Climbing The Mountains of Life and Fulfilling Your Maximum Potential w/ Alison Levine

American Mountain climbing legend Alison Levine and I discussed tapping into your fullest potential whatever mountain you are climbing.

“Sometimes you look up at a mountain and think, ‘I CAN’T!’…And then you climb it anyway.”–Alison Levine

Alison Levine served as team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, climbed the highest peak on each continent and skied to both the North and South poles— a feat which only twenty people in the world have achieved. Not bad for someone who was born with a hole in her heart.

Alison is so many things, including being a good personal friend. In this inspiring conversation we discuss lessons learned from surviving extreme environments to coping with all of life’s struggles. We all have our mountains to climb— and while we often have shit weather— we can rise above our circumstances.

I learned so many lessons in this episode. Alison teaches us that complacency can kill you, and that you can be sacred and brave at the same time. You don’t have to let fear stop you, and we can all compensate for our weaknesses (not overcome, but compensate). As Alison put it so wisely, “Failure is one thing that happens to you at one point in time. It doesn’t define you.”

Enjoy!

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