1 hr 1 min
How Running Changed My Life - From Drug Addict To Running Across The Sahara | Charlie Engle The High Perfomance Life
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- Society & Culture
In this episode, we will be joined by Charlie Engle, a renowned endurance athlete, author, and addiction recovery advocate. Charlie will share with us how his love for running helped him overcome addiction and gave him a new lease on life.
Key Points:
• Charlie chose to commit to running and attending AA meetings as a way to save his life, and he did both every day for three straight years.
• Running saved Charlie's life and gave him purpose, leading to him running across deserts and jungles and becoming the Senior Producer of the hit TV show Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
• Coaches can use wearable data to gently guide addicts towards better physical health
• Wearables offer a nonjudgmental accountability tool that combats isolation and loneliness
• Reinforce the lesson of giving away your gifts and skills.
• Charlie emphasizes the importance of sharing struggles and successes with the world
• He believes in attraction rather than promotion when it comes to mentoring and learning from others
Best Quotes:
09:14 - 09:25
• "I committed my, I didn't say I was gonna do it for three years. I just committed to one day at a time doing these two things and seeing how that would change my life."
16:36 - 16:45
• "When you put yourself in the right setting, your ideas can even be crazy, but if you have the right people around you, they can help you execute 'em."
25:05 - 25:11
• "The older we get, the harder some of the things that you used to do with ease become totally just."
31:17 - 31:25
• "It's an accountability tool. I don't care if they do the meditation or not, but I, I have told them that I see them."
34:49 - 34:56
• "I know that if I had one or two glasses of wine, what it does to my recovery the next day."
42:47 - 42:53
• "We are the only country on the planet that incarcerates and I mean incarcerates for a long time."
51:32
• "While I was locked up, I had this other idea, another bad idea, basically, that I wanted to take the metaphor...That I would become the first person to ever go from the lowest place on the planet,
In this episode, we will be joined by Charlie Engle, a renowned endurance athlete, author, and addiction recovery advocate. Charlie will share with us how his love for running helped him overcome addiction and gave him a new lease on life.
Key Points:
• Charlie chose to commit to running and attending AA meetings as a way to save his life, and he did both every day for three straight years.
• Running saved Charlie's life and gave him purpose, leading to him running across deserts and jungles and becoming the Senior Producer of the hit TV show Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
• Coaches can use wearable data to gently guide addicts towards better physical health
• Wearables offer a nonjudgmental accountability tool that combats isolation and loneliness
• Reinforce the lesson of giving away your gifts and skills.
• Charlie emphasizes the importance of sharing struggles and successes with the world
• He believes in attraction rather than promotion when it comes to mentoring and learning from others
Best Quotes:
09:14 - 09:25
• "I committed my, I didn't say I was gonna do it for three years. I just committed to one day at a time doing these two things and seeing how that would change my life."
16:36 - 16:45
• "When you put yourself in the right setting, your ideas can even be crazy, but if you have the right people around you, they can help you execute 'em."
25:05 - 25:11
• "The older we get, the harder some of the things that you used to do with ease become totally just."
31:17 - 31:25
• "It's an accountability tool. I don't care if they do the meditation or not, but I, I have told them that I see them."
34:49 - 34:56
• "I know that if I had one or two glasses of wine, what it does to my recovery the next day."
42:47 - 42:53
• "We are the only country on the planet that incarcerates and I mean incarcerates for a long time."
51:32
• "While I was locked up, I had this other idea, another bad idea, basically, that I wanted to take the metaphor...That I would become the first person to ever go from the lowest place on the planet,
1 hr 1 min