKER • INNOVATOR
See possibility.Build courage.Create impact.
Paul Gustavson helps leaders challenge assumptions, act with courage, and turn meaningful ideas into motion.
WRITING • LEADERSHIP • TECHNOLOGY • INNOVATION
What becomes possiblewhen you refuseto settle?
Open the possibility →BREAKING AVERAGE
Most people
don’t fail.
They settle.
Breaking Average is Paul’s public platform for writing, podcast conversations, and ideas that challenge autopilot thinking.
It is for people who know there is more in them and refuse to drift.
Through short stories and honest conversations, Paul explores leadership, growth, faith, resilience, technology, sports, entertainment, and life.
Because we break average together.Choose how you want to join the conversation.
THE NEXT GATHERING • APRIL 19, 2027
One remarkable day.One unforgettable place.
The Lead Bulletproof Summit brings men together at Red Rocks for honest conversation, fresh perspective, and the kind of connection that keeps working long after the day ends.
Explore Summit 2027A BELIEF WORTH BUILDING ON
“Legacy isn’t what you build.
It’s who you build.”
LATEST WRITING
Stories that challenge.
Ideas that clarify.
A next step worth taking.
Explore all writing →The Question AI Made Me Ask Myself
Technology is a powerful tool. The deeper question is whether we still value the person holding it.
Read the story →Finding Calm in the Chaos
When circumstances get loud, clarity begins with separating what we can control from what we cannot.
Read the story →
THE BREAKING AVERAGE PODCAST
Stories create impact.
Paul Gustavson and friends explore the stories, ideas, and practical lessons that help people move beyond the status quo.
Listen to honest conversations about leadership, resilience, growth, faith, technology, and the experiences that shape how we live and lead.
THE WORK
Clarity for the road ahead.
For more than three decades, Paul has helped people make sense of complex challenges, imagine better possibilities, and take the next courageous step.
His work brings together leadership, technology, resilience, faith, and a practical belief that meaningful ideas should move.
PAUL’S WORK
Ideas, platforms, and experiences.
01
Breaking Average
Paul’s writing and podcast platform for stories, ideas, and conversations that create impact.
Explore the platform →02
Books
Stories and practical frameworks for leadership, imagination, resilience, communication, and growth.
Browse the books →03
Speaking
Keynotes and conversations that challenge people to see more, build courage, and take action.
Explore speaking →04
Lead Bulletproof
Paul’s focused leadership community for men, including the annual Summit and The Thought Leaders.
Enter the community →SELECTED BOOKS
Words for people in motion.
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Face the Mountain
Resilience for the climb.
IMAGINE
Hope and twelve ways to invent the future.
Breaking Average
Build teams that refuse to settle.
MEET PAUL
Author.
Speaker.
Innovator.
Paul brings an engineer’s mind, a leader’s heart, and a builder’s courage to ideas that help people and organizations see what is possible and move it toward impact.
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