

Don't Settle Squad
Mark McCourt
Weekly wisdom & insights to help you live true to yourself and reach your potential.
Physical Freedom | Mental Freedom | Lifestyle Design
Lack of education keeps you in the dark.
Wisdom is the way out.
@guywhodidntsettle on all socials
Physical Freedom | Mental Freedom | Lifestyle Design
Lack of education keeps you in the dark.
Wisdom is the way out.
@guywhodidntsettle on all socials
Episodes
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Apr 9, 2024 • 19min
#29 - Focus on the Process & the Outcome Takes Care of Itself
Discover a transformative approach to achieving goals by prioritizing the journey over the result. Delve into how focusing on incremental gains can enhance your self-worth and motivation. Listen to inspiring examples that encourage celebrating small victories and fostering a fulfilling mindset. This discussion reveals that true empowerment lies in enjoying the process, leading to not just peace of mind, but potentially greater success.

Apr 2, 2024 • 28min
#28 - How to Manage Chronic Pain Flare Ups
This episode covers:
How to deal with chronic pain flare ups
A 3 step process to follow when the pain starts
If you have ever suffered from chronic pain, you know how scary & debilitating some of the flare ups can be. How much they affect your mindset. How much they affect your quality of life. From having these experiences plague my life over a period of 10 years, I can safely say that there are much better ways to handle these moments. Today I will explain how to deal with chronic pain flare ups, and give you a 3 step process to manage them much more effectively.
3 Ways I Can Help You:
Physical Freedom ProgramOvercome chronic pain & injury. Reach your athletic potential
Mental Freedom CourseStop looping & suffering. Skillfully navigate your own mind.
Lifestyle Design University Avoid the biggest regret of humanity. Design the life true to yourself
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Email: guywhodidntsettle@gmail.com
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Don’t Settle,
Live True to Yourself

Mar 25, 2024 • 18min
#27 - The Seasons of Life
This episode covers:
The different seasons of life and how to handle them
A process to help avoid burnout & regulate output in each season
Standards are important to design the life you want. You need to hold yourself accountable to your goals. But depending on your current season of life, you may find it hard to stick to your plan. You could be single, or married with kids. Maybe other areas of your life are in order, maybe they are a mess. The different seasons of life will determine how you regulate your output & avoid burnout. Rather than keep sky high expectations and be unhappy when they are inevitably not met, in this episode I will show you how to navigate the seasons of life and adjust your output accordingly.
3 Ways I Can Help You:
Physical Freedom ProgramOvercome chronic pain & injury. Reach your athletic potential
Mental Freedom CourseStop looping & suffering. Skillfully navigate your own mind.
Lifestyle Design University Avoid the biggest regret of humanity. Design the life true to yourself
Follow/Contact me on:
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Email: guywhodidntsettle@gmail.com
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Don’t Settle,
Live True to Yourself

Mar 19, 2024 • 22min
#26 - How to Stay On the Path
This episode covers:
Deep dive explaining the difference between motivation, commitment & discipline
How this understanding can help you stay on the path towards physical freedom
I've gone from being the person who sleeps in all day unable to get out of bed, to someone who ran an untrained marathon in barefoot shoes. I learned a thing or two along the way about how to stay on the path. A pivotal moment for me was understanding the difference between motivation, commitment & discipline. When you understand these in detail, you will see your own weak points & what you need to work on. That’s what we will go through in todays episode
3 Ways I Can Help You:
Physical Freedom ProgramOvercome chronic pain & injury. Reach your athletic potential
Mental Freedom CourseStop looping & suffering. Skillfully navigate your own mind.
Lifestyle Design University Avoid the biggest regret of humanity. Design the life true to yourself
Follow/Contact me on:
Documentary
Website
Email: guywhodidntsettle@gmail.com
Instagram
Don’t Settle,
Live True to Yourself

Mar 4, 2024 • 23min
#25 - Gain Your Own Self-Respect
This episode covers:
The realisation that changed my life and made me the man I am today
How it can help you on your own path
I used to be a people pleaser and a pushover. I had no confidence. I would never say what I think. I lived behind a mask. I had social anxiety & would even get embarrassed looking at myself in the mirror. I thought that’s just the way I was. But through my own self-development journey over the last 8 years, I saw the truth that I never knew before: I didn’t respect myself. But I am not the exception here, a lot of people are the same. In this episode I will bring you through the process of how I gained my own self respect, and became the hero to my younger self. Now I am proud of myself and at peace. I’m confident in myself & my abilities, and I’ve created the life I always wanted. And you can too.
3 Ways I Can Help You:
Physical Freedom ProgramOvercome chronic pain & injury. Reach your athletic potential
Mental Freedom CourseStop looping & suffering. Skillfully navigate your own mind.
Lifestyle Design University Avoid the biggest regret of humanity. Design the life true to yourself
Follow/Contact me on:
Documentary
Website
Email: guywhodidntsettle@gmail.com
Instagram
Don’t Settle,
Live True to Yourself

Feb 26, 2024 • 1h 2min
#24 - Eoghan Keniry (Client Spotlight)
Physical Freedom Program: https://www.guywhodidntsettle.com/physical-freedom-program/
Eoghan’s client testimonial: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxvmiIoM6dt/?img_index=1
Eoghan is an ex-client from the Physical Freedom Program.
We go through his journey from chronic back pain and being held back in hurling & life, to not settling and regaining his physical freedom. Eoghan has also gone on to start his own coaching journey since then!
If you suffer from chronic pain & injury holding you back, this episode will give you an insight into what the journey to regaining your physical freedom is like behind the scenes.
There is no quick fix, there is no hack. But with the right attitude & approach, progress is inevitable in time.

Feb 19, 2024 • 21min
#23 - Resting Injuries Is Not The Answer
This episode covers:
The fallacy that resting injuries heals them
The best way to recover quickly from injuries
We have all rested injuries, and taken ages to come back. Most of the time still feeling fragile. Leading to us calling that area ‘bad’. My bad ankle, my bad back and the list goes on. At best, the rehab does the job but it takes too long. At worst, it takes ages and doesn’t even rehab the area properly. Resting injuries isn’t the answer, attentive progression is. In this episode I will show you how to recover quickly from injuries to regain your physical freedom for sport & life.
3 Ways I Can Help You:
Physical Freedom ProgramOvercome chronic pain & injury. Reach your athletic potential
Mental Freedom CourseStop looping & suffering. Skillfully navigate your own mind.
Lifestyle Design University Avoid the biggest regret of humanity. Design the life true to yourself
Follow/Contact me on:
Documentary
Website
Email: guywhodidntsettle@gmail.com
Instagram
Don’t Settle,
Live True to Yourself

Feb 12, 2024 • 17min
#22 - How to Manage Busy Weeks
This episode covers:
How to prioritise your Physical Freedom during busy weeks
Strategies & tactics my clients use stay on track
We all have busy lives. We all have things to do. But if we don’t have a plan in place for how to manage busy weeks, they will derail us. In this episode I will show you how to plan, manage your energy, and make realistic goals during these times. We all know consistency is the key to creating change, I will show you how to stay consistent during the periods where most people drop off.
3 Ways I Can Help You When You're Ready:
Physical Freedom ProgramOvercome chronic pain & injury. Reach your athletic potential
Mental Freedom CourseStop looping & suffering. Skillfully navigate your own mind.
Lifestyle Design University Avoid the biggest regret of humanity. Design the life true to yourself
Follow/Contact me on:
Documentary
Website
Email: guywhodidntsettle@gmail.com
Instagram
Don’t Settle,
Live True to Yourself

Feb 5, 2024 • 31min
#21 - If You Can't Do What You Want, Do What You Can
This episode covers:
How to keep moving forward when you have chronic pain/injury
The mindset to overcome any obstacle in life. To never settle.
We are all going to hit roadblocks in life. With chronic pain & injury, with our mental health, with our relationships, with life. Most people settle and give up on the life true to themselves. In this episode I will go through a life changing perspective that will enable you to not settle and keep moving forward no matter what. It’s ancient wisdom that has echoed throughout the ages, all the way through to modern times today. I will show you how to implement it in your life.
3 Ways I Can Help You:
Physical Freedom ProgramOvercome chronic pain & injury. Reach your athletic potential
Mental Freedom CourseStop looping & suffering. Skillfully navigate your own mind.
Lifestyle Design University Avoid the biggest regret of humanity. Design the life true to yourself
Follow/Contact me on:
Documentary
Website
Email: guywhodidntsettle@gmail.com
Instagram

Jan 29, 2024 • 15min
#20 - Why You Get Tight & Stiff
This episode covers:
The actual reason why you get tight & stiff
How to start addressing this root cause to regain Physical Freedom
We are led to believe that we get tight and stiff because we are getting older, because of our genetics, because of a certain diagnosis and the list goes on. Through misinformation we are more likely to settle and give up on regaining our Physical Freedom, when it doesn’t have to be this way. In today's episode, I will explain how your body works, why you get tight & stiff, and the route out of it.
3 Ways I Can Help You:
Physical Freedom ProgramOvercome chronic pain & injury. Reach your athletic potential
Mental Freedom CourseStop looping & suffering. Skillfully navigate your own mind.
Lifestyle Design University Avoid the biggest regret of humanity. Design the life true to yourself
Follow/Contact me on:
Documentary
Website
Email: guywhodidntsettle@gmail.com
Instagram