#150 - Adrian Hayes
Today we spoke with Adrian Hayes - British record-breaking Adventurer, Author, and Keynote speaker
Adrian is a British record-breaking polar explorer and adventurer, best known for reaching the three extreme points of the Earthโthe Three Points Challenge...walking all the way to the North Pole, South Pole, and summiting Mt Everest, all in the shortest period of time (1 year, 217 days - his first Guinness World record). He has completed the straight-line vertical crossing of the Greenland ice cap, crossed the Arabian desert, and summited K2, known to be extremely challenging.
A passionate social campaigner and commentator, an Arabic and Nepalese speaking former British Army Gurkha Officer, who also spent two years in the Special Forces, Adrian has also written two books and featured in three documentaries to date. He is also an Advisory Board member for one of the future Mars projects.
A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he has lived and worked in 8 countries and traveled to more than 100. In his social commentator and campaign work, Adrian is an ambassador on economic, social & environmental sustainability, which we discuss in this episode.
We speak about themes for each year in relation to goal-setting, a huge rock of Adrians' philosophy as a leader. We unpack that moment when he reaches the top of a mountain...the experience, and how it is captured - food for thought for those of us stuck to our phones. Adrian opens up, and displays his vulnerability, shares his stories of grit...as to how there is something to be always taken from an experience, good or bad.
In this episode we discuss ๐ฃ
- ๐ Finding the gift in every circumstance
- ๐ Being truly authentic to yourself
- ๐ฏ Goal setting from a young age
- ๐คณ Social media's subconscious hooks
- ๐ What it was like on the summit of K2
- ๐ฅ Taking stock after a success
- โ Tapping into our gut instinct!
- ๐Climate change and sustainability
Key Timestamps
0. 49 - Gift in every circumstance
3. 41 - Write down your goals
7. 56 - Goal Setting
8. 55 - Being goals taking more importance
9. 23 - Authenticity, victimhood
10. 35 - Active response, tap into gut instinct
12. 50 - Motivational speaker + self depressive
13. 30 - Feedback greatest gift we can get
17. 20 - Whatever you want to do be honest t authentic.
19. 15 - Survey of Everest climbs + good causes
19. 45 - Social media subconscious hook
22. 11 - Don't even post it 22-57- Beautiful surroundings t science
24. 16 - Top of K2
24. 57 - The journey back down
26. 18 - Take stock after the success
30-42 - Single issue tunnel vision and trade-offs
32-15 - systems and sustainability
33. 27 - High performance