Today’s guest Life Athlete is Michael McCastle. Mike is an air traffic controller for the us navy by day and a marvel of human will and herculean physical effort by night. He has taken on 12 increasingly difficult labours to bring attention to various charities. among his feats, he Flipped a 250-Pound Tire for 13 Miles and for an encore he spent 27 hours climbing a rope the equivalent hight of Everest. “Anything worth having isn’t going to be easy. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”
“It’s better to choke on greatness than to nibble on mediocrity.”
Habit of Thought:
“A habit that I have is maintaining an inner dialogue that is positive and doesn’t let me just go for the easy way. I kind of lean towards the harder way of things because I know that through that harder lesson I’m going to grow more, I’m going to learn more. I might not want to wake up at four in the morning to work out but I know that by starting my day off by doing something that I don’t necessarily like, the rest of the day is going to be that much easier to conquer.”
“Anything worth having isn’t going to be easy. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”
“It’s better to choke on greatness than to nibble on mediocrity.”
Habit of Action:“A habit of action that I have is that I refuse to let my failures define me. I never really get things right the first time. It takes me several times to achieve things. Each time I fail I don’t let it set me back. I don’t allow it to define my future performance. I actually use failure as a tool. That allows me to learn more and grow as a person.”
Greatest area of strength: “I think that my greatest strength comes from my mind and my ability to overcome those mental blocks, those mental walls, those obstacles. When I hit those mental walls, when something challenging or difficult comes up, it’s not a question of ‘man this really sucks, I wish I was doing something else’, it’s a matter of ‘okay, how am I going to get over this wall, how am I going to get past it?’ I’m able to overcome pain and struggle very well.” Training for this area:
“The first thing I’d tell someone is to have a goal… something you’re looking to achieve and to take value from the small victories. have a plan for how you’re going to get there.”
Book:
Web Resource:
http://www.twelvelaborsproject.com
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org
https://www.michaeljfox.org