An Exploration of Effort, Polymaths and Super Powers with John Mark Seelig

John Mark Seelig is the captain of the US Men’s Whitewater Rafting team who have attempted breaking the speed record in the Grand Canyon twice. In this episode we explore the merits of failure and why it’s worth doing more often, we unpack the idea of effort for the day and why choosing the hard thing is always a good idea. And we dive into finding your purpose and super powers in life, something we all need to be focused on.

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Show Notes:

5:43 JM’s background

15:00 “The knowing”

17:20 Failing on the Grand Canyon speed attempts

20:15 Why be on a team?

21:35 The hard thing is the best thing for you

24:45 Forrest Woodward film The Time Travelers

26:00 Choosing failure & struggle

28:47 The philosophy of going to the gym

29:30 An exploration of effort: find the appropriate effort for the day

34:12 Hiding from pain & proving

36:48 Pick what you need

38:38 Strengths vs weaknesses

41:30 Why you actually can’t “do anything you want” in life

44:05 Super powers & how to find yours

52:50 The danger in things “going back to the way they were”

57:15 Being a polymath, what the heck is that?

1:06:55 Really great example of a self-privilege check by JM

1:08:12 Last question!

1:10:02 end of this

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