This week we’re thinking about: When Things Fall Apart, lessons from failure. The title of today’s episode might be… triggering for some people. In recent years it has felt like we’re all so busy re-framing things to make everything an opportunity, a lesson, a challenge, or a growth experience. I don’t disagree that some events can be all of those things, but I think we can learn so much from accepting and acknowledging failure when we’ve set a goal and fallen short. With acceptance, we can step back and really see what led us down certain paths, and how we can make real changes to achieve our goals in the future.Today’s episode is part two of a two episode series with my friend Mike Shoreman, and this is NOT the episode I thought we would be recording this week.If you missed the last episode, then let me introduce you to my friend Mike Shoreman, also known as The Unbalanced Paddleboarder. Last week Mike was on the podcast talking about his plans to attempt to become the first person with a disability to stand up paddleboard across Lake Ontario. I was right by his side for four days on the water as he attempted to break this record, and I was there when he made the decision to come off the water and try again next year. In many ways, this was a great success. Mike put the youth mental health charity Jack.org on the map and raised more than $50,000. He’ll continue to fundraise this year, and we expect he’ll raise more than $100,000 before this is all over. We could just re-frame this as a win, because in many ways it is. However, Mike is going back out there next year, and the lessons he learned from not accomplishing his goal are directly transferable to entrepreneurship. Mike Shoreman is a former Paddle Canada Coach, trainer, and expert in the stand up paddleboarding industry. In November 2018 after years of coaching professionally, Mike developed a sudden neurological condition causing him to lose his sense of balance, and experience extreme reactions to movement. Among other severe limitations, doctors told him he would never paddle again. Mike quickly proved them wrong as he re-learned how to walk, and within two years he was back on his paddleboard, unbalanced, but standing and pushing himself to achieve his goals. Mike is the author of Crash and Rise, an autobiographical book about his life and experiences, he’s a renowned motivational speaker, the two-time winner of the International SUP Man Of The Year Award, and he’s on the cusp of being a world record holder for The Crossing he’s due to complete on August 24th 2022.Please donate today at http://jack.org/thecrossingLearn more about Mike and his mission:

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