Climbing Gold

Facing Fear with Alex Honnold | ReThinking with Adam Grant

Oct 18, 2022

43:34

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The Risk Versus the Consequence Question

01:30

What Is Your Greatest Fear?

01:41

You're Not Afraid - You Can Do This or I'm Not Aware

03:09

Introduction

2min

What Does It Feel Like to Be Up on a Rock With No Ropes?

2min

Climbing

2min

Are You a World Class Rock Climber?

4min

Is Your Amygdala the Threat Detection System?

2min

Is There a Real Threat When You're on a Wall?

3min

Is There a Difference Between Fear and Anxiety?

2min

You're Not Afraid - You Can Do This or I'm Not Aware

3min

Climbing Elcat

2min

10.

Is It Going to Attract People Who Are Motivated for the Right Reasons?

2min

11.

What Is the Ultimate Purpose of Climbing?

2min

12.

Are You an Effective Altruist?

2min

13.

Do You Have a Purpose?

2min

14.

You're Just Giving a TED Talk

2min

15.

The Worst-Case Scam at TED

2min

16.

The Risk Versus the Consequence Question

2min

17.

I've Been More Afraid of Embarrassment Than Death

2min

18.

Do You Want to Achieve and Survive?

3min

19.

Are You a Climber?

2min

20.

What Is Your Greatest Fear?

2min

21.

Rethinking by Alex Honnold

2min

How can you turn your fear into excitement? Today, we’re sharing an episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, a podcast from the TED Audio Collective. In this episode, Alex sits down with Adam to talk about regulating emotions when you’re hanging off the edge of a cliff, what still scares him, and how he stays motivated to pursue ambitious goals.

If you’d like to hear more from leading thinkers and creators, follow ReThinking wherever you get your podcasts. Each week, Adam dives into the minds of interesting people to learn the unique ways they think and find practices we can all apply in our daily lives to live a little better. This season, the show features guests like bestselling author Celeste Ng, entrepreneur Mark Cuban, and Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon.