This is the first part of a long conversation with Aidan. We mostly focus on mastery, goals, motivation and direction in climbing. To access the second half of the conversation where we further explore mastery, discuss flow in bouldering and talk about how Aidan focuses become a Podcast Community Member at strongmindclimbing.com/podcast
This is the first part of a long conversation with Aidan. We mostly focus on mastery, goals, motivation and direction in climbing.
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0:00 - 6:54 | Intro and chat about the Strong Mind Podcast Community
6:59 - 11:00 | Chit chat
11:01 - 13:58 | Aidan and Hazel’s routine
13:58-19:13 | Pro climbing and balancing time
19:13 - 33:17 | Game theory and Instagram, body image and objectification
33:17 - 39:02 | Podcasting
39:02 - 41:21 | Aidan's goals, motivations and finding his limit
41:21 - 46:42 | Burden of Dreams
46:42 - 50:00 | Gravitating towards a style niche versus being a broadly accomplished climber
50:00 - 58:44 | Mastery in climbing - what is it and do Aidan and Hazel have different conceptions of mastery
58:44 - 1:03:55 | Collective mastery and the difference between mastery and difficulty
1:03:55 - 1:05:16 | Exposing weaknesses
1:05:16 - 1:06:13 | Enjoyment and preferences in climbing
1:06:13 - 1:08:16 | Tools to understand where your motivation comes from
1:08:16 - 1:11:39 | Aidan’s aversion to extrinsic motivations
1:11:39 - 1:14:57 | Authenticity
1:14:57 - 1:24:45 | Psychological traps in goal setting and the projecting process
1:24:52 - 1:28:29 | Outro