Ep. 711: Lessons From Adventure for Life and Business - Barry Kruse
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
On this show, we often hear of the over-civilized nine-to-fiver that becomes so dissatisfied with the daily grind that they give up the world of suit and ties, commutes, and water cooler chats to become a full-time adventurer.
What about those of us that find real peace and tranquility in the workplace? What if a full-time job actually led to more adventures?
Today we’re talking to Barry Kruse, someone who had the chance to be that full-time adventurer, but left it for a whitecollar career, and couldn’t be happier. Listen now to hear how his decision has not only led to an amazing life, but one filled with adventures.
Find out more about Barry and listen to his podcast, Leading Steep, at LeadingSteep.com.
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| 0:00.0 | The boat drops into this, into this rapid, and it just immediately and violently flipped. |
| 0:05.1 | It just went upside down immediately. |
| 0:06.9 | The boat got sucked back into the rapid and upside down. |
| 0:10.0 | And I was underneath this upside down boat with, you know, the waterfall running over the top of the boat. |
| 0:16.0 | And so this buddy of mine starts yelling, where's Barry? |
| 0:18.4 | Where's Barry? |
| 0:19.0 | You know? |
| 0:35.6 | Yeah. buddy of mine starts yelling, where's Barry? Where's Barry? You know? Hey folks. Welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. I'm your host, Mason. You know, we hear the story a lot of folks who are unsatisfied with life. You know, they're in the daily grind, the 9 to 5, and, you know, they're dreaming about this adventure and they finally go and do it. And, you know, they either quit their job or spend their life savings or |
| 0:55.4 | sell their house or something um take their family like it's been told a million times uh and |
| 1:02.0 | it's all incredibly powerful and their life is ultimately changed that's how we get stories for |
| 1:07.0 | this show um but today's episode is actually quite a bit different. |
| 1:11.4 | Barry was a full-time adventure, was a guide, and decided to leave that to pursue a career |
| 1:18.8 | in business. |
| 1:20.3 | And a couple decades down the road, he's pretty happy with his decision after traveling |
| 1:25.0 | to about 50 countries. |
| 1:26.5 | It's probably safe to say that he has |
| 1:28.4 | gone to more places and done more incredible things than he probably could have ever, |
| 1:32.6 | even as a full-time guide, which is pretty crazy to think about. |
| 1:36.5 | But Barry has learned so much about the world of guiding, the world of adventures, because |
| 1:40.9 | he still does those things. |
| 1:42.2 | Don't get me wrong, he still does those, but he maintains a full-time career. And he has just seen the parallel between the two and |
| 1:48.8 | decided to write a book and start a podcast called Leading Steep. And basically what Leading Steep is |
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