Aldo Kane: My Life as a Sniper, Managing Fear & Finding Adventure (E309)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2024
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Aldo Kane is a former Royal Marine sniper turned adventurer, author, and world-record-holding extreme explorer. With a career spent navigating some of the world’s toughest environments, Aldo’s life is a testament to resilience, adaptability, and the power of pushing boundaries.
In this episode, Aldo joins Jake and Damian to dive into the pivotal role fear played in shaping his career, from his time as a young recruit in the Royal Marines to life in high-stakes environments. He breaks down his "three decision gates" framework, a method he uses to make clear, fearless choices, and reveals lessons learned from critical moments in the military.
Aldo also opens up about the personal side of his journey, sharing how his well-being impacts his approach to parenting and his daily routines for staying in peak condition. He discusses the importance of designing a life that aligns with your values and how to know when it’s time to walk away from situations that no longer serve you.
This episode offers practical advice on overcoming fear, becoming a valuable team member, and taking control of your life's direction.
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| 0:00.0 | Just a really quick reminder, if you love high performance, you can get next week's episodes before anyone else on the high performance app. |
| 0:06.6 | Right now, Team G.B, cycling legend, Bradley Wiggins opens up like never before. |
| 0:14.2 | The Commando Spirit, courage, determination, unselfishness, cheerfulness in the face of adversity. For me, they all form part of what character is. |
| 0:23.6 | Indecision and my line of work or deliberation will get you or someone killed. |
| 0:30.6 | The biggest one that I felt the most scared was receiving motor fire and RPG fire. I was incredibly lucky not to be dead. |
| 0:42.3 | That was the voice of the former Royal Marines Commando Aldo Kane who joins us today on high |
| 0:46.8 | performance. I'm Jay Comfrey and quite simply I'm fascinated by stories from the world's |
| 0:51.4 | most high performing people. And I'm Damien Hughes. I work with people and teams to help them understand how to create |
| 0:57.5 | environments and get the best out of themselves and others. These include professional sports teams |
| 1:02.4 | like the England football team and with leading business people. So, Aldo Cain, you're about |
| 1:08.0 | to hear him talk about the 10 years he spent doing what is arguably one |
| 1:11.7 | of the most elite jobs in one of the most elite military units in the world. He was a sniper |
| 1:17.4 | in the Royal Marines Commandos. Since then, he's guided countless expeditions to the most |
| 1:22.1 | dangerous places in the world, taking film crews to active volcanoes, Narcos strongholds, and recently to the most remote parts of the ocean. |
| 1:31.1 | You're going to hear what it was like to be a sniper behind enemy lines during conflict. |
| 1:35.7 | Howaldo learned to manage his fear and channel it towards completing his mission, |
| 1:40.0 | and the lessons he learned which can transfer into civilian life and help all of us. |
| 1:45.3 | So here he is. Former sniper in the Royal Marines Commandos, Aldo Kane, on high performance. |
| 1:55.7 | Aldo, welcome to the show. |
| 1:57.6 | Thank you. Thanks for having me. |
| 1:59.0 | I'd like to start with a line from you, actually. |
| 2:01.0 | You once wrote, |
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