There are entire worlds of experience inside each person you meet! What’s something they know how to do that you don’t? If you get people talking about their passions and simple ask, ‘could you show me?’ The chances they get to share their excitement and passion is fairly high! - My Yukon homesteader friend, Alex, was a fishing fanatic. I hadn’t even really been on a boat before but having the humility to say I’m almost 30 and don’t know much about fishing was all it took for an invite! He thought it was crazy not to know, so I got invited on his boat on the Lewelline glacier lake and it was one of my favourite days last summer! In thanks - I thought him how to operate an excavator. It saved him $7000 in hiring a guy to do the work of digging his new cabin foundation. It took me 3 hours to teach him. And he taught me a life skill that I can pass forward to friends now too! How about you?

I love getting to know people through their favourite music and why it is for them! I’ll start - https://youtu.be/geZ_5Ri7ANg?si=Jwn1fcQT41c3Akte Rock n roll - eden. Explains my feeling of wanting to be thoroughly used up by life, yet balancing the sensation of feeling lost and misunderstood in trying to do life differently. ‘I ain’t scared of living’ is like a lifeline for me. And the ‘I’m not worried about you’ convo at the end hits a soft spot. I can’t help but also share https://youtu.be/EwI-Ttci9qQ?si=wBBarI6LMf7g31Kb this INSANE new beatbox that tickles my brain. I promise you’ll feel it in your bones And https://youtu.be/zBgHSPUv_8g?si=wezWkCaJDMPrtJYs bittersweet symphony - luca stricagnoli is the epitome of flow state. It quiets my brain and helps me revisit a sense of awe for people’s capacity for creativity in life! Can’t wait to hear yours!

Thanks @Georgiana D for inspiring this train of thought. The ‘embrace the suck’ mentality. I’m currently stuck in a foreign city with a $1000 vehicle bill. Burning all day away on the waterfront waiting for them to fix my wheels/house. Haha I’ve been nonstop and wanting more time for ProSpirit since being back on the road- oh look! The universe is offering me time! ALL roadblocks and inconveniences are opportunity is disguise. - Delayed trip or traffic jam? Practicing patience and meditation time. Wander down a new street, call the friend you’ve been ‘too busy’ for. - Feeling lonely? The whole world becomes a playground of starting bizarre convos. Get weird with it. Ask ‘Have you heard any rumours?’ (People usually have something to say 😂) say it like it is- ‘Hey, I’m finding new friends , any suggestions on place to meet people?’ It takes pressure off the stranger , yet maybe THEY fill the gap and want to be the friend, life hack😏 - Creative blocks? Go get inspired. Get outside your bubble and allow yourself to be totally renewed. Sometimes you just need a brain break. - Relationship block? Have the scary convo! All dispute is an opportunity for greater closeness when navigated with intent of greater harmony. Again- ‘us vs problem’ not ‘you vs me.’ Mindset. The argument is the actual true reflection of your connection. Anybody can have convenient companions. It’s those who can argue and disagree in a healthy way together that grow true intimacy. 🤙 What inconveniences have you used as growth opportunities? How have you turned a roadblock into a side quest?

‘Every time fear wins it is strengthened.’ That quote terrifies me. - What mindset/reframe helped you overcome hesitation? Fear puts invisible walls up on the possibilities of our life. Some are simply good for us, some are learned and purely fed by an unruly commitment to feeling inadequate. I say ‘commitment’ because if the same diligence was put into convincing ourselves greater than that fear, we would inevitable conquer it. When you take a radical ownership of your life, you realize playing against fears is the fastest way feeling truly present and alive. It builds a confidence faster than any other habit. It makes you wonder ‘what else have I been holding myself back from?’ - I DESPISE being on camera. So I’ve done over 270media posts since 2020. The chance what I share is valuable to somebody is more important than my insecurity. - I feared starting public interactions, so I did 100reps of just saying “Hey, I’m working on breaking my social anxiousness, can I ask you a story-question?’ And asked one from ‘Compass of Connection’😜 it became a fave thing to do when stuck on a chairlift now ! - I feared being misunderstood and social conflict. Because my upbringing reference was malicious conduct and put-downs. I didn’t want to act that way. So learning to slow down, reframe to ‘us vs problem’ conduct, I actually am fairly excited during misunderstandings. It is an opportunity to see how truly committed we are to a harmony, or whether insecurity is still running the show. Nothing refines connection like stacking victories over issues. I KNOW I get to be a living example of healthy conduct and change others sense of possibility for how arguements can unfold:) How about you??

Life is full of adventures hiding behind an entrance fee of curiosity! It must simply be greater than our self-doubt and fears! Very few people in life land their truly aligned career or relationship on first attempt. We’ve all lived far more colourful lives than first impressions could ever tell. Share one of those stories here! For myself, last summer, I had an epiphany that I must CHALLENGE my limiting beliefs. One was that I could not be a heli-pilot because of 3 heart procedures as a kid with leukaemia. You can’t fly with risk of heart palpitations - which I have had probably once a month for 20 years. But I never medically confirmed this to disqualify me. The day after I realized I made an assumption, rather than make proof, I went to an aviation medical examiner, did all the test and passed with flying colors! 💫 I expressed my concerns and he said ‘no, you’re a young healthy guy despite your cancer, crazy if you DONT go for this with your clean bill of health.” 🤯 Next step, I call my only heli-pilot contact I met a a horseback guide in the Yukon a decade ago. I asked for pointers before paying $80,000 in schooling. 9min phone call later, he offered me a job as ground crew at his helicopter outfit in a remote Inuit village in the Yukon. I dropped my life, drove 37hours and spent 2 months in the epic north! Learned a TON! BUT! I learned that my truest calling is to be of deep and personal service to individuals. My gifts are to elevate others, and flying was just a ‘that’s pretty badass’ dream that I thought was denied me because of my heart procedures. But that man gave me an opportunity to realize my priorities and saved me heart $100,000 and YEARS of debt by giving me an inside view before investing. So my words to you, do not simply buy into any negative assumption about yourself. Challenge it and realize how often ONLY our own mindset and the story we tell ourselves is in the way! Thanks to @Georgiana D for inspiring this conversation!