Tom Nash - Redefining Problems, Post-Traumatic Growth, And Exploiting Adversity

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Talking points: adversity, disability, resiliency vs anti-fragility, growth, mindset Everything about this convo was enjoyable, but I think what I appreciate most is how pragmatic and straight-up grounded Tom's insights are. It makes for highly effective advice you can work on right away. Bonus: he's a great storyteller. This is a great episode to dig into if you're looking for inspiration towards a different approach to things, especially hardship. (00:00:00) - Intro, and the importance of living in a place you don’t always like(00:07:00) - Tom’s defining moment(00:09:43) - What Tom gained from intense physical hardship(00:15:52) - Reorienting yourself instead of the problem, and post-traumatic growth(00:20:05) - Is resiliency born or revealed by hardship, and have people treated you differently?(00:23:25) - How do you approach problem-solving itself, and how Tom became a DJ(00:34:10) - Tom’s definition of anti-fragile and resiliency(00:50:06) - Did therapy help? Quadruple amputee and DJ, Tom Nash exercises his unique knack for storytelling alongside his often dark and dry sense of humour, to lead audiences down a path of self-discovery, encouraging them to inspect their lives from a different angle. Tom’s grounded approach to working out what’s important and setting aside the noise of life, resonates with listeners. Tom explains how harnessing the power of adversity helped him to build a more pragmatic, productive and self-reflective mindset. Applying the lateral thinking methods imbued upon him to circumnavigate physical issues into his vocational endeavours carved out a new line of thinking. Connect with Tom -Website: https://www.tomnash.com/ -TED Talk: http://bit.ly/TomNashTEDMain -Book: Hook, Line & Sinner: https://www.tomnash.com/hls -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djhookie/ -Twitter: https://twitter.com/djhookie -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tomnash82 This episode is brought to you by Cured Nutrition! Cured offers everything from CBD to functional mushroom products to adaptogens designed to help the body thrive in all aspects of the daily human experience. Personal favorite? The Zen sleep bundle. Get 20% off your order here: https://www.curednutrition.com/mantalks/ Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Men, join me for an intense, depth-oriented training regimen called the Men's Self-Leadership Program. Customized curriculum, direct work with me, and limited to just 8 men: https://mantalks.com/mslp/ Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance and join me today. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, everybody, exciting announcement. Years ago, I interviewed a gentleman named Joseph Shih,
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0:35.3	which on that note is one of my favorite products. They have a sleep bundle
0:39.1	that I really, really love. They have nightcaps and zen, which are great, great, great for sleep.
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1:02.6	get 20% off all of their products. Again, it's curednutrition.com forward slash mantox. And please go
1:09.1	check them out. It goes a long way in supporting the show we have
1:12.5	been very very intentional i've been running this podcast for eight years and we've been very
1:16.6	intentional about who and when we bring on partners and so if you've been tuning into the show for a
1:22.8	brief amount of time or a long time please go check them out again cured c cured c-U-R-E-D-Nutrition.com for slash
1:29.4	man-tox.
1:34.5	All right, Mr. Tom Nash, how are you doing today?
1:37.9	I'm very well, thanks. Although I'm in Sydney right now and today was 34 degrees, so I'm
1:42.6	quite jealous of where I presume you are, which is Scotland, is that correct? I was in Scotland. I actually just got back. I'm in, I'm in upstate New York where I live. Oh, okay. That still sounds like it would be a bit cooler than what might be, I think, 90 in Fahrenheit. I'm not sure. Yeah. Yeah, I'm Canadian originally and so the Celsius doesn't bother me at all. But for our American folks listening out there. Yeah, I'm not sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm Canadian originally and so the Celsius doesn't bother
2:01.4	me at all. But for our American folks listening out there, yeah, I think it was nine degrees this
2:06.6	morning when I woke up and packed my son. He wanted to go for a walk. And last year, I bought him
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