Brat McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

Now in most people start a self-improvement journey to typically create a bucket list.

It's all the typically exciting and pleasurable things they hope to do before they die.

My guest today started his own self-improvement journey very differently by creating an anti-bucket

list consisting of things he didn't want to do and embarking on a year of adversity.

His name has been Aldridge and he's the author of How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable.

43 weird and wonderful ways to build a strong, resilient mindset.

Been and I began our conversation with how is struggle with debilitating panic attacks,

inspired into study philosophical and psychological ideas on how to fight

backing and stays anxiety, what he learned that can benefit anyone looking to be more resilient,

and how he was particularly inspired by the stoic idea of intentionally practicing adversity

to prepare yourself for adversity. We then talk about the project been set from self by embarking

on your mental, physical and school-based challenges designed to push him outside of his comfort zone,

how he decided what kinds of challenges to do, and how doing hard things changed them.

From there we get into the specific challenges been completed from taking cold showers from

learning Japanese and what they taught him about self-discipline, facing your fears and the

human potential for growth. And we enter a conversation with the way he's continued to push himself

after the year of challenges was through, even in the midst of a pandemic lockdown, including

climbing Mount Everest from Inside His House. After the show's over check out our show notes at

aam.is slash get uncomfortable.

All right, Ben Aldridge, welcome to the show. Hi, Brett, thank you so much for having me on.

It's a pleasure to be able to chat to you today. So you've polished a book how to be

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