David Mauro | How Hitting Rock Bottom Can Lead You to the Highest Place on Earth

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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When David was in his forties, his life hit rock bottom. Looking up from the bottom of the barrel, he decided to embark on a 7 year journey to climb the 7 summits. We talk about the most frightening moment of his life in the shadow of Mt. Everest, why climbers who are only doing it to reach the summit will most likely never get there, the birthday gift from his sister that ultimately began his journey to the top, as well as why being at the lowest point of your life makes you bulletproof... for a while.

Visit David Mauro's website | https://DavidJMauro.com

David Mauro is the author of The Altitude Journals: A Seven-Year Journey from the Lowest Point in My Life to the Highest Point on Earth

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0:00.0	Fear of failure holds us back in so many things in life.
0:05.0	If we're honest, it really, really does.
0:08.0	I mean, think about if I could guarantee you,
0:10.8	the next three things you try, you'll absolutely succeed in,
0:14.0	I'm gonna bet you to choose some bold things.
0:17.0	But the interesting thing about when you're at that low, low point
0:22.0	and many of us have been there, some of us will be there, is that it's
0:28.0	so easy to see everything that's being taken away from you, but it's not easy to see that one really, really, really valuable gift has been
0:35.4	given to you and it has a short shelf life.
0:38.5	And the gift is this.
0:40.1	That is the one time when I guarantee you,
0:42.6	you will not fear failure.
0:45.7	You just don't care.
0:46.8	You're already at the bottom of the barrel.
0:49.2	What's failure gonna do?
0:50.2	Make you feel bad?
0:51.6	I mean, you already feel miserable. So the point of it is that for a short
0:56.5	while you are bulletproof. I'm Srenny Rao and this is the unmistakable Creative Podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements, built thriving businesses, written best-selling books, and created
1:14.7	insanely interesting art.
1:16.2	For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakable creative.com. com.
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