Michael Smoak

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3,824 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 4d ago

Michael Smoak’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The HigherUp Podcast · 17 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner | The HigherUp Podcast Ep. 87 · 18 Aug 2026 podcast

So you have to find a way to do it now. matched

You'll miss the experience. matched

Or you'll try. matched

Jack alludes to a conversation you had with a guy in a hostel that he met that was doing what Jack was doing. matched

which was he fucked off, left corporate, quit his job and traveled for multiple months, like I've been doing. matched

And he said matched

I'm doing this at thirty four and I can't help it's incredible, but I can't help but think it would have been a lot more fun ten years ago. matched

So the argument is sure, you can take on the same experience. matched

It will not be the same though. matched

You can try to do the same thing, but if you're thirty four and not twenty four, it's going to be a different experience. matched

And so risk is not really real, in my opinion. matched

You can call me privileged if you want, but unless your immediate physical safety ability to eat or find shelter is threatened, risk is sub is totally fabricated in our minds. matched

It's not real. matched

And taking more risk has made me feel more alive than I ever have in my entire life. matched

You know? matched

If I didn't take a risk, I wouldn't have snowboarded the dunes of Dubai. matched

Or ridden a camel in the Middle East. matched

I wouldn't have run the London marathon. matched

I wouldn't have matched

Backpacked through Norway in the Arctic Circle. matched

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