Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is Tom Fabbri, an adventurer, private pilot, chef, health and wellness expert, Mr. Natural Universe at the age of 52, and the author of Ageless You. In this inspiring episode, Tom talks about fear, and being selfish when it comes to taking care of ourselves. He stresses that we need to take care of ourselves first because after all, you can’t fill others if you have an empty cup.
Tom is quite the adventurer, as he has done so many great things. He is currently in the middle of completing his Adventure Grandslam, that is, summitting the highest peak in every continent. He has done six out of the seven, with only Mount Everest left to go.
In this episode, Tom takes us with him through his adventures, most notably, during that time when he called a leadership summit while at a summit. He called in to Zurich while he was in the Antarctica and talked about being grateful, struggle, fear, and overcoming these. He was actually calling in from the coldest place on earth, through a satellite phone, in the middle of a snow storm!
What you’ll learn on this episode:

What it takes to prepare for mountaineering summits
Importance of taking care of one’s self
Taking control of fear
The trouble about having fears
Having courage to do what you want in life
Saying, “yes, I can do this.”
How aviation saved his life
Teamwork and leadership
Everybody deals with stress differently
Choosing to be healthy
Living with integrity
Living on purpose

Quotes:
“I wasn’t born this way, everything that I do is learned from experience.”
“You have to face your fears.”
“And that’s what you really can do: attempt things.”
“Fear is an opportunity to discover things about yourself.”
“To overcome these fears that we all have, you need ‘everyday courage’.”
“Fear is your body telling you that there is something to learn here.”
“Live your life with love, respect, and integrity.”
“There are a lot of problems because people are not living their dream lives.”
“It will start with being selfish but it will trickle down and you will have an impact on the world and everybody you meet.”
“If you don’t scare yourself at least once a week, then you’re not living.”
“When you start stepping into the fear, a calmness will come over you, and you’ll start really living your life and you become happy.”
“It’s a must: you must take care of yourself first.”
“If you don’t have your health, you have nothing.”
Continue the adventure:
Tomfabbri.com
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Tom Fabbri | Adventurer, Pilot, Health Expert | Fear is an Opportunity