Looking back, my life has had this before and after feel to it. Part one was complacent Brian, scared of his own shadow, never taking chances for fear of what might happen. Part two has been all about leaning into that fear, knowing there's always risk in anything we do, but that's no reason not to start and try.

The first real moment I remember taking control was in early 2009. I was in mountains of debt, to the tune of like $50,000. My brother gifted me Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover and it was a wake up call. That book helped me reshape how I thought about finances and it became the impetus to start getting out of debt. That shift in thinking also led me to think about what I wanted out of life, which led to changing careers and leaving the golf industry for sales. That led me to want to push myself even further. How do I get more out of my life? How do I try more things that scare me?

One of those things was podcasting. I'd always been told I had a great voice for radio but never gave it much thought. When podcasting started becoming popular around 2015 I thought, maybe I'll start a podcast. It took me two years to actually do it. And that's why my whole mission is called Just Get Started. The podcast, the business, everything. Because not getting started just keeps us standing still. If we just get started, if we put a little momentum behind it, it's amazing what could happen.

Since then I haven't stopped. Books. Speaking. Triathlon training. Leaving a stable career to coach full time. Every single time the same pattern showed up. I had to make a commitment before I felt ready. I had to get clear on the objective before the path appeared. I had to work through the mindset before the action felt possible. I had to set the right priorities to not lose focus on the path ahead. I had to build accountability before the consistency stuck. I had to lean on my support systems when it got hard. And I had to develop enough self awareness to know where I was getting in my own way.