#205 – Brett Eaton: Embracing Discomfort as Catalyst for Growth
Enter the Lionheart
Lawrence Dunning
5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Brett Eaton just published "Uncomfortable Either Way", a guide to embracing discomfort as a catalyst for personal and professional growth.
Brett emphasizes that discomfort—whether in pursuing goals, starting businesses, or facing challenges—is the path to meaningful change and fulfillment.
0.00: How Fitness training led to interest in the psychology of coaching
4.00: Adopting a 360-degree lifestyle of "connecting the dots"
10.00: Why progress is the key to happiness
15.00: Success vs Happiness
27.00: Difference way to measure success
31.00: Youth & fitness as a path of happiness & fulfillment
37.00: Overcoming Resistance
44.00: The first commitment you make to yourself in a day
48.00: Making decisions quickly
55.00: Being aligned on your core values
1.03.00: Changing "I can't" to "I can't afford NOT to"
1.11.00: Giving our children discomfort for growth
https://www.bretteaton.com/https://levelupfitnesschicago.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Uncomfortable-Either-Way-Choosing-Making/dp/B0FBYDG894
Until next time, love and good vibes.
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| 0:00.0 | I can convince myself at any time that I am in my prime. |
| 0:03.5 | And what I do is I wake up in the morning and I say, |
| 0:05.8 | I am as young as I am ever going to be again, |
| 0:08.4 | and I'm the wisest that I have ever been in my life. |
| 0:11.6 | And if I can convince myself that I am the smartest, wisest because of the information |
| 0:15.3 | that I have, and I'm the youngest that I'm ever going to be at this point on, |
| 0:18.5 | hey, we're in our prime right now. |
| 0:20.1 | Let's enjoy it. |
| 0:34.1 | A single theme is too narrow for great minds and daring hearts. |
| 0:38.9 | Get ready to enter the Lionheart with your host, Lawrence Dunning. |
| 0:47.6 | Brett, we are such, kid, with spirits. I'm so excited for this conversation. I think you and I both believe in doing difficult things, which creates an easier and happier life, so I can't wait for this. |
| 0:53.7 | Thank you. I appreciate you having me on, and Lawrence, this is going to be a great conversation, brother. Rick, can we maybe start with a little bit of your background? I know you've been helping a lot of people as a coach, and you're very, you know, put together and you seem like a smooth, finished product. I'd love to hear almost about the early years |
| 1:12.1 | and how you came to be, you know, the person you are today as well. |
| 1:15.7 | Yeah, pardon the smile for the smooth finish product |
| 1:18.4 | because that feels very, very unorthodox for me to hear and to say, |
| 1:24.7 | but I appreciate you and I appreciate you saying that. |
| 1:27.3 | Yeah, my, |
| 1:27.8 | my background, I started in the fitness industry, actually. I went to college for exercise science |
| 1:33.1 | and, you know, was really in love with sports and wanting to stay close to sports and things |
| 1:37.1 | like that and came out of college, worked in in all things fitness for about eight years, |
| 1:42.8 | and then really fell in love with the psychology |
| 1:45.3 | of coaching and without even really trying it kind of naturally happened that I started taking |
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