Unlocking Persistent Motivation & Extreme Resilience | Ross Edgley
Ross Edgley is a British ultra-endurance athlete and author known for completing extraordinary athletic feats by tapping into diverse sources of motivation and resilience. We discuss the psychological and biological forces that allow people to persevere through extreme challenges. Then we cover how to dynamically update your sense of purpose, emotions, philosophy, and personal narratives to expand your ability to overcome adversity of all kinds. We also discuss the brain circuits and science of fatigue and stress adaptation. Ultimately, a new framework emerges that you can use to access persistent motivation.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Ross Edgley
(00:03:19) Childhood, Motivation Sources; Competition, Pain & Purpose
(00:11:51) Anterior Midcingulate Cortex, Wheel of Motivation & Tenacity
(00:16:05) Honoring Your Commitment, Ultra-Endurance Swimming, Self-Respect
(00:17:46) Sponsors: David & Lingo
(00:20:02) Fear of Shame, Iceland; Team Events, Injuries & Sea Swims
(00:25:50) Spiritual Experiences, Loch Ness, Iceland, Mythology & Motivation
(00:31:37) Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, Persistence & Winning, Strategy
(00:36:27) Energy Management; Leadership & Team
(00:40:56) Addiction, Evaluating Challenges & Purpose, Support & Yukon
(00:47:23) Fear & Animals, Great White Sharks, Bears
(00:53:09) Sponsor: AG1
(00:54:22) Proving Others Wrong, Anger, Great Britain Swim
(00:57:55) Anger at Self; Doing It For the Sake of Others, Son, Father
(01:08:58) Next Endeavor, Money, Helping Others
(01:15:29) Dark vs Light Energy, Self-Discipline; Yaminawa Tribe
(01:22:51) Sponsor: LMNT
(01:24:11) Challenge Stakes, Ultra-Endurance Swims; Negative Thoughts
(01:33:29) Tongue; Iceland Swim, Berserker, Third-Person Perspective
(01:38:28) Pain Tolerance, Stress Inoculation, Deliberate Cold Exposure
(01:45:48) Strength Training
(01:48:10) Sponsor: Eight Sleep
(01:49:38) Process vs Outcomes, Psychological Adaptability
(01:55:07) Cyclops & Tunnel Vision, Yukon Swim; Cuttlefish
(02:02:02) Caffeine, Nicotine, Alpha GPC, Creatine, Supplement Use
(02:11:59) Strength Training & Workouts, Strength Reserve, Endurance
(02:20:26) Girlfriend, Worry; Doing What Others Cannot, Gratitude
(02:29:13) Absurd Hero, Pleasure in Struggle
(02:31:14) Smile, Motivated through Anger; Spirit Animals
(02:41:37) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter
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The Huberman Lab podcast is hosted by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. The podcast discusses neuroscience and science-based tools, including how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health, as well as existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works.
Huberman has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills, and cognitive functioning. He is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, in 2017.
Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover, and other top media outlets.
In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.