The HyperFast Agent Podcast

Episode #81 Use Your Struggle to Differentiate Yourself with Charlie Engle

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During Episode 81 of The HyperFast Agent Podcast, host Dan Lesniak speaks with Charlie Engle, an ultra-distance runner who was the first person to run across the entire length of the Sahara Desert. Engle shares why he became an ultra-distance runner, how he approaches “impossible” goals, and how to push past boundaries so you can succeed in all areas of your life.

 

Episode Highlights: 

  • Charlie Engle is primarily an ultra-distance runner. He has been clean and sober for 26 years.
  • It's the hard things that actually separate you from other people.
  • Struggle is an opportunity to differentiate yourself and find a way forward.
  • Engle describes selling cars in Monterey, CA and the limiting mindsets of those around him at that time.
  • When Engle got sober, he started running.
  • It’s the hard things that shape us.
  • Don't shy away from the difficult things in life because that's where all the good lessons are.
  • Engle talks about the advantages of giving our children less.
  • Ultra-running is a controlled opportunity for struggle and hardship.
  • We want situations to be perfect before we embark on things. That never happens.
  • Go out and find a challenge. Seek out challenges in your business and in your personal life.
  • Being present is a huge way to give yourself a successful path.
  • Enjoy where you are instead of focusing on the finish line.
  • Engle was the first person to run across the entire length of the Sahara Desert.
  • He took this challenge just like sobriety, one day at a time.
  • On most days, his plans fell apart.
  • Microtasking: taking big audacious goals and working backwards from there to the present day.
  • The story we tell ourselves is more important than any other story that we tell.
  • Engle describes how he decided to be the first to run across the Sahara.
  • He took full possession of what was possible.
  • Engle describes founding H2O Africa (now water.org) and participating in a documentary film around his Sahara experience.
  • Qualifications can be overrated.
  • People talk themselves out of opportunities.
  • Look for reasons why it will happen, not reasons why it won't.
  • He doesn't go after goals for the sake of having goals. They have to be meaningful to him.
  • Engle describes his next big adventure.
  • Connect your goals to bigger purposes.
  • Just keep going.
  • The formula for success is effort x time.

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    3 Key Points:

    1.   Struggle is an opportunity to differentiate yourself and find a way forward.
  •   Be appreciative for what you're actually doing instead of thinking about the finish line.
  •   The story we tell ourselves is more important than any other story that we tell.

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    Resources Mentioned:

    • Learn more about the upcoming HyperFast Sales Summit
  • Learn more about Hyperfast Academy; HyperFast Inner Circle; HyperFast Coaching
  • Dan Lesniak bio, Facebook, Twitter 
  • Charlie Engle website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
  • water.org
  • Running the Sahara (documentary)
  • 5.8 Project 
  • Green.org
  • Andre Kajlich
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