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Adventure Highlights
Take a look at some highlights from my adventures around the world this year! CHINA GRAND CANYON ANTARCTICA
How to find your mentor
Many people have asked me how do I find a mentor and how do I make the most of that relationship? Here is your three step play: 1. Find your mentor Get noticed through hard work. Mentors often find mentees who remind them of how hard they worked to get where they are. Pay it forward. Give before you get. Sharing your best ideas, humbly, will get you more ideas and mentorship back. Put your hand up Be willing to reach out to your manager/ leadership team for recommendations. Find someone in another segment or someone with a different point of view that is more experienced than you. Ask your manager if he/she would be willing to make a warm intro. Be ready to demonstrate “Is this person worth my time?” and have the goods to back it up. 2. Respect each other’s time Come to every meeting 5 minutes early. Have a clear intention for what you’d like to discuss every time you meet. Provide one challenge you would like guidance …
4 Meditation Keys I Learned While Training in Antarctica
I’ve heard about the benefits of meditation for much of my life. Five years ago, I tried to get into it. I went to local classes and yoga. I even did an all-day retreat. As much as I tried, I couldn’t translate these experiences into my non-Namaste life. My breakthrough came at the start of 2016. I tried an online app and started with five minutes a day, three times a week. The app is easy to use and keeps me engaged with fun, competitive games. After six months, I was at an average of 10-15 minutes per day. In the last few months of 2016 I was at 20 minutes per day. How has meditation made a difference in my life? And more important, what can it do for you? I notice small changes throughout my day-to-day. But recently I had a huge challenge I was able to overcome thanks to my meditative routine. I love to run extreme marathons. For 2016, I joined up with 60 other crazy runners to take on Danko …
The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2016
Day 6 – The Final Lap 27-Nov-2016 03:27:01 AM [(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi] The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2016 Well it was more than one, it was five. 2KM laps around an incredible lake that looked upon an Everest like mountain range with the other side flowing into Half Moon Bay Antarctica. Sometimes you get a flat track where you can plod along and contemplate the week, other times you get crusty snow that as the micro climate changes every 15 mins goes from breaking through 1.5-foot-deep snow to trudging through slush. Everyone is pretty banged up. Most hobble along, some find second winds of inspiration to finish out the epic adventure in the final three hours. If I could highlight the week it would be “absolute stunning views, stillness and harsh landscape” all wrapped in one. We were very fortunate with the weather, with only one day shortened due to inclement weather. I am always in a reflective mood going through the last day. Sometimes it’s about the friendships you have made, the …