Getting After It

Brett Rossell
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You already know you're capable of more. So why do you keep getting in your own way? Getting After It is the podcast for people who are done with excuses, done playing it safe, and ready to close the gap between who they are and who they know they can be. Hosted by ultra trail runner, entrepreneur, and accountability obsessive Brett Rossell, this show doesn't hand you motivation. It hands you a mirror. Every episode cuts into the real reasons people self-sabotage, avoid discomfort, and settle for less than they're built for. Through raw personal stories, Stoic philosophy made practical, and honest conversations with others who've done hard things. You'll walk away with the mindset and tools to actually prove what you're made of. If you're building a career, a family, fitness, or a life worth being proud of; this is the show that holds you accountable to all of it. New episodes every week. Subscribe and keep Getting After It.

  1. 1D AGO

    190 - The Achilles Choice

    Most people never make the choice. They tell themselves they're being patient, being strategic. But if you get honest, it's fear wearing a responsible disguise. In this episode, I walk through the myth of Achilles and why his story maps almost perfectly onto the war most of us are fighting right now. The choice he made. The rage that pulled him off the battlefield. The friend he lost that finally moved him. And the heel he knew about his whole life that he never protected. I also get personal about the moments I've stood at the same crossroads. Sitting at my college desk too afraid to take the classes I actually wanted. Gatekeeping running because my ego needed the edge. Throwing up every quarter mile in an Arizona ultra while Ally ran beside me and refused to let me quit. And the one weakness I already know about that I haven't fully dealt with yet. You'll walk away with: A framework for recognizing when you're choosing comfort without actually choosing itAn honest look at how pride keeps you sitting out when people around you need you in the fightThe Achilles Audit: three questions to find your heel before it finds youWhere are you choosing the long quiet life without ever actually choosing it? Who are you sitting out on right now because your ego is wounded? What's your heel? If you've been stalling on something you know you're capable of, this one is for you. Subscribe, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review on Apple or Spotify. It takes 30 seconds and it genuinely helps more people find the show. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    28 min

  2. 4D AGO

    189 - Show Up Before You're Ready

    January 2023. Start line. Wrong shoes. One unofficial training run to my name. I ran the half marathon anyway and it taught me more than any race I was actually prepared for. This episode is about the lie of readiness. The way "I'm not ready yet" becomes the most sophisticated excuse high achievers use to avoid starting the things that matter.  I share three stories: a race I ran before I understood how racing worked, a job I quit without a plan, and the two years I waited to start this podcast — and what that delay cost me. In this episode: The feeling of "not ready" is a threat response, not an accurate reading of your capacityThe difference between strategic patience and indefinite delay — and how to tell which one you're inFive specific actions you can take this week to start the thing you've been circlingConfidence is a by-product of starting, not a prerequisite for itIn five months I'm going to be a dad. No book prepares you for that. This episode is me working through what it means to commit to something before you feel ready; live, in real time. If this one lands, share it with one person who's been sitting on something they need to start. And if you haven't rated the show on Apple or Spotify, that's your one ask — 30 seconds, and it helps more people find this. Keep getting after it, my friends. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    33 min

  3. APR 16

    188 - What Suffering Is Actually For

    I spent most of my life trying to outrun suffering. A brutal 24-mile training run, months of unexplained illness in my early twenties, and a long fight with depression taught me I had it backwards. Suffering is not the obstacle. It is the work. In this episode I break down what suffering is actually for; why most people either avoid it entirely or grind through it without collecting what it owes them, and what changes when you stop treating hard things as interruptions to your life and start treating them as the thing that builds it. What you will walk away with: — Why your mind puts a ceiling on you long before your body needs one — How to find something good on the darkest days (and why that skill compounds) — The one thing that makes suffering heavier every time — and how to stop doing it — What Epictetus, Cameron Hanes, and Churchill understood about hard seasons that most people miss If you are someone in your 20s or 30s who knows your are capable of more but keeps getting in his own way, this episode is for you. Share it with someone who needs it. Leave a rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify; it helps more people find the show. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    38 min

  4. APR 13

    187 - The Miles You Can't Go Back To

    I crossed the finish line at 2:56 and couldn't walk right for weeks. Sub-three marathon, shot hip flexors, and a lesson I should have learned a long time before that parking lot. Going fast has a price tag. You just don't see it at the finish line. In this episode I'm getting honest about three places I went out too hard too early: a race, a training block, and this podcast, and what each of them cost me. This is about learning to tell the difference between the pace that looks good and the pace that actually gets you there. Ally and I are expecting, and something she said recently stopped sparked the idea for this episode. It changed how I'm thinking about pacing far beyond running or work. Some miles you get back. Some you don't. What you'll take away from this episode: Why the cost of going too hard almost never shows up when you expect itHow the ego sets a pace that serves your image instead of your goalsThe one question I ask myself before every episode that changed how the show grewWhy patience and low effort are not the same thingFive specific actions you can take this week to recalibrate your paceIf you've ever burned out before the finish line, felt behind on a goal, or wondered whether pushing harder is actually the move, this one is for you. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    41 min

  5. APR 9

    186 - You're Not Stuck, You're Avoiding a Decision

    You're not stuck. You know exactly what you need to do, you just haven't decided to do it yet. And that's costing you more than you think. In this episode, I take you inside one of the most pivotal moments of my life: a hotel room in Hollywood, California, where the weight of months of avoidance brought me to my knees. What happened next changed everything, because I finally made the decision I'd been walking past for months. I dig into why the feeling of being "stuck" is actually a story we tell ourselves, the real cost of living in limbo, and exactly how to make a decision when you don't feel ready. This one's going to hit home. What you'll walk away with: Why "stuck" is a story, not a state — and how to see through itThe true cost of indecision (it's not just time)Why loss aversion and ego protection work together to keep you exactly where you areHow to make a decision before you have the full planFive specific actions you can take this week to stop avoiding and start movingIf there's a decision you've been treating like a situation, I hope this helps.  If this one hit home, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you haven't left a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify yet, it takes 60 seconds and it genuinely helps. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    37 min

  6. APR 6

    185 - Choose Hard Before Hard Chooses You: Building the Capacity for Life's Toughest Moments

    There is a version of you that already knows what it needs to do.  It knows the race to sign up for, the conversation you've been avoiding, the thing you keep circling. It's waiting on the other side of something uncomfortable. The hard things are coming whether you're ready or not. The only question is whether you've been training for them — or hiding from them.  In this episode, I'm getting into something I think about more than almost anything else: voluntary discomfort. Why the hard things you choose on purpose are the exact things that prepare you for the hard things life throws at you without warning. This isn't a bro culture episode. It's not about suffering as a personality. It's personal — and I think it'll say something about your life too. What you'll walk away with: A framework for understanding voluntary vs. involuntary discomfort — and why the first category is the only training ground for the secondThe real reason most people avoid hard things (it's not laziness — it's a misread of what fear is actually telling you)Why building discomfort tolerance is a trainable skill, not a fixed trait — and how to start building it this weekThe story of my friend Brayden Galbraith, who runs every single day and is training for the Leadville 100 — and what his example says about showing up in every area of lifeFive specific, low-barrier actions you can take this week to start building capacity for hard thingsI share a story from my own life in this one that I haven't talked about much — the version of me in high school who faked injuries to sit out practice and searched for answers online instead of doing the work. That guy cost me something. This episode is about making sure he doesn't cost you something too. If this episode hits home, share it with one person who needs to hear it. And if you've been rocking with Getting After It, a rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify goes further than you know. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast I hope today’s episode sparked something within you to pursue your dreams and unlock your true potential. If you found value in it, consider sharing it with someone who might need that same push. Getting After It is for those who. want to silence their self-doubt. Refuse to be owned by comfort. Understand their limits are man-made and breakable. We live in a time of constant comparison. Social media drowns us in highlight reels and overnight success stories. But what most people don’t see is the grit behind it all. The reps. The quiet mornings. The sacrifices. The failures. You are just getting started. Keep Getting After It.  Send us Fan Mail

    36 min

  7. APR 2

    184 - The Boredom Problem: Why You Can't Do Hard Things If You Can't Sit Still

    The reason you can't do the hard thing isn't motivation. You can't sit still, and that reflex is quietly eroding your capacity to do anything that matters. In this episode, I break down why distraction is pain management, not a focus problem, and what it actually costs you to keep reaching for the escape hatch.  From a long training run at mile 10 where the boredom hit hard, to walking through New York and watching hundreds of people miss one of the most alive cities on earth, I wanted to be honest about a habit most of us don't even realize we have. You'll walk away knowing: Why your phone habit isn't a willpower problem (and what to do instead)How I use a device called the Brick to remove the choice entirelyWhat Ally figured out about phones that most people never do, and how you can apply it to your own lifeWhy your best ideas are already in you; and what's blocking themThe 30-minute phone-free challenge to start this weekThis is something I've been sitting with for a while, and if I'm being straight with you, I'm just as guilty as you are. Phones are addicting.  But I genuinely believe some of your best ideas are locked inside you right now, and they can't get through when every quiet moment is filled with someone else's content. If this episode hits you, share it with one person who needs to hear it.  Leave a rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, it takes 30 seconds and helps more people find the show. And if you want to reach out, find me on Instagram. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast I hope today’s episode sparked something within you to pursue your dreams and unlock your true potential. If you found value in it, consider sharing it with someone who might need that same push. Getting After It is for those who. want to silence their self-doubt. Refuse to be owned by comfort. Understand their limits are man-made and breakable. We live in a time of constant comparison. Social media drowns us in highlight reels and overnight success stories. But what most people don’t see is the grit behind it all. The reps. The quiet mornings. The sacrifices. The failures. You are just getting started. Keep Getting After It.  Send us Fan Mail

    36 min

  8. MAR 30

    183 - Why Discipline Feels Impossible (And It's Not a Willpower Problem)

    You haven't lost your discipline. You've lost your energy. And those are two completely different problems that require two completely different solutions. In this episode, I'm getting honest about where I am right now — mentally drained from work, fighting to hold on to the habits that used to come easy — and what I'm learning about why discipline actually breaks down. Not the surface-level stuff. The real reason. The one most people in the self-improvement space won't say out loud. What you'll walk away with: Why willpower failure is usually a depletion problem, not a character problemWhy discipline is a skill you build — and can lose — just like muscleWhat it actually looks like when discipline becomes your lifestyle (my mom, 5 days a week for 7 years)Why sometimes the most disciplined thing you can do is rest5 practical ways to rebuild when you're running on emptyI'm not on the other side of this one yet. I'm in it with you. Let's figure it out together. If this hit for you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you haven't left a rating on Apple or Spotify yet — it takes 30 seconds and it means everything for the show. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast I hope today’s episode sparked something within you to pursue your dreams and unlock your true potential. If you found value in it, consider sharing it with someone who might need that same push. Getting After It is for those who. want to silence their self-doubt. Refuse to be owned by comfort. Understand their limits are man-made and breakable. We live in a time of constant comparison. Social media drowns us in highlight reels and overnight success stories. But what most people don’t see is the grit behind it all. The reps. The quiet mornings. The sacrifices. The failures. You are just getting started. Keep Getting After It.  Send us Fan Mail

    34 min
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You already know you're capable of more. So why do you keep getting in your own way? Getting After It is the podcast for people who are done with excuses, done playing it safe, and ready to close the gap between who they are and who they know they can be. Hosted by ultra trail runner, entrepreneur, and accountability obsessive Brett Rossell, this show doesn't hand you motivation. It hands you a mirror. Every episode cuts into the real reasons people self-sabotage, avoid discomfort, and settle for less than they're built for. Through raw personal stories, Stoic philosophy made practical, and honest conversations with others who've done hard things. You'll walk away with the mindset and tools to actually prove what you're made of. If you're building a career, a family, fitness, or a life worth being proud of; this is the show that holds you accountable to all of it. New episodes every week. Subscribe and keep Getting After It.

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  • Creator
    Brett Rossell
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    192
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Getting After It
  • Show Website
    Getting After It

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