Colin O'brady has summited all of the world tallest mountains, and he holds the world record for doing it in the fastest time. He also recently became the first person to cross Antartica solo and unassisted. He delves deep into the mindset practices that he uses to accomplish his goals and live at his peak.
Colin Obrady Show Notes
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4:23 Introduction of Colin O’brady
7:00 From tragedy to mindset
8:42 Winning his first triathlon
11:15 Mindset shift, segmenting, and accomplishing your goals
14:00 Climbing the highest mountain in the world after 100 days, broken down to its component parts
14:36 Have that big aspirational goal, and what is the first step? break it down to its component parts
16:20 Grit and Strategy - thinking through the process and logistics
17:00 Big vision to execution, talking to the people you know to support, and fail forward
18:20 Iterative learning over analysis paralysis
23:00 Doing something that is bigger than yourself as a great motivator
23:40 Having a lot riding on you to call you forward
26:30 Doing your big goal in half the time // Climbing Everest
29:00 Pushing through the fear
29:35 Hitting your big goal, then going Harder - summiting Danali in a week after just completing Everest
30:50 3 days to climb Denali after just getting down from Everest, after 4 flights
34:20 “He who says he can, and he who says he can’t are both usually right”
35:40 Breaking down into 15 minute chunks
37:40 Acknowledging all the experiences that get you there
39:00 Meditation as a daily practice
44:07 Goenka and donation based vipassana
46:00 Muscles grow when you let them rest
51:00 Working together with your romantic partner
51:40 Delineating work and play at home - learning how to compartmentalize and balance for efficiency and effect
54:23 The gift of presence
55:04 ‘There is no coincidence there are no single presidents’
56:00 Night mode and blocking blue light - mitochondrial health
57:00 Not having your phone in your bedroom
58:30 Way of the Peaceful Warrior
59:00 Honing our power and our mind
59:40 Phil Knight’s Shoe Dog
1:00:0 The gift of the outdoors as a great teacher
1:03:0 The power of role models
1:04:0 Healthy Lifestyle
1:08:0 We are a product of what we put into our bodies