Episode 384: The Mind-Body Approach to Conquering FEAR with Mark Visser

The Mind Your Business Podcast

James Wedmore

Entrepreneur, Business, Businessmindset, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurialmindset, Management

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

If there’s anyone who’s qualified to speak about managing and handling fear, it’s definitely going to be today’s guest! Mark Visser is an Australian big wave surfer, author and keynote speaker who just happens to ride 60-foot waves. However, what Mark has to share today isn’t just going to apply to someone who is interested in extreme sports, but it will be of interest to anyone who’s looking to conquer fear in life and business!

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In this episode you’ll hear:

What “flipped his world” when Mark was just a child – and led to his life mission
A snapshot of his amazing achievements in the surfing world and how he’s been able to conquer fear in the process
The way that stress when surfing relates to the stress we face in business
What accepting himself and realize he is worthy did for Mark’s life
The lesson he learned about control
What is the first step to take when feeling fear in any area of your life
And more!

For full show notes and links, visit: http://mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/384

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Mind Your Business Podcast. Today my special guest is going to talk to you
0:07.4	about how to conquer any fear in your life. So stay tuned.
0:15.0	Hi I'm James Wedmore and with 13 years online I've built my business to over $9 million in sales per year.
0:26.5	And this is the first non-business business podcast that shows you how to apply the principles of spirituality, energy, and mindset
0:35.4	to create true and lasting success all from the inside out. This is the Mind Your Business Podcast.
0:44.0	What's up, ladies and gentlemen, James Wedmore here.
0:50.0	Thank you so much for tuning into this episode of the Mind Your Business Podcast.
0:52.0	I have a very different, unique
0:54.4	type of guest that I'm bringing to you on the show. He is a professional big wave surfer and we are going to talk about fear and if there's anyone qualified
1:09.7	to speak about managing and handling fear. It's probably going to be somebody who rides
1:18.2	60 foot tall waves like it ain't no thing.
1:23.0	So I want to tell a little bit of the backstory here
1:25.0	and how Mark and I got connected and whatnot.
1:27.0	Starting with a couple years ago,
1:29.0	when I went to Fiji for a surf trip for the first time,
1:31.0	I actually talked about this on the podcast, can't tell you what episode, but I almost drowned while I was out there.
1:38.0	Pretty scary moment, you know, because the waves are different, the break is different, it's a reef break and I'm used to a sand or shore type break back home.
1:47.0	So you can get held under for a lot longer as you're just kind of dragged along the reef.
1:52.0	And that happens to me and I panicked and of course as soon as I panicked all my oxygen went out you know it was instant
2:00.4	when I finally came up it was like I don't know you know who knows right but I was like to me in my experience
2:06.1	I would have felt like that was the last second of breath that I had left in me
2:11.2	so you know that kind of gave me a little, you know, PTSD in a sense because I started to notice I was a little bit nervous, you know, doing the same kind of dumb stuff I do. I did, I did go back the next year and of course it's like
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