10 no bullsh*t ways to live a more interesting life

Alastair Humphreys is the author of my all-time favourite books on the topic of adventure and getting more out of life.

He was awarded the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year award for his work. He cycled around the world over four years and has since rowed the Atlantic, ran the Marathon de Sables, and walked across India amongst numerous other adventures.

Perhaps his greatest success, however, is pioneering the concept of micro-adventures, encouraging anyone to experience the outdoors and thrillseeking within an hour of their doorstep.

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Connect with Alastair:

Website - AlastairHumphreys.com

Instagram - @Al_Humphreys

Twitter - @Al_Humphreys

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Connect with Sam:

Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking 

Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset

Twitter - @samjamharris

Instagram - @SamJam.zen

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

03:34 Quick fire questions

05:12 How do you define success and happiness

06:04 What are your internal measures

07:14 Adventures

07:56 Why should we be adventurous

09:50 What were the things people need to hear on how to start an adventure

11:15 Microadventures

12:19 Hardest part of an adventure is daring yourself to get out

13:24 3 biggest questions when it comes to time - calendar, routines, little margins of time 

16:13 Money-to-adventure ratio

21:18 Just GO

22:31 Overcoming sense of inadequacy

25:53 Mindset framework around finding a sustainable adventure and career

29:14 Going back, would Alastair done something different

32:23 Essay - A thousand true fans

33:35 GeoWizard Tangent

35:06 3 stages of flabbiness

36:16 Physical Flabbiness

36:46 Mental Flabbiness

37:04 Moral Flabbiness

38:42 How do Alastair deal with Mental Flabbiness

39:31 Habit Calendar

41:01 Pull-up or Press-up challenge

42:58 Hardest cultural difference Alastair navigated during an adventure

45:27 Maintaining relationships and adventures

47:10 Kindest thing

50:22 Earliest memories

51:18 Advice to your 20 yr old self

52:26 What's Sam's next adventure

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