Alastair Humphreys is the author of my all-time favourite books on the topic of adventure and getting more out of life.

He was awarded the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year award for his work. He cycled around the world over four years and has since rowed the Atlantic, ran the Marathon de Sables, and walked across India amongst numerous other adventures.

Perhaps his greatest success, however, is pioneering the concept of micro-adventures, encouraging anyone to experience the outdoors and thrillseeking within an hour of their doorstep.

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Connect with Alastair:

Website - AlastairHumphreys.com
Instagram - @Al_Humphreys
Twitter - @Al_Humphreys

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction
03:34 Quick fire questions
05:12 How do you define success and happiness
06:04 What are your internal measures
07:14 Adventures
07:56 Why should we be adventurous
09:50 What were the things people need to hear on how to start an adventure
11:15 Microadventures
12:19 Hardest part of an adventure is daring yourself to get out
13:24 3 biggest questions when it comes to time - calendar, routines, little margins of time
16:13 Money-to-adventure ratio
21:18 Just GO
22:31 Overcoming sense of inadequancy
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27:33 SPONSOR - BetterHelp
29:15 Mindset framework around finding a sustainable adventure and career
32:36 Lessons to younger self
35:50 A thousand true fans
37:02 GeoWizard Tangent
38:33 3 stages of flabbiness
39:47 Physical Flabbiness
40:17 Mental Flabbiness
40:38 Moral Flabbiness
42:16 Dealing with Mental Flabbiness
43:05 Habit Calendar
44:35 Pull-up or Press-up challenge
46:32 Hardest cultural difference Alastair navigated during an adventure
49:01 Maintaining relationships and adventures
50:44 Kindest thing
54:11 Earliest memories
55:07 Advice to your 20 yr old self
56:14 What's Sam's next adventure

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