Quick Cut: S2E369 How to Change Your Life Once and for All
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
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Change is hard. While many people want to change, but find it difficult to do so, others are forced to change because of a medical emergency, job loss or other life-changing event. In this episode, Brian Buffini delves into the concept of change – specifically what causes people to change – and outlines tips to help people make positive, lasting change.
You’ll learn the difference between passive and proactive change, why change is a transformation similar to the one a caterpillar undergoes to become a butterfly, and how to change your mindset, motivation and methodologies for a lasting impact. Whether you’re inspired to make positive changes or change is happening to you, you won’t want to miss this episode.
Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“People don’t change until the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of the change.” – Brian Buffini
“Are you going to change or is change going to happen to you?” – Brian Buffini
“All permanent, lasting change starts on the inside and works its way to the outside.” – Lou Tice
“If you can change your mindset, you can change your life.” – Brian Buffini
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life with Brian Buffini, founder of America's largest business coaching company. |
| 0:10.4 | Here's a short classic cut from one of our all-time favorite episodes. |
| 0:17.2 | The title of today's podcast is how to change your life once and for all. |
| 0:23.9 | And you know, change is hard. |
| 0:25.9 | Change is difficult. |
| 0:27.0 | In fact, a lot of people question whether change is even possible. |
| 0:31.2 | Now, I don't believe that in the time I'm going to spend with you today, |
| 0:35.5 | I can answer all of the riddles that come with change. |
| 0:38.7 | So the question is, how do you change? |
| 0:41.6 | And the first thing I want to talk to you is, change is very hard, bloody hard, as they'd say at home. |
| 0:47.7 | And that's why it takes so much work, it takes so much effort, it takes these external applications |
| 0:53.0 | or maybe books or audios or coaching |
| 0:55.5 | or training or many other different tips we'll get into today but change is hard but as you grow |
| 1:01.5 | through life sometimes you want to change but i think we're a lot like homing pigeons where we constantly |
| 1:07.6 | come back to the same spot we go out and we flap our wings, we try our best, |
| 1:12.9 | we flap into the wind, we try and try and try, but the next thing you know, bit by bit, |
| 1:18.1 | like a homin pigeon, we always come back to roost. I read a quote here recently. It said, |
| 1:22.7 | people don't change until the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of the change. |
| 1:30.8 | So the truth of the matter is, most people change because of pain and the avoidance are |
| 1:38.6 | getting away from pain. The next reason, second biggest reason, that people change, is that change is happening to them. |
| 1:47.0 | And we're going to talk about that today, the difference between passive change and proactive change. |
| 1:52.0 | And then the third type of change is aspirations and goals. |
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