The Brian Keane Podcast

#279: Explorer Mark Pollock on Blindness, Paralysis and The Challenges That Choose You!


Listen Later

Mark is an explorer, innovator and motivational speaker.

Unbroken by blindness in 1998, Mark became an adventure athlete competing in ultra-endurance races across deserts, mountains, and the polar ice caps including being the first blind person to race to the South Pole.

He also won silver and bronze medals for rowing at the Commonwealth Games and set up a motivational speaking business (www.markpollock.com).

In addition, Mark is the subject of the acclaimed documentaries 'Blind Man Walking' and 'Unbreakable – The Mark Pollock Story',

Mark helps people to build resilience and collaborate with others so that they achieve more than they thought possible.

Here are some of the things we talked about in today's episode.

  • Going blind in 1998 and how life changed as a result.
  • Breaking his back and becoming paralysed in 2010.
  • Running through the Gobi desert and pulling a sled for 43 days in Antarctica.
  • The difference between the challenges that choose us and the challenges we choose ourselves.
  • Why uncertainty is worse than any diagnose you can get.
  • How to separate 'failing' from being a failure.

SHOWNOTES:

Mark's Website: https://www.markpollock.com

Mark's Instagram: Mark Pollock (@markpollockexplorer) • Instagram photos and videos

----------------

-------------------------------------

Check out my latest book 'Rewire` Your Mindset' on audiobook – available now on Audible – click here.

(https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Rewire-Your-Mindset-Audiobook/B0885DLNGT?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-195065&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_195065_rh_uk

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Brian Keane PodcastBy Brian Keane

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

58 ratings


More shows like The Brian Keane Podcast

View all
The Women's Podcast by The Irish Times

The Women's Podcast

118 Listeners

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett by DOAC

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

8,407 Listeners

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee by Dr Rangan Chatterjee: GP & Author

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

3,764 Listeners

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina by Vanessa Spina

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

780 Listeners

Real Health with Karl Henry by Irish Independent

Real Health with Karl Henry

36 Listeners

The Good Glow by The Good Glow Productions

The Good Glow

67 Listeners

The Entrepreneur Experiment by Gary Fox

The Entrepreneur Experiment

10 Listeners

A Life of Greatness by Sarah Grynberg

A Life of Greatness

163 Listeners

Ready To Be Real by Síle Seoige by Síle Seoige

Ready To Be Real by Síle Seoige

51 Listeners

Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin | Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition by Sarah Ann Macklin

Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin | Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

38 Listeners

The Sinead Says Podcast by Sinead Hegarty

The Sinead Says Podcast

29 Listeners

The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubridy by Ryan Tubridy

The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubridy

39 Listeners

The Laura Dowling Experience by Laura Dowling

The Laura Dowling Experience

19 Listeners

The Mind Full Podcast by Dermot Whelan

The Mind Full Podcast

19 Listeners

Finding Freedom with Peter Crone by 2.0 World

Finding Freedom with Peter Crone

151 Listeners