World's #1 Extreme Athlete: The MINDSET Behind Overcoming FEAR! | Alex Honnold EP 546

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Alex Honnold recounts that though he has witnessed tragic climbing accidents and the sobering fragility of life while pushing extremes, staying open to loss and grief is essential, as going numb leads people to underestimate risks and make poor choices. He notes while the emotional stakes differ, the fear of failure in competitive arenas can subjectively feel as intense as mortal danger depending on one's psyche and neuroses. Honnold believes managing fear and persevering through discomfort are skills climbing specifically hones, yielding some of life's most potent lessons in overcoming self-doubt and developing courage. Though he recognizes the gravity involved in his sport, Honnold feels embracing fear, responsibility and vulnerability allows him to mine the thrill and beauty without losing his humanity.

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0:00.0	Hi my name is Louis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:12.2	Was there ever a time where there was like did anyone ever lose your life on a
0:15.3	climb that you were on ever or an expedition? No I don't think so nothing like
0:18.6	too too close. I mean I've seen a couple terrible accidents like cliffs where somebody yeah like you hear screaming you run around the corner and
0:27.0	They brought a leg or something or well a couple things like that now. I mean people dying though
0:31.0	Really? Like you were there. Yeah. Yeah. You were
0:35.2	I mean it wasn't in your group or was just another group or different group like
0:39.3	some random kids at this climbing. Yeah.
0:42.7	Oh man, what's that like?
0:43.7	Yeah, it could fell and some of the protection ripped out and
0:46.9	he landed on the ground and his head collapsed basically and he died.
0:49.7	What's that like when you're on a climb and you see and you experience that?
0:55.0	I mean, you know, yeah, it's terrible, but,
0:57.0	Wow.
0:58.0	But you're always sort of rationally aware of the risks involved.
1:01.0	I mean, and this might be one of the things that separates me
1:03.2	from from some of my friends or family let's say because I don't know if my wife
1:07.3	feels the same way but necessarily but you know I feel like I'm rationally aware of
1:11.2	all the risks involved and so seeing them firsthand is sobering for sure and very sad and like seeing his friends was very you know like they were none they were all very inexperienced and so like nobody had any idea how the accident happened or why he's dying.
1:23.3	It was all terrible.
1:24.6	It's terrible for the partners and you know so that's like hard to watch.
1:27.8	But you are sort of like this is what you've signed up to do.
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