Today during our Friday Fire I discuss a quote I had been pondering about, regarding that fact that you don't stumble upon success. Success comes from setting a goal, then making a plan and most importantly talking action towards achieving that goal. You don’t accidentally wake up with 6 pack abs or accidentally have a million dollars in your banks account or accidentally find the love of your life. Think of your goal, pick the path and direction, and take action to get there. You don’t stumble upon success.

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“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places." - Ernest Hemingway

Today I got to sit down and talk with a childhood hero of mine, and one of the biggest names in the history of whitewater kayaking, Scott Lindgren. Scott has completed some of the biggest expeditions in the sport of kayaking including one of the most widely known, the Yarlung Tsangpo expedition in Tibet. Scott has also filmed and produce many of the biggest films within the sport of whitewater kayaking, like 'Good to the last Drop', 'Burning Time', and 'Black Book' to name a few. Though Scott is usually behind the lens while filming, he has recently been in front of the camera with filming the documentary of his life with Rush Sturges for the Netflix documentary, The River Runner. Scott shares his incredible story, including his vulnerabilities with dealing with his brain tumor and succumbing to the fact that somethings in life you simply can not control. This truly is an inspiring story and conversation as Scott shares some magnificent history in the sport of kayaking, along with so much more life lessons.

Podcast with Rush Sturges

Book- The Surrender Experiment By Michael A. Singer

Instagram- @ScottLindgren_

Scott's Clothing Company- Remote Threads

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"When you fall off the horse, durst yourself off and get back on again."

Today during my Friday Fire I discuss the widely used phrase regarding falling off the horse and getting back up again. More than anything this has to do with the simply fact that I had fallen off my routine of regularly creating and posting this podcast due to technical difficulty. Though it is too easy to use that as an excuse and a reason to stay down, so instead of waiting a couple more days to post my Monday Deep Dive interview, I decided to share my thoughts about simply getting up and continuing on wherever you left off.

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"Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions." - Mark Twain

Today during our Friday Fire I discuss the concept around never knowing enough information. Whether it be scouting a rapid, making an investment, choosing a career path or pretty much anything in life, we simple will never have enough information, as there will always be unknowns that we didn't take into account or data that was missed. So how do we deal with this? We simply take the information available to us and make the best decision we can with the information we have. Yes we will make mistakes or miscalculations at times, but that is how we learn and grow and hopefully it will add to more information data points for next time.

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Today during our Monday Deep Dive we launch our 100th episode. So for the momentous episode I take a look back at some of the many phenomenal interviews I've been fortunate enough to have and share some of my favorite lessons and tips that have helped me in my journey and pieces that I hope also help you.

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Today during our Friday Fire I discuss the idea of Slay the Dragons i our lives. The Dragon is whatever problem or situation you are dreading or putting off because it might be too uncomfortable or just something you don't want to do. This dragon could be paying a bill, or a conversation or a fear of something. Though the longer you put it off or avoid it the bigger the dragon grows. It is much easier to slay the dragon now before it continues to grow and get bigger by each day. The beauty of slaying the dragon is that you get the gold that the Dragon is guarding. This gold is the accomplishment you feel when you do anything that is hard or the pride you feel when you have done something that is uncomfortable. I encourage us all to slay the Dragons we all have in life, and reap the golden treasure that comes afterwards.

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Today I got to sit down for my first in-person interview as I spoke with Alec Voorhees all about his transition into taking over the North Fork Championship while organizing the event, competing and landing a podium finish. We also dive deep into his whole story about how he started into the sport of whitewater kayaking and grew up in the sport. He also shares his life quote about working until your idols become your rivals.

Book- Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nester

Instagram- @alecvoorheeskayak & @northforkchampionship

https://northforkchampionship.com

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Today I dive deep into the power of belief. Belief is different from hope, will and trying, belief is actually believing that what you want to have, do, or be and not just seeing it in the future, but knowing that is will occur in the future and nothing can stop you. If you really want something in life you have to believe that you will do, have or be that, and that nothing can stop you and every obstacle that comes in your way you WILL overcome. The next time you want something in life, don't just talk about it, don't just try, but actually turn to belief and the massive power that comes with belief.

Book- Think and Grow Rich

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Today I got to sit down for a truly thought provoking conversation with the Renegade Pharmacist, Niraj Naik. We dive deep into the power of breath and its power over the body, mind and spirit. Niraj tells us about his story of healing himself from an "incurable" disease after his deep dive into self healing and a combination of natural treatments, dietary recommendations, meditation, yoga, and mind power such as hypnosis and NLP. Though his research Niraj rediscovered the ancient techniques and combines the ancient wisdom of pranama with modern science to create his own breath practice called Soma Breath. This is a truly incredible conversation and one of my most favorite interviews to date. Niraj shares so much knowledge and golden nuggets that I am sure you will get some incredible value and likely want to listen to this episode more then once.

SomaBreath.com

Free Soma Breath Master Class

Book- The Power of your Subconscious Mind - by Joseph Murphy

Book- Prometheus Rising - by Robert Anton Wilson (Author)

Book- Undoing Yourself - by Christopher Hyatt

Book- The Nature of Reality

Instagram- @nirajnaikofficial & @SomaBreath

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During todays Fridays Fire I dive into the idea that no matter what is going on in life, no matter the possible hard times, or stresses in life, it could always be worse. There is a saying that goes, if we were to put all our problems into a pile, we would quickly choose to take ours back. The idea being that everyone has problems, issues and stresses, and realize that what you might think of as a big problem might be so small in the grand scheme of life. Remember, that if you have a roof over your head and food to eat you are already better off them most people in this world. So the next time something goes wrong, or not the way you planned, just try to remember this saying "It could always be worse."

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