The Daily Signal - Professional Adventurer Colin O'Brady Offers Practical Step on How to Achieve Your Goals

Episode Date: August 31, 2022

From the time he was a child, Colin O’Brady knew he wanted to climb Mount Everest. It was a childhood dream that easily could have fallen by the wayside as a result of the demands of adulthood.  Today, at the age of 37, O’Brady has climbed Everest not once, but twice.  O’Brady’s passion to accomplish what others say is impossible led him to become the first man to walk across Antarctica solo and unaided. As a professional adventurer, O’Brady has crossed Drake Passage, a notoriously dangerous section of ocean between South America and Antarctica, in a rowboat; climbed the tallest peaks on all seven continents; and represented the United States in international triathlon competitions.  Adventure is a way to “unlock the human potential that I think that we all have inside of us,” O’Brady says.  But there was a day and time when he would not have dreamed he would be inspiring the world through his exploits. When he was in his early 20s, O’Brady set out on a trip to see parts of the world he had never experienced. While in Thailand, he suffered an accident and was burned so badly on his legs that doctors were not sure he would ever walk normally again.  Sitting at his bedside in a hospital in Thailand, O’Brady’s mother challenged him to set a goal. He told her he wanted to run a triathlon.  “You should start training now," he remembers his mother telling him, even while he was bandaged from the waist down. But taking his mother's advice to pursue a dream, he started lifting weights in bed.  Eighteen months later, O’Brady won the Chicago Triathlon.  His stories of grit, courage, and advice on how to overcome the roadblocks in our lives to achieve our dreams are featured in his new book, “The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life.”  His success as an athlete and adventurer has earned him sponsorships and speaking opportunities around the world. O’Brady joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share how he discovered one practical step that can move anyone closer to accomplishing his or her goals in life.  Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is a Daily Signal podcast bonus episode for Wednesday, August 31st. I'm Virginia Allen. Have you ever thought about pursuing a new career? Taking a risk on a project or opening your own business? and then maybe instantly you think of all those reasons why you can't. We have all been there, but author Colin O'Bradie is helping people find a way out. Colin is an adventurer, a 10-time world record holder, New York Times best-selling author, and the author of the new book, The Twelve Hour Walk, Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life.

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I am joined by Adventure 10-time World Record Holder, New York Times best-selling author and the author of the brand new book, The Twelve Hour Walk, Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life, Colin O'Brien. Colin, welcome to the Daily Signal podcast. Thanks for having me. It's so great to be here. Well, you know, as I was telling you before we hit record, our show, we're often talking about political issues, talking about the news. But every once in a while, I hear about someone whose story is so unique, so inspiring that I just can't resist having a conversation. And that's certainly the case with your story. You first, in your kind of career, as you know, as you jump.

into doing all these very, very physical things. You were a professional triathlete. You represented the United States in international triathlon competitions. You've climbed Mount Everest twice. You were the first man to walk across Antarctica solo and unaided. You crossed Drake Passage in a rowboat. You have summited the tallest peaks on all seven continents.

So, Colin, the sort of big, glaring question is why? Where does your drive come from? Did you know as a kid that you wanted to be an explorer and an adventure? I grew up in Portland, Oregon, so I kind of looked at the mountains, I guess, in that regard, and love the outdoors. You know, parts of rural Oregon, the Pacific Northwest are beautiful places to explore. I didn't have a ton of money when I was a kid growing up, so we didn't travel far, but my parents were always like, look, the outdoors are free. Let's go camping. Let's go hiking.

Let's go, you know, walking. My dad was an Eagle Scout. So that, you know, really I think that, not necessarily thinking out. I would end up walking across Antarctica or, you know, seven to ever's twice, like you said. But it certainly gave me a love of the outdoors and exploring. But really, it's more than that, you know, it really, the exploration for me and these adventures really are a way for me to dive deep into kind of being my own psychology, mindset, you know, really kind of what I like to say, unlock the human potential that I think that we

all have inside of us. And really, this is just a way for me to do that. There's a pretty massive, I think, turning point for me long before I was really thinking about kind of climbing these mountains, so to speak, which is a huge turning point in my life. When I was in my early 20s, I had saved up with some money. I had painted houses every summer. And then after college, I decided to try to see a little bit of the world. So I bought like the cheapest student ticket you could possibly buy and, you know, lived off of, you know, $10 a day in youth hostels and sleeping on floors and couches and stuff.

amazing experience as a young person, all until I found myself on a beach in rural Thailand. And on that beach, tragedy befell me. I foolishly saw some guys jumping a flaming jump rope, of all things, and decided I would jump that rope. And an instant my life changed. This rope soaked in kerosene wrapped around my legs and let my body completely unfired in my neck. And thankfully, survival mode kicked in when I need it most. I jumped in the ocean to extinguish the flames or not before about 25 percent of my body was severely burned predominantly my legs and feet.

And, you know, it's a long story of being in rural Thailand and I underwent eight surgeries and like a shack basically where there was a cat running around my bed and across my chest and not where you want to be with a bad injury. But there's sort of a turning point in my life or sort of a heroin to the store, which is my sort of incredible mother. She came to my bedside and I know how she's told me now how afraid she was, how much she was crying with the doctors pleading for good news, et cetera, but she really never showed me that fear. She came into my hospital room every single day instead with this huge smile on her face,

just this air of positivity daring me to dream about the future, just saying like, what do you want to do when you get out of fear? Let's set a goal. And I talk about this in my new book, this concept that I now call, I call it a possible mindset. So I didn't call it at the time, but what I realized my mother was instilling me is something that I believe we can all cultivate, which is she's an empowered way of thinking that unlocks this life of limitless possibilities. So often in life when we face tragedy or even just day-to-day stuff, we get stuck in our own heads, right? Well, I'd live a better life if I had more money or if I had more time or if I was stronger

or if I'm afraid to fail. I don't want people to criticize me, right? We all know that sort of inner voice. And in my worst, darkest moment, my mother instilled me this kind of belief to, I don't know, keep going. And, you know, it's a wild story, but really the long story, sure, George, she says, you know, set a goal, visualize something. So I closed my eyes in this hospital.

I visualized. I said, oh, you're going to make fun of me. But I visualize myself crossing the finish line of a triathlon. And she said, great, that's your goal. And I'm like, what are you talking about? She's like, no, no, you should start training now. I'm like, I'm bandaged from the waist down. The doctor just told me I would probably never walk again normally.

Like, I'm going to be in a wheelchair. And she goes, Doc, my son's training for a triathlon. Bring him in some weights. And so she, I'm literally lifting 10-pound dumbbells in a rural Thai hospital, manned from the waist down, talking about how I'm racing a triathlon. Like, the whole scene was ridiculous. I was in that Thai hospital for several months, went back to Portland, Oregon, still couldn't walk, was in a wheelchair.

Slowly my mom and doctors helped me, you know, take my first few steps. But fast forward, 18 months, I moved to Chicago, got a job out there, trying to start my life, start my career. And I signed up for the Chicago Triathlon. And I raced the race, just a year and a half after being told I would never walk again. Normally, I crossed the finish line of this traflon. And to my complete and other surprise, I didn't just finish the race, but I actually ended up winning the Chicago Trafflon, you know, placing first at about 5,000 people. And again, you know, I know you asked me one question.

I got out a whole story. But the more, like, to me, that is the turning points. Like, how do I get into adventure? That really opened up a door. And when I look back on my life, you know, that that was. some 15 plus years ago. But I sit here with, you know, very humbly, as you said, in your introduction, you know, 10 world records, all these adventures, this desire to inspire and change other

people's lives through my new book and in my speaking and things like that. It's like, I realize that all of us humans, every single person on this planet, we have these reservoirs of untapped potential, these places we can achieve and get to in our life of deep fulfillment, success, achievement, however you want to define that. But it really all starts in the mind. And in this darkest moment in my life to that point, my mother taught me one of life's most important lessons, which is kind of you have to pass. And if I had listened to that negative voice, if I had allowed all those limiting beliefs in that in that hospital, there's no way I'd be sitting here having this conversation with you. Wow. Your mom sounds like one incredible lady. I love that she played such a significant role in your life and in challenging you to, hey, do you want to dream? Do you want to think of, of doing what today sounds impossible, but actually going after that.

Or like you said, like you can kind of choose between the pity party or that actually, okay, I'm going to pursue this. Now, I have to ask you, and I know you've spoken so many times about your experience in Antarctica, but we can't have a conversation and not talk about Antarctica.

Just absolutely insane what you did in 54 days, you crossed Antarctica solo, unaided, pulling a 375 pound sled full of your food and your gear with you. And I know that you were tapping into that mindset, that can do mindset. You had to be, as you're walking for 54 days across Antarctica, experiencing temperatures as low as 80 below, you had to be really taking control of your mind and your thinking and where your thoughts were going. Talk a little bit just about the experience of Antarctica, but also how kind of this training of really focusing on.

on being intentional, on kind of embracing powerful thoughts and taking ownership and setting goals, how that actually perpetuated you to be able to do what people said was impossible. Yeah, no, no doubt. It was a wild expedition. I actually called the expedition the impossible first, but by actually saying, hey, this might be impossible. But if I somehow pull it off, I'll be the first. people have been trying this for decades going all the way back kind of through the history books

and no one had completed what is as you said a solo crossing so alone unsupportive means no resupplies of food or fuel along the way so hence the 375 pounds sled with all my gear which still was nowhere near enough food i was on a 3,000 calorie deficit even from day one so you can imagine by 54 days and i was a bag of bones you know hip bones protruding ribs protruding frostbite on my face my body was quite beat up at the end. And, you know, fully human power. It's no kites, no dogs, nothing to propel me other than just me and myself out there. And yeah, it was a, it was a massive leap, even though I'd had set a couple of the world records previous to this. This was on the edges, you know, it's not just a world record, but it was a world first. You know, there's no blueprint

for doing this thing. And so what I realized in the training, obviously I trained my body physically, right? You know, I got to get as strong as I could. I tried to put on some weight knowing I would lose so much weight because I didn't have enough food. But I really, I love to say, and I'm so passionate, I believe this wholeheartedly in every fiber of my body that the most important muscle that any of us have is the six inches between our ears. And I'll get more into the 12-hour walk because I'm so passionate, so excited to share this idea of the world in my new book. But that's essentially what it's about, right? It's about cultivating. mindset. It's about, you know, there's a prescription really kind of a one day activity that I encourage everyone to do that where the book is about that. Invest one day, conquer your mind and unlock your best life. And so I had the same thesis going into Antarctica, which is I can train my body of this, but if my mind isn't right, I'm going to fail. And people thought this was completely crazy and there's a time when I did too, but I decided to actually delete all my music, all my podcast, everything to spend the entire time in full silence.

stillness in my own brain, which I'll tell you what, on day two or day three, that seemed like a terrible idea. What have I done? I was like, okay, I'm really alone out here. And, you know, even so much in those first couple days that, you know, I call it frozen tears. I was actually trying to pull the sled. I could barely pull it. I was grinding. It was so hard. I started crying. But what happens when you start crying and feeling sorry for yourself? It's minus 30, minus 40 degrees outside. Well, it turns out The tears, they freeze your face. So it's, you know, that's kind of an all-ta pathetic feeling. And I was actually racing another guy.

You know, this is kind of a crazy part of the story, but there was a British polar explorer who, unbeknownst to me and me unbeknownst to him, decided to take on this challenge at the same time. And when I say the same time, we actually literally got dropped off, shoulder to shoulder, in a cargo plane, flying out there, just heard of each other a few days previous to that. Not only are we racing history, but we're racing each other. now a thousand miles solo across Antarctica you know basically the longest race I mean I'm sure

there's longer races but definitely when the hardest harshest most remote races someone could ever come up with and it was a battle you know he kicked my butt on the first week that that's for sure and I eventually did catch up to him and 12 hours became sort of my standard day pulling my sled and that's because otherwise I was going to run out of food and even 54 days in I was on like my last bite of food when I made it across the the other side of the frozen continent. And, you know, it was, it was extremely, extremely tough day in and day out. But that all started with the mine.

And what ended up happening on the latter part of this after I got over, wait, why did I delete all my music in my podcast? So far I got over the fact that Antarctica is, it's 24 hours of daylight this time of year in Antarctica. So it feels like high noon. At 3 o'clock in the morning, high noon, all day long, high noon, nothing changes. It's all white. There's no mountains in the interior.

There's no animals. There's no trees. There's nothing to look at. You're in this endless white room that feels like it's trying to kill you. And all you are is in your mind, right? And so that can either be the darkest, scariest, worst place. And I'll be honest, at times my mind was that. But it can also be the most strong, powerful, uplifting place.

And as I got through the latter part, as my body was declining as I was beat up, my mind actually started to get stronger. It started to kind of filter out all the noise of the day-to-day life, all the worries, all the fears, all the limiting beliefs. and I got into this place of flow, this place of strength, this place of inner peace. And it was so incredibly beautiful to find this stillness inside my body and soul. And when I crossed in my previous book that you mentioned was called The Impossible First, same as the project.

The last chapter of the book doesn't say, you know, the impossible first. I did it. I'm a badass, you know. The last chapter is called Infinite Love because that was all at the end of the day. all the competition, all the intensity had kind of washed over me. And I was found this place of stillness, this place of peace, this place of calm, this place of strength, fulfillment, gratitude for family, my wife, et cetera. And I kind of thought I figured it out. I was like, I figured it out. Like I have this with me, the stillness in my mind.

And for a long time, that was 100% true. The next couple years, I really felt like my mind was as sharp as it's ever been. And then just as I think we all experienced in May of 2020, excuse me, in April of 2020, the world shuts down, right? COVID. And I think we all experienced that in different ways, but it was a scary time. It's still, you know, people are dying. People are getting sick. Borders are closing. Life as we know it is completely turned upside down. We're trapped in our houses.

I mean, you know, I was living in that moment too. And I found myself in a small town in Oregon with my wife and my dog. And I had lost that inner piece. I'll tell you that much. You know, I had, and I think, I think we all did, right? Like, it was just this moment in the world's history of just being like, wait, what's happening? And I remember at one point my wife looks over at me and she's like,

you've been sitting on the couch for four days. You haven't changed out of your pajamas all week. Like you've been staring at your phone, just like reading a million articles, like the next, you know, what I call like doom scrolling the news. Don't, don't get me wrong. I love the news. But, you know, there's,

some point where it's just like bad headline bad it's too much right um and uh and i was like i was like you're right and i thought to myself you know when's the last time i felt kind of strong you know and i's like crazy enough it would have been a few years since my antarctica crossing and i said you know back in antarctica all alone there was some inner piece that i found so i said to my wife i was like this might sound ridiculous but um tomorrow morning i'm getting up early and i'm going for a walk uh 12 hours like i used to an antarctica all day And she was just like, she's seeing me do all sorts of random stuff. She's like, yeah, all right, have fun.

I was due for dinner. And so I walk out my front door, and I was on the Oregon coast, this small town. My family has a little house. And walk out the front door about 20 minutes in. My phone buzz is in my pocket. You know, a friend of mine's texting me. And I, you know, instinctively reach from my phone and want to look at it, about to text him back.

And I look at myself, I'm like, what am I doing? Like, I meant to be, I told myself to be out here alone. like doom scroll on the news, staring at my social media all day, like maybe I don't need my phone today either. And so I just put my phone on airplay mode, put it back in my pocket and spend the rest of the day walking in stillness and silence and solitude. And when I walked back in my front door, 12 hours later, open the door, my dog jumps up on me. My wife looks at me and she goes, you're back. You're back. And I was like, yeah, I told you I'd be back for dinner. You know, she's like, no, no, no, no. You're back. I can tell. She's like, I hadn't say anything.

she was like, you're back. And I was like, yeah, I mean, I do feel better than I have felt in so long. I needed that just, you know, to pour over some things in my brain. There's something about the endorphins of walking and being outside that just kind of reset my whole body, mind, and spirit. And so during COVID, and I thought, okay, I'm the guy who walked across Antarctica 12 hours a day. This is just a me thing.

Whatever. No one's going to think this is interesting, whatever. But of course, all sorts of friends, family members, as we all had, we're going through tough times, right? this was a very scary, tough time, the spring of 2020. And so every time I was on the phone with a friend, family, member, colleague, et cetera. And I would say, hey, this might tell them random, but I did this. I took a day.

I walked for 12 hours. And people started taking me up on it. Maybe they were grasping at straws or they were bored at their own house or something like that. But people, all different walks of life, you know, young, old, you know, my 77-year-old mother-in-law. And obviously, she didn't cover as many miles, right? I said, take as many breaks as you want. This doesn't matter for you go one mile or 50, but just,

be alone outside by yourself. And what ended up happening is every single person I knew to come back from that walk had huge change, huge shift, just in one day. The stillness, the silence, the reset. Wow, I didn't know how much I needed this. People were kind of feeling stuck in their lives, stuck in their career, stuck in relationships, and, you know, just chasing just everyday challenges, right? And so this new book, The Twelve Hour Walk, look, it is full of Edge of Your Seed Adventures stories. Many, many that you mentioned real briefly, you know, from rowing a boat across the most dangerous ocean in the world, from climbing efforts to getting, you know, really some sad experiences of losing friends in the mountain to day to day stuff throughout my life. But at its

core, it is about our ability to conquer our mind. It is giving practical tips of how we can conquer our mind, but leaves with this one-day prescription, which is, I can fill you with stories and advice about mindset. And there's a lot, so much, so much strength and value in the book and I'm so proud of it for it to reach many, many people. My ultimate goal is to inspire 10 million people to take the 12-hour walk themselves. You know, it's completely free. It's right out your front door. You can go on my website, 12-hour walk, and sign up. Like I said, completely free, but I'll just send you some inspirational emails. There's an app that tracks you just so you know where you walk and you don't get lost, but the phone's in airplane mode the whole time.

And there has just been this resonant positivity that I've seen of growth, of this massive shift. And in just one day, on one hand, 12 hours seems like a long time. And it is to be alone and walking. But at the other time, it's just one day. You know, how many days that go by in our life that we can't even remember, right? They're like, I don't know what I did last Tuesday or last week. Like this is a powerful imprint. And I'm so passionate about it because it's built to be accessible.

Like I said, like I realize I love my Antarctica expedition. I love all the things that I've done, but you don't have to go to all the way to Antarctica to do this. In fact, for no money out your front door and just committing one day to it, you can have this huge transformation, this huge shift. And so I'm just excited to be sharing this book, The 12-hour Walk, and this idea with the world right now. Yeah, absolutely. We're talking with Colin O'Brady, the author of The 12-hour Walk, Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life. So, Colin, I think I'm a pretty practical person. So I love that really the foundation and the basis of this book of this concept is something that's so practical.

It's taking one day walking. If I take you up on this, what are some of the questions as I'm out there walking that I should be asking myself? How should I be orienting kind of myself in order to get the most out of just taking a walk for 12 hours? Totally. It's such a good question. So since you're a practical person, I'm going to do a few, like, even more practical tips because there's FAQs on my website because people ask a lot of the same questions. So 12 hour walk.com, lots of FAQs, which is, well, I live in a big city, so I could never be alone. And that, that's not the case. You can do this in Manhattan. You can do this in Los Angeles. You can, you know, you can do this in Atlanta. You walk out your front door. And your commitment to silence and solitude is your commitment. That's you not putting in music. podcast or staring at your phone or whatever. But if other people walk and pass you on the street, ambient city noise, cars, traffic, that's ambient. That's not yours. That doesn't negate your silence. So you can do it out your front door. So let's get that out of the way. Big question. Do I have to train for this? This is like a marathon or I got to like commit to this for a year

and just big training program. No. No. The 12 hour walk is not a race. It doesn't matter if you go for one mile or 50. You can take as many breaks as you want. Like I said, my 77 year old mother in-in-law's 12-hour walk looked like her walking one time around her, block and then sitting on her front porch for an hour and then walking another time around her block and sitting on her front porch for an hour. That's still a 12-hour walk because she's engaging the silence, the stillness of her own mind. It's a little bit of a longer question how to orient your brain. I'll answer it. But the book is built around this, right? I wrote a book about this, not a blog post and not a tweet, like, oh, go walk out your front door because there is

more of the methodology, right? And the book is a quick read. And like I said, it's edge of your seat stories. It'll entertain you. It's not some boring, dense textbook, but it is full of practical wisdom and advice that helps you orient that. But at its core, what it breaks down and what it's important to think about, you know, in the short answer, not the full book, is I believe what's holding most of us back are limiting beliefs, as I mentioned, sort of thoughts, right? And the 10 most common I've surveyed thousands and thousands of people, I said, what's holding you back from living your best life? And I've gotten the same 10 responses over and over again. I don't have enough money. I don't have enough time.

I'm not strong enough. I'm afraid people are going to criticize me. I'm afraid of my fail. I hate being uncomfortable, et cetera. And so each chapter in the book breaks down one of those limiting beliefs. You may have experienced some of them right now. Most people have experienced most of them throughout their life. And set those shift and evolve over time.

What ends up happening through the 12-hour walk is, A, it gives you an opportunity to reflect on that. But more than anything, it gives you a window into your, own psyche. And again, the book explains this in much more rich detail. But real quick, what I've realized is a 12-hour walk experience in that format. Actually, the experience starts right now. Right now. What I mean by that is if you're listening to this podcast, you probably never heard this random 12-hour walking idea, and you're sitting there in your car or your headphones, your own, you know, you're riding your bike, whatever you're doing right now. And you're like,

what, is this a good idea? I mean, this guy's, is this guy crazy? This is the worst idea I ever heard? Best idea ever heard. Something's going on in your brain. Maybe 1% of you were like, I'm doing it. I went to the website. I've already signed up. Great. Welcome.

Welcome to the club. And maybe there's 1% of people like, this is the stupidest idea ever. I'm deleting this podcast. It's calling him a great a guy's an idiot. Whatever. I hope that's not a lot of people, but okay, that's the case.

I think most people are somewhere in between. Meaning that right now in your brain, you're curious. Your brain does this kind of this bargaining. Like, is it like, okay, that's different. Huh? Maybe that is for me. And then you start doing this.

But, I don't know. I would never find the time. I got a kid. I got a job. I got a this. Where would I ever fit this in? Or, you know, I hate being uncomfortable. My feet are probably going to get tired when I'm out there. You know, this isn't for me. And when I say it starts right now is this is this is an opportunity that I'm actually holding a mirror up to you. And what the 12 hour walk ultimately does is holds up a mirror to your own interior dialogue. And when I have found, it's even in this moment, in the moment when you're hearing about this for the very first time, the same limiting beliefs that you're likely applying to the 12 hour walk as to, why your brain goes, oh, maybe it's not for me because of X, is most likely the same limiting beliefs that are holding you back in other elements in your life, meaning this is a recurring loop in your brain, whether you notice it or not. But what I found is why I love the word limiting beliefs is they're not limiting truths. They're not limiting facts. These are beliefs. And beliefs can be reoriented, rewritten, shifted. You are the story that you tell yourself. And if this limiting belief of some kind, say it's time, I don't have enough time comes up,

but you still say, you know what, there's something. about this idea like, I'm going to buy the book, I'm going to go to the website and sign up for free, I'm going to put it on my calendar, and then you complete the walk. What happens is there's a ripple effect on the backside of that, meaning the next time that limiting belief of I don't have enough time comes up, you go, oh, hello, limiting belief, I see you there. I recognize that you're part of my interior dialogue. But I remember last time I figured a way to actually optimize my time or prioritize my time, and I'm so glad I did. And so what happens is that limiting voice gets quieter and quieter. And that possible mindset gets stronger and stronger. And so I've seen that

happen for so many people. So the walk itself, there's so many great personal development books full of advice and wisdom. And I'm not knocking that. But I think this goes a step deeper because it imprints on your own lived experience in a deep and visceral way. So anyways, that's as short as answer I give to not read. The answer is read the whole book because it helps or eat of a walk. But that makes sense. It does. Well, I think that analogy of the fact that, you know, walking by yourself for 12 hours in total silence is like holding a mirror in front of your face.

And it's like, oh, man, I can so see that happening. You know, you're kind of there in your own head, in your own thoughts. And then the fact that if you can recognize, wow, all of the reasons why I would convince myself not to just go out for a walk for 12 hours are probably very similar to the reasons why I'm convincing myself to, you know, not pursue that job I've always dreamed of or not, you know, step into a relationship with this person or whatever it might be. So again, Colin, I love how practical this is. For all of our listeners, the 12-hour walk, invest one day, conquer your mind and unlock your

best life. It is available the first week of August. You can get it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and then be sure to check out Colin's website at Colin O'Bradie.com. If you want to learn more, learn more about his adventures, his mindset, sign up for the walk. And of course, you can also follow Colin across social media platforms at Colin O'Bradie. Colin, thank you for your time today. We really appreciate it.

My pleasure. Looking forward to having people. And if people are looking for a date on their calendar, September 10th, I'm inviting a mass participation. You can do the walk any day. But if you need the extra encouragement and just know other people are doing it, you're doing it. You're alone. But September 10th, lots of thousands of people are.

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