1KHO 823: The Radical Power of Sticking With Something | Shawn Johnson and Andrew East, The Courage to Commit
6/10/202659 min
The most meaningful lives aren't built on endless options. They're built on the courage to choose. In this conversation, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson and former NFL player Andrew East share why commitment has become one of the most misunderstood ideas of our time and why the things we want most like joy, calm, mastery, deep relationships, thriving families, and meaningful work are found on the other side of sticking with something long enough to see what it can become. From marriage and parenting to athletics, business, and life beyond the spotlight, Shawn and Andrew offer a refreshing countercultural message for anyone feeling distracted, discouraged, or tempted to start over. This is a conversation about choosing depth over options, purpose over pressure, and believing that the life you want is worth building one committed day at a time. You're gonna love it!!! Get your copy of The Courage to Commit here Listen to The Couple Things Podcast Check out Andrew and Shawn's YouTube channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsGinny Yurich· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. My name is Ginny Ertin, the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, and wouldn't you know, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson and NFL player Andrew East are here.
Andrew East· Guest0:14
[laughs] Let's go.
Shawn Johnson· Guest0:15
Thank you for having us.
Ginny Yurich· Host0:17
Welcome to the both of you.
Andrew East· Guest0:19
It's so good to meet you.
Ginny Yurich· Host0:20
You wrote a new book called The Courage to Commit. We're gonna be talking about that and other things today. It is an incredible book. I liked it- Mm ... from the very beginning. It encouraged me personally, and I feel like these are some of the things that I wanna pass on to my kids in this uncertain age. But I wanna tell you, yesterday, I think our kids were, like, not quite watching TV by the time the Olympics were on. So anyways, I was showing them some of your videos yesterday, Shawn, and they just kept going, "Well, she is so cute."
Shawn Johnson· Guest0:45
[laughs] Thank you.
Andrew East· Guest0:47
Well, she- she- "How- how is she so cute?"
Shawn Johnson· Guest0:48
[laughs] Thank you.
Ginny Yurich· Host0:50
That's what they said over and over again. So it is an honor to have a, this conversation, and I truly, like, on a personal level, got so much out of the book, because it's a wishy-washy time in the world, and it can be scary to stick with- with stuff, and people are kind of bouncing from thing to thing. So you both have a- a history of commitment, and so you wrote this book about having the courage to commit, embracing the radical power of sticking with something. So I wanna talk about some of the stuff in here and encourage people to go grab a copy. It's out now. You talk in this book about the uncertainty in the world, but that the unknown is where all the good stuff lives.
Andrew East· Guest1:29
Mm.
Ginny Yurich· Host1:29
And you talk about how