Environment Design: 3 Ways to Improve Your Thinking (without thinking)

Shane Ohly is an elite athlete who has broken climbing records and built a career and business in elite mountain running. His events business Ourea Events hosts some of the most challenging endurance events on the planet.  We discuss the mindsets behind elite performance and how to build a more resilient mentality. His events deliberately push people past the breaking points of anything they have experienced before to truly see what they are capable of. - - - Connect with Shane Ohly Elite Endurance Events - Ourea Events Shane's website -  Shane Ohly Twitter -  @ShaneOhly Connect with Sam: Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking - - - Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:01 - Shane's early experience with exercise and risk 03:03 - Breaking into the rock climbing scene 06:05 - Leveraging media to support your passion 07:48 - Climbing 500 free solo routes in a day 09:07 - Nutrition for endurance 09:50 - Uncertainty is essential for adventure 13:30 - Mindets for success 14:40 - Accepting consequences and even death 18:50 - The reasons people fail endurance events such as the Dragon's back 21:07 - Pain can be physical or mental stress 23:56 - The common practices of happy people 25:06 - How Shane launched the Dragons Back race 32:02 - The risks and finances of endurance events 32:50 - Creating an unforgettable experience 34:36 - Be true to your values 35:10 - Earliest memory 35:45 - Kindest thing for Shane 36:25 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31 Jan 202340min

We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. The secret to peace is found in examining our troubles. With so much stress and business in our lives, we feel like we are constantly behind. Every year we see our failures and regret our losses and need to swap our negative thoughts for a positive mindset.  Aging should not be a reason to smile less and worry more. Every year is a new adventure to enjoy and savor for what it is.   - - - Connect with Sam: Join the social podcast app - Podvine Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking  - - - Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:10 - Why we are frustrated about aging 02:44 - Not panicking about death 05:20 - Our changing abilities 07:03 - Preventing expectations 09: 10 - Enjoying the moment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Jan 202312min

Jim Mann has broken several Ultramarathon records whilst also scaling his business Undo, with the goal to remove a billion tonnes of CO2 by 2030. He is one of the most ambitious and yet grounded individuals you will ever meet. To call him understated would be understating his understatedness.   As a child, he was a very average runner but his love of challenge and ability to outwork others has led him to break some of the hardest Ultra running records such as the Spine Challenger and the 30 Munros as well as winning the infamous Dragons Back race across Wales.   He studied ecology and after running several businesses set his sights on climate. He started with reforestation building the Future Forest Company. He is replacing himself as CEO there to set his sights on the carbon removal company Undo. - - - Sponsored by LinkedIn Jobs Create a free job posting in months on the world's #1 rated recruitment site for small businesses. https://www.linkedin.com/growth Ad airs - 11:30 - - - Connect with Jim: Carbon removals - Undo Forest regeneration - Future Forest Company Chat business - Jim's Linked In Tweet - Jim's twitter - - - Connect with Sam: Join the social podcast app - Podvine Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking  - - - Chapters: 0:00  Pushing your potential 03:03 Building mindsets through ultramarathons  03:49 Jim's running routine / training regime 04:27 Running as therapy and inspiration for Future Forrest 05:08 Jim's company - Climate 06:33 Jim's entrepreneurial mindset 07:53 Jim's mindset when he started running - Winning was a journey  09:53 Jim's founder journey 10:52 Sam's founder journey 12:57 Example of Jim's experience where he tried pleasing everybody and took their advice  14:12 Hiring mistakes 14:12 Dyslexic and running a business 15:00 Jim's future role in 5 years 16:40 Making the same mistake twice 18:12 Mental health 21:02 Scalability of businesses 23:04 Jim's journey with Future Forest and Undo 24:23 Inspiration for the enhanced weathering idea 26:09 Problem with climate and geopolitics 28:46 The importance of being optimistic 30:36 Any dark moments in ultra marathons 32:38 Scariest thing Jim has done 34:02 Earliest memories - tomatoes  34:40 Kindest thing - little acts of kindness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Jan 202340min

You cannot master time, you can only master yourself. Time will keep doing its thing and we can't ever blame it or be annoyed with it. We must accept it and look to ourselves to make decisions we feel better about. As we launch into 2023 plenty of us are looking to smash goals and achievements this year in a race against the 2024 countdown. We discuss how to move from a scarcity mindset around time to creating a better relationship with our moments as they happen. - - -   Connect with Sam: Join the social podcast app - Podvine Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking  - - - Chapters: 00:00 - introduction 01:39 - Time is the medium in which we exist 02:50 - Time can't behave differently, only ourselves 04:00 - Productivity is a false promise 05:10 - How to reflect on your relationship with time 07:00 - Happiness is not circumstances it's interpretation 08:25 - Accidental advert for Vipassana retreats... 10:50 - Your enemies enemy is your friend 12:50 - Spend time learning how to spend time Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Jan 202314min

There are plenty of people telling you to 10x everything next year. How about trying to enjoy the year? 2023 will come and it will go and you will never have that year again. So please make a point to enjoy it whilst it's there. Then see what else you can do whilst you're in it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Des 202220min

Do you have a reverse gear? We spend so much time with our heads down trying to make forward progress that we often fail to be sure we are making progress in the right direction. We discuss the importance of doing the right things for the right reasons and the problems many aspirational entrepreneurs run into by following the hype. ---  Dan Murray-Serter is the host of the Secret Leaders podcast and founder of Kindling Media. He is also the founder of the brain care company Heights. Dan shares his top mindsets for success and tools for positive psychology. We dive into many lessons learnt from podcasting that apply to life and also discuss the rising issues of cancel culture and polarization. Connect with Dan Murray-Serter The BrainCare company - Heights Dan's epic podcast - Secret Leaders Twitter - @DanMurraySerter Connect with Sam: Join the social podcast app - Podvine Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking  Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:34 - Why are you doing what you're doing? 03:02 - Mental resilience through failure 04:20 - Most people are not suited for entrepreneurship 09:29 - Top lessons for staying positive 12:45 - Balance and priorities 16:10 - roundup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Des 202218min

Trying to do too much is overwhelming and we can learn faster by doing less. We learn how to have more success in our learning goals with a more tactical approach. Learning a new skill is so much fun in theory. Yet in reality, it involves doing hard things and being bad at stuff. We can really struggle to stay motivated and struggle to find the time to dedicate to being terrible at something. What if there was a different way that made things easier to start and yet the achievement more likely? There is. Skill breaks are one of the most useful concepts I've ever learnt and here I explain what they are and how to start learning more by having fun. - - - Sponsored by LinkedIn Jobs Create a free job posting in months on the world's #1 rated recruitment site for small businesses. https://www.linkedin.com/growth - - - Connect with Sam: Sam's newsletter on creativity and entrepreneurship - Explosive Thinking  Support the Show - Patreon  If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. It makes a difference =)) - - - Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:55 - What is a skill break? 04:51 - Break through initial barriers 08:14 - Spaced Repetition 09:45 - How to use skill breaks 12:43 - Take homes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Des 202214min

We discuss how to improve our relationships with food and ultimately ourselves. How we think about our body and how we treat it directly impacts our health and mental health. Toni Marinucci is a registered dietician and runs Tips With Toni, one of my favourite podcasts on the topic of food, health and happiness. Connect with Toni: Read her blog - Tips with Toni Instagram - @tips_with_toni Connect with Sam: Join the social podcast app - Podvine Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking  Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 02:03 - Fad Diets 04:20 - Long-term solutions instead of quick fixes 07:24 - Essential food mindset - your worth is not your food 11:59 - Instagram and expectations 14:10 - IBS, marathons and hydration 16:05 - Hangovers, sodium and athletes 19:01 - Kindness 20:15 - Take action Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Des 202222min