EFR 899: Motivation Fades, Devotion Stays - How to NEVER Give Up in Life with Alvaro Nuñez
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Chase Chewning
5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
This episode is brought to you by Fatty15, Joi and Blokes, and LMNT.
Whether you're chasing your own purpose, trying to break through excuses, or learning how to balance ambition with presence, this conversation is a masterclass in intentional living. Chase sits down with entrepreneur, best-selling author, helicopter pilot, and ultra-endurance athlete Álvaro Núñez. From hallucinating in the Sahara Desert to completing seven marathons on seven continents in a single week, Álvaro's journey shows how to transform obstacles into superpowers. He shares how to find (or let life reveal) your "why," why silence can build resilience more than constant grinding, and how curiosity keeps him striving for new challenges in life, business, and adventure.
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00:00 – Introduction: Meet Álvaro Núñez, his mission, and the focus of today's conversation.
01:30 – The Sahara Desert & The Weight of Depression: Álvaro's story of endurance, purpose, and carrying others' burdens.
08:00 – When Your Why Finds You: Training for the world's toughest bike race while his father battles cancer.
15:30 – The Power of Silence: Why stillness, solitude, and retreats matter more than constant hustle.
25:00 – Pressure as Privilege: Embracing pain, setbacks, and fear as growth opportunities.
32:00 – Curiosity as a Compass: How Álvaro keeps seeking growth in life, sports, and family.
45:00 – Resilience Through Pain: Running seven marathons on seven continents with broken ribs.
55:00 – Storytelling Over Performance: Using experiences to inspire and empower through social media.
1:06:00 – Ever Forward Philosophy: Álvaro's definition of living with intentionality and relentless action.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is an Operation Podcast production. |
| 0:03.4 | I think that people have got into this mentality that the more you do, the more you're going |
| 0:09.7 | to grow, sometimes it's about not doing something. |
| 0:12.2 | I mean about actually choosing to stay in silent, to work on yourself, to have your |
| 0:18.6 | conversations, because it's a very fast-based environment, |
| 0:21.7 | the one that we are living today. And we believe that life rewards the ones that move faster. |
| 0:28.7 | And it is not always that case. 30 second rule. Every time I'm done with something, I record |
| 0:32.6 | I was going nuts. What I have I really learned out of these 150 books. And I was taking notes. I was putting ideas down and I was doing, I'm just putting so much in my brain versus really already tapping into what I have. I started to just face these conversations that led into this dark, dark spots that I was like, oh my gosh, what am I even thinking? This is insane. And what I found in there is that you can take |
| 0:54.4 | everything away from me and I'll still be fine. And you know why? Because when you start asking |
| 0:57.7 | yourself the real raw questions, you start really getting to know you. And what I found out is that |
| 1:03.6 | all I ever needed is all I've always had. Hey guys, Alvarez here, entrepreneur, best selling out thor, helicopter |
| 1:10.2 | pilot and ultraurance athlete. |
| 1:12.3 | And today we're going to talk about how to level up your mind and to really turn your obstacles into superpower. |
| 1:18.3 | Welcome to Ever Forward Radio. |
| 1:26.4 | In one of your races and one of your videos, you talk about how you were hallucinating in the desert. |
| 1:32.4 | And that's the moment when you realized most people quit way too soon. |
| 1:37.1 | So what's the hardest thing you've ever done? |
| 1:39.4 | And why didn't you quit? |
| 1:42.4 | Yeah, that's a question that I get asked a lot. But it's one of those things |
| 1:46.0 | that I believe that every challenge that I do, it's harder than the previous one. So when I did |
| 1:52.4 | the hardest challenge initially, it was the toughest food race in the world. It's called Marathon |
| 1:57.8 | the Sables. It's six marathons in six days across the Sahara Desert, where you got to carry all |
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