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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

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