Ep 239 Lean Into A Challenge: Why Taking Action Makes You A Better Pilot
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
4.8 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
In this motivating solo episode, host Nik Fialka explores what it means to lean into the challenges that come with an aviation career. Challenges are constant and unavoidable, but how you face them determines what kind of pilot and person you become. Nik shares mindset strategies to help you step forward instead of retreat, build momentum, and gain the confidence needed to grow. This episode is your call to action: embrace the resistance, face your fears, and sharpen your edge.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
The role of discomfort in personal and professional growth
How taking action fuels confidence and performance
Why fear of a challenge steals your end game
How confronting fear makes you better
The importance of preparation
Why momentum matters
What makes challenges a tool for becoming a better pilot
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, pilot, welcome back to Ready for Pushback. I'm Nick Fielka. It's great to have you here on a little motivating Thursday for a solo show, so let's get going. |
| 0:14.3 | Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation. |
| 0:20.5 | They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums, |
| 0:25.6 | meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details. |
| 0:30.6 | This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job. |
| 0:38.3 | Let's get ready for pushback. |
| 0:40.3 | Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. |
| 0:44.3 | Today we are talking about challenges and how to lean forward into a challenge. |
| 0:52.3 | There are so many things that are challenging in our aviation |
| 0:58.0 | world. Every time we turn around, there's something new in front of us. And we can do a lot of |
| 1:06.8 | things to help mitigate the difficulty of a challenge. We can study. We can prepare as much |
| 1:13.7 | as possible. We can expand our team. We can use crew resource management. But really, when you |
| 1:22.2 | lean forward into a challenge, you have a chance to engage and not retreat because we do not retreat. |
| 1:31.0 | We use our opportunities to make sure that we can face those challenges. |
| 1:38.0 | It's a mindset of being a contender and not being a bystander. |
| 1:43.4 | No matter what it is, we need to step forward with strength |
| 1:46.7 | and preparation because that challenge in front of you is something that you need to overcome. |
| 1:53.7 | It's not a roadblock. It is not a roadblock. Every obstacle that you've got right there |
| 2:00.3 | in front of you is something that's |
| 2:01.3 | going to make you stronger. It's going to make you sharper. It's going to make you more resilient. |
| 2:05.5 | It is something in front of you that is going to help you become a better pilot and a better person |
| 2:13.4 | all around. It helps you find out who you really are when the pressure is on. Anybody can go out there |
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