The Man Who Walked Across Antarctica - Colin O’Brady

Colin O'Brady is a 10-time world record breaking explorer and one of the world's best endurance athletes. The things we believe can act like a glass ceiling. It's an imaginary limit that we place on what we can achieve in life because of our age or experience or money or self trust. Colin is a man who has annihilated his way through that glass ceiling and is here to show us what's on the other side. Expect to learn what it's like to have to drag a 375lb sled 1000 miles across the Antarctic, why having a British Special Forces Soldier breathing down your neck can help you move faster, why the chasm of comfortable complacency is a place we all can fall into, what it feels like to get third degree burns over a third over your body in Thailand, how to rid yourself of limiting beliefs and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy The 12 Minute Mile - https://amzn.to/3vCrHV4 Check out Colin's project - https://12hourwalk.com/ Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #antarctic #adventure #endurance - 00:00 Intro 00:28 Discovery of Shackleton’s Ship 05:09 Colin’s Thoughts on Nims Purja 09:15 Chasing a More Beautiful Life 18:35 Childhood & The Possible Mindset 24:46 Progressing from Zero to Hero 32:15 The Power of Endurance 37:46 Going to Antarctica 51:36 Removing Limiting Beliefs 1:00:37 Colin’s App 1:04:17 Where to Find Colin - Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Colin O'BradyguestChris Williamsonhost

Aug 6, 20221h 5mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: August 6, 2022
Duration: 1h 5m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Colin O'Brady is a 10-time world record breaking explorer and one of the world's best endurance athletes. The things we believe can act like a glass ceiling. It's an imaginary limit that we place on what we can achieve in life because of our age or experience or money or self trust. Colin is a man who has annihilated his way through that glass ceiling and is here to show us what's on the other side. Expect to learn what it's like to have to drag a 375lb sled 1000 miles across the Antarctic, why having a British Special Forces Soldier breathing down your neck can help you move faster, why the chasm of comfortable complacency is a place we all can fall into, what it feels like to get third degree burns over a third over your body in Thailand, how to rid yourself of limiting beliefs and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy The 12 Minute Mile - https://amzn.to/3vCrHV4 Check out Colin's project - https://12hourwalk.com/ Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #antarctic #adventure #endurance - 00:00 Intro 00:28 Discovery of Shackleton’s Ship 05:09 Colin’s Thoughts on Nims Purja 09:15 Chasing a More Beautiful Life 18:35 Childhood & The Possible Mindset 24:46 Progressing from Zero to Hero 32:15 The Power of Endurance 37:46 Going to Antarctica 51:36 Removing Limiting Beliefs 1:00:37 Colin’s App 1:04:17 Where to Find Colin - Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Colin O'Brady
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Colin O'Brady and Chris Williamson, The Man Who Walked Across Antarctica - Colin O’Brady explores antarctic explorer’s 12-hour walk breaks comfort, shatters limiting beliefs Colin O’Brady recounts his solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica, using the brutal physical and mental demands as a lens on human potential and mindset. He contrasts modern, comfortable lives with the extreme adversity faced by historical explorers like Shackleton and contemporary climbers like Nims Purja, arguing that suffering and risk are prerequisites for life’s highest highs. O’Brady explains his concept of “possible mindset” born from recovering from severe burn injuries and later refined in Antarctica, emphasizing how limiting beliefs—not true constraints—cap our potential. He introduces his book and the practice of a solitary 12-hour walk as a practical, one-day intervention to confront those beliefs, escape “comfortable complacency,” and reorient life toward personally meaningful “Everests.”

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