#302 How To Achieve The Impossible with James Golding
Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
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🗓️ 11 October 2022
⏱️ 135 minutes
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CAUTION: Contains themes of an adult nature.
Today’s guest has survived cancer twice and been hit by a truck at 70mph. By all accounts, he shouldn’t be here. Yet James Golding has gone on to be a world record-breaking endurance cyclist – and raise £4 million and counting for charity. He now believes that anything is possible and we can each achieve anything we set our minds to. If you’re feeling lost or lacking in motivation, you need to hear what this man has to say.
During this powerful conversation, James talks us through the timeline of his life so far. From his initial cancer diagnosis to the emergency surgery which gave him a survival rate of just five percent. From recovery against the odds to a horrific road traffic accident. And through a second bout of cancer and treatment, followed by depression that was even harder for James to overcome. James’ account is moving and honest, with a thread of such positivity and resilience running through it. We explore where this comes from and why he turned to his incredible cycling challenges as a means to give back to those who cared for him.
James has a remarkable ability not to get disheartened by setbacks – and he’s experienced some pretty major ones. His attitude, he tells me, is that you should always move forward. Take one small step at a time, but keep an eye over your shoulder to remember where you’ve come from. It’s this fluidity that I think gives James such strength. Words that could seem trivial or clichéd from someone else sound anything but when he shares them. He really does embody the term inspirational. When we recorded this conversation, James was about to embark on the Race Across America or RAAM – the world’s toughest bike race covering 3,100 miles in nine days. And his plan was to win. Unfortunately, an untimely bout of Covid sadly derailed his hopes in this year’s race– but I feel confident he’ll somehow use this as a jumping off point to achieve even more. This is a remarkable life story that I hope will leave you feeling inspired to take positive action in your own life.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're not happy with something that's going on around you or the situation that's in, |
| 0:04.0 | you can't look to other people to create that change for you, you have to make that change. |
| 0:09.1 | And that might hurt, but how much is it going to hurt compared to turning around and looking |
| 0:14.0 | back at your life in 10 years time and saying, I should have changed it then, or I could have done this differently. |
| 0:19.5 | Hey guys, how you doing? Hope you're having a good week so far. My name is Dr. Rongan Chatterjee, |
| 0:24.9 | and this is my podcast, Feel Better Live More. |
| 0:32.6 | If you're feeling lost in life or lacking in motivation, I think today's conversation is going |
| 0:38.8 | to be right up your street. Today's guest has survived cancer twice, he survived being hit by a truck |
| 0:45.9 | at 70 miles per hour, and by all accounts he shouldn't really be here. Yet James Golding has gone |
| 0:52.5 | on to become a world record-breaking endurance cyclist and raised over four million pounds for charity. |
| 0:59.6 | And he now believes that anything is possible and that all of us can achieve anything we set our minds to. |
| 1:06.4 | Now during this powerful conversation, James talks us through the timeline of his life so far, |
| 1:12.4 | from his initial cancer diagnosis to the emergency surgery which gave him a survival rate of just |
| 1:18.3 | 5% and then from recovery against the odds to a horrific near-fatal road traffic accident, |
| 1:26.0 | a second-bousard cancer treatment, followed by depression, that was even harder for James to overcome. |
| 1:32.5 | But James' account is moving and honest, with a thread of positivity and resilience running through |
| 1:38.7 | it. We explore where this comes from and why he turns to his incredible cycling challenges, |
| 1:45.4 | as a means to give back to those who'd cared for him. |
| 1:48.9 | But James has a remarkable ability to not get disheartened by setbacks, and his experience |
| 1:55.2 | some pretty major ones. His attitude he tells me is that you should always move forward, |
| 2:01.3 | take one small step at a time, but keep an eye over your shoulder to remember where you've come from. |
| 2:07.8 | Words that might seem trivial or cliched from anybody else sound anything but when James shares |
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