Go All 1N Podcast
Go All 1N Podcast: All 1N. Every Day. No Excuses.
Hosted by a driven blue-collar entrepreneur, Jake Fine and a Notre Dame football alumnus and NFL veteran turned business leader, Braxston Cave, this podcast is for those who know the value of hard work, resilience, and going all in on what matters most. From the RV factory floor to the football field and beyond, we uncover the stories, strategies, and mindsets of those who hustle to turn challenges into opportunities and dreams into reality.
Powered by the Be Better Brand, each episode delivers authentic conversations, actionable insights, and inspiring guests who prove that greatness is built, not given.
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Embracing Pain: The Gateway to Growth
EP. 78 Embracing Pain: The Gateway to Growth
What if the very thing we avoid most is actually the key to everything we desire?
Pain gets a terrible reputation in our comfort-obsessed world. We medicate it, distract from it, and design our lives to minimize it at all costs. But what if pain isn't the enemy? What if it's actually the price tag attached to everything worth having?
In this raw and transformative conversation, we explore why discomfort is the currency of growth. Drawing from both personal experiences and scientific research, we unpack five critical principles about pain that could fundamentally change how you approach life's challenges. From the biological truth that muscles must tear before strengthening to the neuroplasticity evidence showing how stress literally rewires our brains for resilience, we make the case that avoiding pain means avoiding your own potential.
We share vulnerable stories of hitting rock bottom, facing rejection, and questioning whether our dreams would ever materialize. These weren't just difficult moments—they were essential catalysts that forced clarity, revealed character, and ultimately prepared us for purposes we couldn't yet see. As we explain, "Influence isn't given, it's earned through sacrifice, scars, and showing up when it's hard." The greatest leaders don't gain respect from titles but from their willingness to embrace difficulty when others run from it.
Are you currently facing pain in your business, relationships, or personal growth journey? Listen now to discover why this might be exactly what you need—not as punishment, but as preparation for the unshakable version of yourself waiting on the other side. Because as we've learned, greatness and pain aren't opposing forces—they're partners in the same transformative process.
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Welcome back to the Go All In podcast.
Speaker 2:I'm Braxton Cave and I'm Jake Fine. Today we're diving deep into something every single one of us you know faces, but most people try to run from it. Today's episode is titled Pain is the Price, and I want to dig right in on this. I have a few things to say about it. Everything you want lives on the other side of discomfort. You know the things that people are very scared to go and do, stuff that's uncomfortable. Your goals, your dreams, your next level they're not found in the comfort zone. They're paid for in full with pain, and that's basically what we're talking about. You know, people might look at the title and be like you know, this, this one's interesting, so you're ready, we're going to dig in right here.
Speaker 2:So pain gets a bad rep and we treat it like it's the enemy, um, but pain is actually proof that we're growing, that we're stretching, that we're chasing something bigger that what's behind us. So it's, you know, just like. Think about it. A muscle has to tear before it gets stronger, um. A seed has to break before it can grow. A diamond has to form under pressure. And purpose, uh, purpose is revealed through pain, um. So emotional pain, mental pain, physical pain it all hurts, but it all it also humbles us and it sharpens and transforms us. But I mean, let's see I can go here.
Speaker 2:You know I've hit rock bottom before and I had no clear direction. You know, with you know COVID hitting it's just been a lot of. You know, with you know COVID hitting it's just been a lot of pivoting a lot of. You know figuring out what I'm going to do. And you know, going back into the RV industry, you know just being around the fast paced work again, it's just I feel good being around it, getting done early and working on my brand and stuff like that. I've also had that. You know, that thought in my head of wondering you is be better brand, is it ever gonna get off the ground? And every day I feel it. You know it's, it's a sting of like rejection but it's pushing every single day and you know're going to go through the pains and you just grow from them. So that's what I have so far, you know.
Speaker 1:So you guys know, I like to give you, I like to give you bullets or numbers.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I think I feel like, at least for me, the way my brain works.
Speaker 1:I like to be able to like memorize stuff or write things down. So I'm going to go through these for y'all, you know. The first one here is you don't get the reward without resistance, and I think growth is always on the other side of pain, regardless of what you're doing, whether it's physical, emotional, spiritual. It's all part of the cost, right? A second one is pain creates clarity when life hurts it, for it forces you to focus and recalibrate Right. It reveals who you really are, what you care about and what you're willing to fight for.
Speaker 1:Number three and you hit on this just a minute ago comfort is the killer of greatness. And if you're always, you know choosing easy, choosing average, you know the path of least resistance. You know greatness demands pain, not as a punishment, but as part of the process. Number four you know, back to a faith foundation. I believe God uses pain as preparation, and every season of struggle is either shaping your character or shifting your direction. And every season of struggle is either shaping your character or shifting your direction. You know it's one of the prayers that I pray often is that you know God puts me in the rooms that I'm supposed to be in. God puts me in front of the people I'm supposed to be surrounded with, and I may not know why at the time, but shifting that perspective in my mind of like I'm here for a reason. I just got to figure out what it is.
Speaker 1:And it may be a longer period of time than you think and all of a sudden it clicks. Ah, that's why I'm supposed to be here. And then the last one is if you want the platform, you better be willing to bleed for it. Influence isn't given, it's earned through sacrifice, scars and showing up when it's hard. And you know part of this is within the business world. You know, I don't believe a title gives you power Right In leadership. It's all influence.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Right. Some of the greatest leaders in the world don't have a title. They lead through influence and impact, and but for them to develop the person they were, there's pain and a lot of people there is pain because they didn't get that role or that title. And then they figured out what's my skill set, what separates me, and then they take that and they run with it separates me, and then they take that and they run with it. So, to leave you guys, I'd say if you're walking through pain right now, keep going. It doesn't last forever and because on the other side is purpose, power and a version of you that's unshakable, don't run from the price. Pay it right.
Speaker 1:As the, as the saying goes rent's due every day, and pain is part of the process. So is greatness one more thing.
Speaker 2:I want to add in a little science thing for you. Um like like there's been, studies in neuroplasticity shows that discomfort, mental and emotional stress, literally rewires your brain for resilience. You know, it's proven science facts, so write that down.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, and the one. The other thing I add to it is look at some of the people who have done some of these amazing things. So it's, it's easy to kind of look at. You know, the physical achievements, right, like a David Goggins of the world, right, people who've been through hell, they're able to achieve these crazy things because mentally, like you said, rewired, they're just different and they're able to accomplish some pretty crazy things because what we think of as pain isn't pain to people who've been through some real stuff. Until next time, thanks y'all, see ya.
