EP 693: Perception: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities

Trail Runner Nation

Ultramarathon, Fitness, Running, Community, Health & Fitness, Trail, Endurance, Trails, Sports

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In this first episode of a 3-part series, we dive into Ryan Holiday's powerful book, The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage. Holiday, an expert on Stoicism, outlines three essential steps to overcoming challenges—Perception, Action, and Will. In this episode, we focus on Perception, the foundation of how we approach obstacles.

We are joined in this series by frequent Nation guest, Coach Adam Kimble. Through engaging personal stories and examples from sports, business, and trail running, we discuss how changing our perception can reshape our reactions to life's challenges. We explore the importance of staying calm, reframing difficult situations, and focusing on the present moment. The conversation touches on the need to separate emotions from decision-making and the value of visualization to navigate obstacles with grace.

Whether you're facing challenges in running, work, or life, this episode offers practical insights into how perception can transform obstacles into opportunities for growth and improvement.

Tune in as we begin our journey through the timeless wisdom of Stoicism and discover how to shift your mindset to overcome adversity.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	If you're worried about something, does it provide you with more options?
0:05.9	It doesn't.
0:07.3	Staying calm, collected, and looking at the situation, that's when you have multiple
0:14.7	options open in front of you.
0:16.2	So worry doesn't help.
0:17.5	It only helps if you're in a worry contest, and then you would rule.
0:23.2	I'm number one.
0:24.4	I'm number one.
0:26.4	That's a great one.
0:27.4	What is the only time that worry is helpful?
0:28.8	Well, you're in a worry contest.
0:42.3	Welcome to the Trailhead of TrailRunner Nation.
0:45.4	We go on virtual trail runs with you, our audience members, and we love good conversations
0:51.5	that like any good trail run, that's what really excites us is good conversations on how
0:57.1	we can become better runners, maybe how we can become better human beings.
1:01.9	We invite guests on that will help us do that.
1:05.4	And today we're talking with Adam Kimmo about the book The Opsicle Is the Way, the
1:09.8	Ancient Art of Turning Adversity into Your Advantage.
1:15.7	I hope you're following John G's TrailRunner's Handbook.
1:19.5	Wait, remind me of what that is, got it?
1:22.0	John G's working with Ricky Gates and a team to explore iconic classic trails across
1:27.9	America.
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