Overcoming Setbacks with a Growth Mindset: Reframing Your Attitude | Niall McCann

When terrible things happen it is our mindset that determines how it impacts us. Niall McCann explains how he found gratitude for the opportunity to redefine his life after breaking his back.

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Dr Niall McCann is the Director of National Park Rescue protecting large areas of nature and the species within. He is also an intrepid adventurer having rowed the Atlantic, cycled the Himalayas and skied across Greenland.

Ever the positive thinker Niall faced his biggest obstacle head-on when he suffered a broken spine in 2016, on a speed flying exercise in the Brecon Beacons. He broke five vertebrae, one of which was - in the words of his surgeon: obliterated. After being told he might never walk again, a year after his accident Niall joined the Mountain Rescue team that rescued him

He is preparing to cross the Vatnajökull icecap with two other friends with broken spines to raise money for charity.

Millimeters 2 Mountains The charity helps those facing adversity experience the outdoors and the healing power of adventure.

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Connect with Dr Niall McCann:

Website -  N iallMcCann.com

Twitter - @NiallPMcCann

Instagram - @DrNiallMcCann

Charity - National Park Rescue

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Connect with Sam:

Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking 

Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:58 Niall McCann

04:02 Quickfire questions

06:00 How did Niall break his back and survive - Speed flying

08:42 Rode across the Atlantic tangent

11:02 Any app that could help you with Speed flying?

11:37 Femur photograph tangent

11:53 What happened during the accident

16:29 Tolerance for pain

20:25 Niall's road to recovery: 1st surgery

23:18 Second surgery

24:35 Bowel issues

28:59 Humor as a coping mechanism 

29:22 Niall and Sam facing the fact that he may never walk again from their injuries

32:29 How much feeling does Niall have in his lower extremities

33:49 Activities Niall does after his injury 

35:19 Niall's friend - Ed Jackson

36:27 Coming to terms with doing things differently than before

38:39 What adventure awaits Niall  

39:30 Niall's friend - Darren Edwards 

40:52 3 guys on an expedition to raise awareness and motivate those suffering from a spinal injury

42:21 Tom - Niall's best mate, as a source of inspiration with his injury

44:00 Tangent on physio stuff

45:04 Vipassana tangent

45:25 Feet and exercise tangent

48:19 Positive mentality goes a long way

48:51 Story on Niall's dad and his blood type

50:50 Make the most of your year and build upon it

53:25 Niall's mindset on how he chooses his adventures

55:52 How Niall gets to make his adventures happen

57:50 Outro

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