564: Science and Sci-Fi Bring Adventure to His Life

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Robert Williscroft built a telescope and looked to the stars as a teenager, dreaming of becoming an astronaut. When that couldn’t happen, he swapped his telescope for a submariner’s periscope, and began the life of an adventurer. He spent 22 months underwater, a year in the equatorial Pacific, 3 years in the Arctic, and a year at the Geographic South Pole. He is a retired submariner, diver, scientist, businessman, author and adventurer. He is also a prolific hard science fiction writer.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.4	Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.
0:14.4	Number 564.
0:17.2	I'm your host, Don Hutchison.
0:19.2	Every Monday and Wednesday, I interview someone around the world who's discovered their
0:24.1	talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:30.1	On Fridays, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business development
0:35.1	who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners
0:39.0	along their journeys.
0:41.4	Robert built a telescope and looked to the stars as a teenager, dreaming of becoming an astronaut.
0:47.1	When that couldn't happen, he swapped his telescope for a submariner's periscope and began
0:51.8	the life of an adventurer.
0:53.9	I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Dr. Robert Williscroft.
0:58.6	Welcome, Robert.
0:59.8	Well, thank you very much. I'm glad to be here.
1:02.6	Robert, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
1:06.1	Oh, always, since the beginning.
1:08.2	All righty.
1:08.8	Dr. Robert Williscroft is retired submariner, diver, scientist, businessman, author, and adventurer.
1:17.2	He spent 22 months underwater, a year in the equatorial Pacific, three years in the Arctic,
1:23.5	and a year at the geographic South Pole conducting atmospheric research.
1:27.4	He's appeared on dozens of radio talk shows and nationally on the Michael Medved and a year at the Geographic South Pole conducting atmospheric research.
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