E125 - Ash Dykes: How to survive and thrive - lessons from near-death.

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Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Extreme athlete and adventurer Ash Dykes is a three-time world-first record holder and motivational speaker. Ash was the first person to hike the entire length of the longest river in the world - the Yangtze River, which took a year to complete, the first to walk the entire length of Madagascar and the first to hike across Mongolia.

Ash has an unbelievably infectious passion for adventure and an incredible ability to inspire. A self-taught explorer, this podcast celebrates his 'can-do' attitude and brings out the key lessons he's learnt from surviving in some of the most extreme locations on earth and multiple near-death experiences.

This episode truly celebrates resilience, the power of the human mind and what we are all capable of.

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0:00.0	Hi there, I'm Jay Comfrey and you're listening to High Performance, I gift to you for free
0:07.3	every single week. This podcast reminds you that it's within your ambition, your purpose,
0:12.8	your story, it's already within. We just help you unlock it by turning the lived experiences
0:18.2	of the planet's highest performers into your life lessons. So right now, allow myself
0:23.0	and Professor Damien Hughes an expert in organizational psychology to speak to the greatest leaders,
0:28.9	thinkers, sports stars and entrepreneurs on the planet so they can be your teacher. Remember
0:33.4	this podcast isn't about high achievement or high success. It's about high happiness,
0:37.9	high self-worth and taking you closer to a life of fulfilment, empathy and understanding.
0:44.2	And today, the stories and the lessons are amazing. This awaits you.
0:51.7	I found myself very much on the negative side and almost accepting that I might, I might die.
0:57.1	And I think to flip that, again, I focused on what I could do. I focused on those four days.
1:02.9	I believe I can stay alive. I believe I can walk to that next community, which was guaranteed.
1:07.0	It's confirmed non-ewater source, but a community of people. And I still had four remaining days left.
1:13.3	And I'm a big believer of the law of attraction, visualisation, but I couldn't visualise four days.
1:18.2	I was in agony, but I could visualise 100 metres. And again, that's when they're breaking the
1:23.0	goals that I could see 100 metres. So there was no reason why I couldn't get up from my
1:27.4	trailer, strap my four-point harness on, walk for 100, maybe 200 metres if I was working,
1:32.7	and then rest under the trailer again. The journey is far more important than the destination,
1:37.9	because when I look back to these previous expeditions, it's never crossing the finish line that
1:42.6	has been the highlight. You know, there's been a million highlights in between the start and the
1:47.2	finish that stand out much more than crossing that finish line. If I'm thinking of worst-case
1:52.4	scenario and worst-case was unfortunately bound to happen, it won't approach me by surprise,
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