In this episode of the podcast Gavin talks about the fact he’s had a bit of a ‘wobble’ since deciding to swim the English Channel rather than the Gibraltar Straits three weeks ago, and how that’s affected him.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
All sorts of questions have come up this morning: Am I physically able to complete this challenge? Am I going to stay in the cold water for the duration? Am I going to have weather stop my attempt as I’m making the crossing? Those are the questions that are concerning me the most. What’s concerning me is not the destination but the journey.
I don’t have a lot of time left to prepare, the swim is in September, just 14 weeks. My calves are still incredibly tight and burning from the 6-hour qualifier that took place 10 days ago.
What’s really setting my off balance is not what could go wrong during the swim, the registration and application, but what might happen around the swim date with the weather and the training. Am I in a fit enough state to do it?
Why can’t I find the strength to get me out of this hole now? The devil has appeared, the ego, asking me all those questions and making negative statements. It wants me to go out and get drunk, dance with girls and have a good time until the sunrise. Whilst it’s not impossible to do that, I’ve got 14 weeks.
 
BEST MOMENTS
‘I’m going to forego income earning activities, at least half of them because I’m losing half the time because of the extra training.’
‘You never know what lies ahead in a swim, you’ve just got to kick and put one hand ahead of the other and keep going.’
‘The only way this works is if my “why” was bigger than myself. My personal “why” was to break my beliefs around my physical capability. My external world “why” was always to raise awareness around plastic pollution, so they are much greater than me.’
‘You need support when the devil is in your ear.’
ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.
Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.
Why?
Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!
How?
Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.
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