Exploring Human Potential | Explorer, Colin O'Brady

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with Colin O'Brady, an explorer and elite endurance athlete, who has set multiple records and pushed the boundaries of what we understand to be possible.

He was a previous guest on Finding Mastery – episode 36 – and I’m excited to have him back on to talk about his latest feat, the world's first solo, unsupported and completely human powered crossing of Antarctica.

Previous to this, he set speed records for the Explorers Grand Slam and the Seven Summits.

The Explorers Grand Slam involves climbing the tallest mountain on each continent and skiing the last degree of latitude to the North and South Poles – and Colin completed it in a mere 139 days.

Colin also recently published a book called, The Impossible First, a bestselling adventure memoir.

We cover so much in this conversation including what continues to drive him, his thoughts on human potential, and why he believes many people are settling, when they’re capable of so much more.

I’m confident you’ll leave this conversation inspired.

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0:15.0	If all of this goes away, all of the, you know, anyone wanting to interview me or the ability to write a book or the ability to set world records or the ability to do the things I guess I am sort of more or less identified as or with in the world right now, I have actually found some my truest, happiest, peaceful, loving moments with nothing. With nothing
0:20.9	alone in Antarctica, with nothing sitting in silence on a meditation pillow and to know that
0:27.1	makes me feel happy about the future knowing like if all this goes away like I'm also really really good.
0:34.0	All right,
0:35.0	All right,
0:36.0	welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast, Michael Jervay, and by Trade and Training,
0:50.2	a Sport Performance Psychologist, as well as the co-founder of compete to create and the whole
0:55.1	idea behind the Finding Mastery Podcast is to learn from people who are on the path of mastery.
1:01.8	And what we want to do is to better understand what is it that they're searching for, how do they organize their inner life, their mental skills, so that they can explore the nuances of both who they are as a person, mastery of self,
1:16.0	and then also mastery of craft.
1:18.0	Like how do they really understand how to be able to excel and express whatever that craft is across any condition.
1:26.0	And it's really what we're coming to understand as mastery,
1:30.0	both mastery of craft and self.
1:32.0	And if you're inspired to train your mind
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