Apollo 13's Captain Jim Lovell on Staying Mentally Strong (ep. 366)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Captain Jim Lovell has travelled further into space than any other person and is one of only three to travel to the moon twice. Possibly even more profound, he has witnessed more than 260 sunrises from space.

Infamously the mission meant to be his third trip to the moon, Apollo 13, was cut short when a tank exploded.

When I first spoke to Jim in July of 2018, I was in awe – he has been a hero of mine since I was a boy. Today, I revisit parts of that historic conversation because it has never been more relevant.

As we're each faced with our own unique challenges today, let Jim’s guidance on staying mentally strong in the face of unforeseen adversity inspire you.

SHOW NOTES:

When the odds are that long, how do you respond? “We thought about what we had to overcome, specifically:

We had to figure out how to get back on course to get home.
We had to decide what we had to turn off to save critical energy.
We had to realize that each time we, we were slowly poisoning ourselves with carbon dioxide.
We had to learn how to connect our current system to the old one because they weren’t built to connect.

Did you enjoy Jim Lovell's adventurous spirit? Listen to our entire conversation including what inspired his dream of going to space, meeting his wife and so much more on Live Inspired Podcast ep. 90.

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0:00.0	Before we get started, a word from our friends at Keeley Companies.
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0:31.2	She'll be the first to tell you that joining a male-dominated industry as a young woman
0:36.6	was at first intimidating. Yet as she
0:38.9	cultivated her career, she became a confident, trusted, and respected team member. When asked
0:44.6	what advice she might give other young women starting out in this industry, she said,
0:48.7	the three things you need to focus on are communication, confidence, and building relationships.
0:53.7	Be able to communicate and encourage
0:55.2	people to communicate even when you're not there. The whole goal is to build relationships and not
1:00.5	to be afraid to speak your mind. Well, thank you, Courtney, for the awesome reminder.
1:06.3	And thank you, Keely Companies, for bringing forward an awesome leader.
1:11.5	Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary.
1:15.9	John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire.
1:20.3	He's a world-class inspirational speaker and he's the host of the Live Inspired podcast.
1:25.4	John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can
1:30.0	wake up from accidental living and more fully live your life story. Here's your host, John O'Leary.
1:37.8	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the live inspired podcast with John O'Leary.
1:49.8	On occasion, we bring to you a guest on the Live Inspired Podcasts who are inspiring.
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