Make Failure IMPOSSIBLE By Becoming QUITPROOF with Extreme Endurance Athlete Tom Jones
The Mark Divine Show
Mark Divine
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🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
Becoming Quitproof is about pushing beyond perceived limits and transforming adversity into opportunity. Tom Jones's life of overcoming a rough childhood to becoming an extreme athlete and personal development coach—showcases the power of mental resilience and purposeful living.
Tom Jones is an extreme athlete, Marine veteran, and personal development coach known for incredible feats like running from California to New York at marathon pace for 121 days and paddleboarding 1,250 miles from Oregon to Mexico. A seven-time Muay Thai Champion, he authored "Becoming Quit Proof" after overcoming a traumatic childhood. Jones embraces a holistic approach to life and uses extreme challenges to raise awareness for various causes, inspiring others to push their limits.
Key Takeaways
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Mental Toughness and Resilience: Develop a "quit-proof" mindset to overcome challenges and persevere through difficult situations. Cultivate resilience by maintaining a strong sense of purpose and viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth.
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Holistic Personal Development: Embrace a comprehensive approach to personal growth by focusing on the "Five Mountains" of life - physical, mental, emotional, intuitive, and spiritual aspects of yourself. Recognize that true effectiveness and leadership stem from developing all these areas in harmony.
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Mindfulness and Self-Awareness: Incorporate mindfulness techniques such as box breathing and meditation into your daily routine. These practices enhance self-awareness, improve decision-making, manage stress, and provide mental clarity in high-pressure situations.
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Spiritual and Philosophical Growth: Explore deeper spiritual and philosophical concepts to broaden your perspective on life, consciousness, and reality. Understanding ideas like karma, dharma, and the nature of self can provide valuable insights for personal and professional development.
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| 0:00.0 | God has a plan. We're not supposed to understand the plan. I certainly didn't understand the plan when I was being molested as a child. |
| 0:07.2 | And at the end of the day nobody's coming to save you but you. So be your own lifeguard, be your own therapist. |
| 0:13.0 | Yeah, that adversity is the marrow of life. |
| 0:15.0 | It is. |
| 0:16.0 | That's where the good stuff is. |
| 0:18.0 | You can overcome those challenges and evolve. |
| 0:20.0 | People don't appreciate how deleterurious negative self-talk is. |
| 0:25.2 | Where the mind leads, the body will follow us. |
| 0:26.9 | As soon as you start talking to yourself, I can't do this, I'm not sure, why did I do this, |
| 0:31.1 | this sucks, and you're weakening your body. |
| 0:33.0 | What I tell people is who's listening to you. You are. |
| 0:36.0 | You are. |
| 0:37.0 | Man I am super stoked to have Tom Jones here on the Mark Devine show. |
| 0:42.0 | Really excited for this conversation, Tom, thanks so much for being here, brother. |
| 0:46.0 | My pleasure, you know, Mark, last time we were together, I remember one of the last things that I said to you was that during our conversation I really felt at the end of the conversation I'm like wow this guy is a real asset to humanity. |
| 1:01.6 | Do you remember that comment? I think I do. Yeah. I don't think I |
| 1:05.0 | took you seriously though. Well I can tell you that after going through |
| 1:10.2 | pretty much all of your programs that I know of that are available, wow, was that an accurate statement? |
| 1:16.7 | You know, you're one of the few people that I actually look up to, honestly, you know, |
| 1:21.9 | normally you have to run. |
| 1:23.0 | Well, there's Chuck Norris, there's Led Hamilton, yeah, and there's me. |
| 1:26.1 | So there's three. |
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