Solitude is the medium for self-realization. Inside each of us, is a vast wilderness, an interior life, that is waiting to be discovered and explored. Most of us don’t spend enough time alone, with our thoughts, and to examine our life and imagine what’s possible. Spending time alone isn’t selfish, and in fact, according to Sherry Turkle, MIT sociologist and professor of Social Studies of Science & Technology, and author of the books, Alone Together, and Reclaiming Conversation, time spent in solitude helps us to be more empathetic of others. I invite and encourage you to spend time alone, reflecting on and exploring your life.
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The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
Certainly, that been the case for me. In the last 10 years, I’ve walked 26,000 miles, and in the process, I’ve had some truly great thoughts.
One of my best truly great thoughts came while hiking 11 years ago and it would become my inspiration for starting Epic Life Inc. I imagined a program that would use the wilderness as a platform from which people could practice doing the hard work, and developing the skills that living one’s epic life, and/or being an impactful leader require. I call such experiences “Epics,” and they are more than just a guided outdoor adventure.
Recently, I had the honor of being a guest on a podcast called Outside In. The podcast is brought to us by world-class experience designers Joel Krieger and Pavani Yalla. The episode of my conversation with them is called The Wilderness Inside and I hope you’ll listen to it.
The conversation with Joel and Pavani was enlivening for me. Due to their curiosity and terrific questions, they captured in our conversation my “Epics” mission better than I have been able to articulate in the almost 11 years I’ve been creating and providing them.
If you listen to it and/or share it, I thank you with all of my heart.
I have walked/hiked 26,000 miles in the last 10 years. Some of those miles have been logged hiking this favorite training route in my backyard, the foothills of Wyoming’s Wind River Range.
