Colin O’Brady on How a 12-Hour Walk Can Transform Your Life EP 171
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
John R. Miles
4.7 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
- How being severely burned on a trip to Thailand helped define who Colin O'Brady is today.
- What went through his mind when the doctors told him he would never walk again?
- The importance of his mother on his journey to recovery.
- His path to becoming a multiple-time world-breaking explorer.
- The steps to finding Your Everest.
- How he came up with the idea for the 12-hour walk and its core tenants.
- How a 12-Hour Walk can transform your life and help you conquer your mind.
- What is a "possible mindset," and how can it alter your life?
- Why is your whole life composed of the will within you?
- How do you develop the belief that anything is possible?
- The importance of the combination of grit and intentionality in pursuing your Everest.
- How our lives are really made through strategy by design.
- Surround yourself with the right environment to influence and support your dreams.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up next on the Passion Struck Podcast. |
| 0:02.8 | We are powerful beyond measure inside of ourselves, |
| 0:06.4 | but that power can either be harnessed for good, for strength, for positivity, for impact, |
| 0:11.2 | or we can be so powerful in a negative direction. |
| 0:15.0 | We can bring ourselves down, we can weigh ourselves down, we can steal our own ability to |
| 0:19.6 | accomplish our goals to some of our own efforts. The 12-hour walk allows us to assess both things, |
| 0:24.8 | both the good and the bad, and gives you a choice to choose that positivity, to choose |
| 0:29.6 | that strength, conquer your mind, and unlock your best life. |
| 0:32.2 | Welcome to Passion Struck. Hi, I'm your host, John Armiles, and on the show, |
| 0:36.4 | we decipher the secrets, tips, and guidance of the world's most inspiring people, |
| 0:41.6 | and turn their wisdom into practical advice for you and those around you. |
| 0:46.4 | Our mission is to help you unlock the power of intentionality so that you can become |
| 0:52.2 | the best version of yourself. If you're new to the show, I offer advice and answer |
| 0:57.1 | listener questions on Fridays. We have long-form interviews the rest of the week with guest |
| 1:02.4 | ranging from astronauts to authors, CEOs, creators, innovators, scientists, military leaders, |
| 1:09.6 | visionaries, and athletes. Now, let's go out there and become Passion Struck. |
| 1:14.8 | Hello, everyone, and welcome back to episode 171 of Passion Struck. |
| 1:20.4 | Recently ranked by Apple is one of the top 15 health and fitness podcasts, and thank you to |
| 1:26.4 | each and every one of you who comes back weekly to listen and learn, had a live better, |
| 1:31.1 | be better, and impact the world. In case you missed my episode from earlier in the week, |
| 1:35.6 | I interviewed DJ Eagle Bear Vanis, who is an internationally acclaimed speaker for |
| 1:40.2 | Fortune 500 companies, hundreds of tribal nations, and over 7,000 audiences worldwide. |
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