Mike Posner on Walking America, Summiting Everest & Writing Hit Music | Rich Roll Podcast

Grammy-nominated hit maker Mike Posner on walking across America, summiting Everest, creating art, and surpassing self-imposed limits. To read more about Mike and peruse the full show notes, go here👉🏾http://bit.ly/richroll645
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:07 - Wide Open
00:03:45 - Catching Up Since Mike's Previous Time on the Pod
00:09:00 - Recap of Mike's Walk Across America & the Rattlesnake Bite
00:16:07 - 3 Weeks to Recover from the Snake Bite
00:19:52 - The Origin of the Walk Across America
00:23:43 - Mike's Daily Exercise of Discipline During the Walk
00:24:36 - Catching Up Since Mike's Previous Time on the Pod
00:28:09 - There Are No Finish Lines
00:32:10 - Mike's Mental Tools of Visualization and the Law of Attraction
00:35:48 - Traversing the Navajo Nation
00:42:40 - Going Deep and Inward
00:49:44 - Tapping into a Sense of Peace and Presence in the Everyday
00:54:36 - Charlie - When the Mind is Quiet, What's Left?
01:01:19 - Thich Nhat Hanh: Retreat is about re-entry. You should come back better.
01:03:23 - Transcending the Ego
01:08:54 - Training to Summit Mt Everest
01:18:13 - Going Out to Poland to Train with Wim Hoff
01:23:05 - Mike's Close Call with an Avalanche
01:30:38 - Dealing with the Lack of Oxygen on Everest
01:32:32 - Reaching the Summit of Everest
01:38:16 - Reflecting on the Experience
01:41:56 - You Can't Transmit What You Haven't Got.
01:47:32 - Spending Two Months at Everest Base Camp
01:52:48 - How Does Mike Take All of These Experiences into the Studio?
01:56:28 - What's Mike's Process for Writing Songs?
02:00:49 - There's No Next
02:05:46 - Closing Thoughts
02:08:02 - Redemption Song

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