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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Ben Fogle - Overcoming My Lifelong Battle With Self-doubt

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Business, Education, Society & Culture

4.517.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Ben Fogle, a TV presenter broadcaster and author who has reached the peak of Everest, trekked over Antarctica and rowed across the vast Atlantic ocean. A man that has faced adventure and put himself in the most high risk situations doesn’t usually pair with low confidence issues and fighting his own insecurity. Born in Westminster everyone perceives him with a life of privilege, comfort and a quintessential posh lifestyle. Failing at school and only just getting through his university studies, Ben had determination for travel and exploring. He has lived on an island self-sufficiently for year, presented and made numerous well-known documentaries, written 9 Times Best selling books and is the United Nations Patron of the Wilderness. There is more to this man than I believed. The conversation we had was so diverse and we covered so much, going through Ben’s journey and getting down the core of the man everyone sees smiling in front of the lens. A chance for him to express in his words who he really is and the voyage of taking back control of his own narrative. This podcast is going to open your eyes to reality and surprise you in ways you did not expect. The demand we have for materialistic things, to be happy all the time and push ourselves and take those leaps make us question what is happy and how can we be more fulfilled. Follow Ben: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/benfogle Twitter - https://twitter.com/benfogle  Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ben Fogle,

0:01.1

relentlessly pursues adventure, risk and challenge,

0:04.5

but this doesn't come from a place of strength and courage.

0:07.4

It comes from the opposite.

0:08.6

If you think you're going to fail, you're going to fail.

0:12.2

You just have to have this positive attitude and

0:14.3

and it was only actually working with Olympians that I've done now when I climbed Everest that I

0:18.7

realize you need this confidence verging on arrogance that I will get to the top of this mountain.

0:25.5

Three weeks before he was due to be born naturally and we lost our third child and it was an awful

0:31.0

awful experience that affected us profoundly. I became really introverted.

0:35.8

I'd go to events and I'd find myself going to the Lou and just sitting in the little cubicle

0:40.0

for the duration of the whole event.

0:46.0

Big mistake, we got death threats and worse. I shouldn't have shared this idea in a social media platform,

0:52.0

but I was amazed at the vile vitriolic abuse. Ben Fogle. He's a TV presenter, broadcaster and author. He's climbed Mount Everest, he's trekked across Antarctica, and he's rowed across the Atlantic Ocean.

1:18.0

Ben relentlessly pursues adventure, risk and challenge, but this doesn't come from a place of strength and

1:24.1

courage. It comes from the opposite. From a place that you would probably never

1:28.1

expect. This was such a diverse conversation and we covered so much and so many things. Ben has been on the most

1:35.2

incredible journey tearing up the script and ignoring the standard society sets for all of us on this

1:41.3

never-ending continuous journey of rebuilding himself as he says in

1:45.8

his own words and that journey has been inspired by one simple idea his desire to

1:52.0

take back control of his own personal narrative, something he believes

1:56.8

we've all lost control of. And this podcast is going to take you on a journey, from the need to a

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