Colin O'Brady: The Mindset That Lets You Conquer the Impossible | Mental Health | YAPClassic
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Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast
1h 17m
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8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Yeah, fam, I have really exciting news.
What unconventional experiences shaped Colin O'Brady's mindset?
After almost eight years of running this podcast, I finally was nominated for an iHeart Podcast Award, which is like the Grammys of podcasting. I'm heading up against the Diary of the CEO, Acquired, Earn Your Leisure, and all these amazing shows for the best business and finance podcast. If you love Young and Profiting and you love this show and you want me to win, the best way to help me is to write me a five-star review on Apple Podcasts and also to subscribe to my YouTube channel and engage on our videos. I also was nominated for an Indie Pack Award.
What is a possible mindset and how can it change your life?
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How did Colin O'Brady recover from his devastating injury?
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Sometimes our biggest setbacks and our biggest hardships buried underneath of the stress and the anxiety and the fear and the pain of those moments are gold.
Hey, Young Improfiters. Earlier this week, behavioral expert Nir Eyal blew our minds talking about how our beliefs literally determine what we achieve. The story you tell yourself, that shapes everything. So for today's Yap Classic, I'm bringing it back to an episode that shows what happens when somebody truly believes that the impossible is possible. Our guest today is Colin O'Brady, a 10-time world record-breaking explorer and the first person in history to cross Antarctica solo, unsupported, and completely human-powered. Pretty insane, right? Now, here's the wildest part. Before any of that, Colin was told he might never walk normally again after a devastating accident.
What is the business model behind world records and adventures?
But he didn't buy it. Instead, he built what he calls a possible mindset and rewrote his entire story. Yap gang, this episode will challenge the limits you think you have and inspire you to conquer your own personal Everest. Let's get into it. Hey, Colin, welcome to Young and Profiting Podcast.
Thanks for having me here. It's great to be here with you.
I am very excited for this conversation. So Colin, we always like to start from the beginning. And before you became an entrepreneur, the mindset expert that you are and professional athlete, you spent your childhood exploring the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and cultivated a passion for adventure in the outdoors. So tell us about your upbringing and how your mother first instilled a growth mindset in you.
Well, I came into this world in a somewhat untraditional way. My parents were young when they had me in their early 20s, but I was actually born at home on a hippie commune in Olympia, Washington, on a futon.
How can a 12-hour walk reset your mental health?
And my mom invited like 30 of her friends over to hang out and celebrate the birth. I think it was a bunch of hippies hanging out on this organic farm, basically. My mom played Bob Marley's Redemption Song, for those familiar with that song, on repeat throughout my birth. A very untraditional way to enter the world. But it was a great way to grow up. We moved from Olympia, Washington when I was super young, so I grew up in Portland, Oregon. but still in the Pacific Northwest. And didn't have a lot of money when I was a kid, but big dreams. And, you know, certainly, you know, with the things I've achieved in my life now, people ask my mom, you know, like, don't you get worried? He walks across Antarctica by himself.
What are the six steps to take your own 12-hour walk?
He's climbed Everest twice. He must be worried as a mother. And she kind of always smiles with this coy smile saying like, well, careful what you wish for when you, you know, tell their kid from day one, you know, they can achieve anything they set their mind to.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–0:06
2
What unconventional experiences shaped Colin O'Brady's mindset?
0:06–0:37
3
What is a possible mindset and how can it change your life?
0:37–1:13
4
How did Colin O'Brady recover from his devastating injury?
1:13–2:06
5
What is the business model behind world records and adventures?
2:06–3:01
6
How can a 12-hour walk reset your mental health?
3:01–3:41
7
What are the six steps to take your own 12-hour walk?
3:41–4:06
8
How do you define your personal Everest for growth?
4:06–1:17:24
Speakers
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