Aron Ralston: Overcoming Obstacles

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

FranklinCovey

Business, Management

4.9 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Aron Ralston, known for his harrowing experience of being trapped by a boulder while hiking alone in Utah, shares his journey of perseverance and the life-changing decision he made to save himself. As he recounts the moments leading up to his escape, Aron's words paint a vivid picture of the physical and emotional challenges he faced, inspiring us to confront our own obstacles and find the strength within ourselves to overcome them. The Agility Advantage: 4 Steps to Respond to Change and Achieve Consistent Business Results: When your industry changes, your strategy needs to change too. The question is, how do leaders make the right adjustments without losing momentum or focus? The answer is agility.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's twice weekly podcast on leadership
0:15.0	with Scott Miller. I'm your host each week, six years and 350 episodes
0:19.7	where every Tuesday and Friday we interview some of the most fascinating, interesting, and
0:25.4	influential people in the world.
0:27.9	It could be experts in leadership or AI.
0:31.4	Sometimes it's around building culture or marketing. In many cases it's around behaviors
0:36.3	to become a more effective and influential independent contributor or even leader.
0:41.3	Regardless of where you are in your own leadership journey formally or
0:45.6	informally, we'd like to shine Franklin Covey's megawatt spotlight onto
0:50.5	build thought leaders from inside the organization, perhaps it's Ann Chow, Stephen
0:56.2	Emmr. Covey, Chris McChezney, Corey Kogan and others, or perhaps like today is someone outside the organization that we think can
1:04.7	inspire you to greatness in your life. Today we have Aaron Ralston. Now he may not be
1:10.5	a household name but as soon as you hear his story you will know exactly who he is.
1:17.3	He's authored a book.
1:18.3	He's had a major motion picture based on his life.
1:21.5	He is a keynote speaker around the world. In just
1:25.1	a moment I'm going to introduce his story to you. However, for some suspense
1:29.0	we'll keep you hanging. Aaron Rolston, welcome to on leadership.
1:33.0	It's great to be with you, Scott. Thanks so much.
1:35.0	Aaron, great to have you here.
1:36.0	We take this podcast from Salt Lake City.
1:39.0	You have a very memorable experience from your time in Utah. You are originally trained and educated as a mechanical
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