S11: Self belief and taking risks, with modern day ‘Journey Man’ Ben Fogle

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Self belief, taking risks and a lust for finding the path less travelled defines this week’s Conversation of Inspiration with Ben Fogle. With a successful TV career, a passion for the environment and more than 20 years of monumental global challenges, Ben’s life has been one of highs and lows, but the golden thread throughout has been his continued strive towards pushing outside of his comfort zone.

Ben speaks of how all his experiences have shaped him as a person, and how his aspirations to take on some of man's greatest feats and his unwavering passion for the wilderness, led him to living a life of colour and adventure.

It’s a conversation that embodies Ben’s desire to live a rich and full life and one that explores the relationship between resilience, self-belief and achievement.

Trigger warning: discussion around the tragedy of stillbirth from 39min27sec to 42min17sec.

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0:00.0	I wasn't quite sure what to expect with the amazing TV presenter, environmentalist
0:06.2	and modern-day adventure, Ben Fogel.
0:09.5	He has so many strings to his bow, but it was a really interesting conversation.
0:15.0	I mean, we managed to get into subjects that I was only talking to Frank about first thing
0:20.0	this morning about the polarising world that we're living in, how we're not really set
0:27.8	up for adventure.
0:29.8	Do we take enough risk in our lives?
0:32.0	So many things.
0:33.0	I came away, definitely wanting to climb Everest.
0:37.0	It definitely left me feeling that anything is possible.
0:41.6	And we slightly got tongue-tied, and then we started saying, well, you know, imagine
0:45.4	if I wanted to go to the moon, Holly, and actually it could be possible.
0:49.1	Maybe one of your listeners wants to give me £50m and I'll go to the moon.
0:53.2	So if anyone has got a spare £50m quid lying around, know that Ben wants to go on a bit
0:59.2	of another dimension adventure.
1:02.3	Anyway, so much to be taken out of this podcast, some really beautiful moments, and certainly
1:09.3	the place that Ben has in my heart is now burning strong.
1:13.5	What a gentleman.
1:14.5	What a journey, man.
1:15.5	By your head and let your eyelids close on down where we're going, you won't be to bring
1:22.1	your frown.
1:23.1	I'm Holly Tucker, and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration.
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