549 - PROOF You Can Conquer Your Biggest Fears: The World's Greatest Daredevil, Nik Wallenda Shares The Secrets He Uses to Successfully Defy Death Again and Again

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James Altucher

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4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Nik Wallenda is a daredevil. He’s broken 11 Guinness World Records and should be dead from all of them. But he’s not. His skill is unexplainable. It’s part acrobat. Part circus. Part mastermind… You might’ve seen him on a highwire. BLINDFOLDED. While crossing the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, between buildings in Time Square or Chicago and more. I wanted to know how Nik defeated fear... was it his childhood training? Was it his focus or ability to control his heart rate? And how does he get himself to keep doing the thing that could plunge him to death while the rest of us are scared to quit our 9-5s? Nik’s talent is unbelievable. But the method behind it is accessible. And something we can all look at as a form of possibility. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:09.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.7	You're basically the best in the world at what you do.
0:17.9	So what does it take to keep learning at that from beginning to end?
0:22.0	Is it repetition?
0:23.0	Is it to do a spur of whatever things?
0:24.0	I think you have to have the desire to keep learning.
0:25.6	I think so many people become complacent.
0:27.6	I think everybody has dreams and ambitions of climbing the highest mountain or running
0:31.8	a marathon.
0:32.8	And again, it's about just taking that step.
0:35.7	So many people think about it and then they talk themselves out of it.
0:38.8	And that's the problem I think we are all meant to be great.
0:42.3	But we talk ourselves out of being great.
0:44.6	So I encourage people to then take first step, just do it.
0:48.1	You know, so many people again talk themselves out of being great because they allow those
0:52.7	voices in their head.
0:53.7	They accept them.
0:54.7	Again, it's about taking those steps.
0:57.0	And that's what holds people back is.
0:59.0	I'm comfortable here.
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