Jim Mann: Pragmatically pushing your potential
Jim Mann has broken several Ultramarathon records whilst also scaling his business Undo, with the goal to remove a billion tonnes of CO2 by 2030.\nHe is one of the most ambitious and yet grounded individuals you will ever meet. To call him understated would be understating his understatedness.\n\xa0\nAs a child, he was a very average runner but his love of challenge and ability to outwork others has led him to break some of the hardest Ultra running records such as the Spine Challenger and the 30 Munros as well as winning the infamous Dragons Back race across Wales.\n\xa0\nHe studied ecology and after running several businesses set his sights on climate. He started with reforestation building the Future Forest Company. He is replacing himself as CEO there to set his sights\xa0on the carbon removal company\xa0Undo.\n- - -\nSponsored by\xa0LinkedIn Jobs\nCreate a free job posting in months on the world's #1 rated recruitment site for small businesses.\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/growth\nAd airs - 11:30\n- - -\nConnect with Jim:\n\nCarbon removals - Undo\n\n\nForest regeneration - Future Forest Company\n\n\nChat business -\xa0Jim's Linked In\n\n\nTweet - Jim's twitter\n\n\n\n- - -\nConnect with Sam:\n\nJoin the social podcast app -\xa0Podvine\n\n\nSam's newsletter on creativity -\xa0Explosive Thinking\xa0\n\n\n- - -\nChapters:\n0:00 \xa0Pushing your potential\n03:03 Building mindsets through ultramarathons\xa0\n03:49 Jim's running routine / training regime\n04:27 Running as therapy and inspiration for Future Forrest\n05:08 Jim's company - Climate\n06:33 Jim's entrepreneurial mindset\n07:53 Jim's mindset when he started running - Winning was a journey\xa0\n09:53 Jim's founder journey\n10:52 Sam's founder journey\n12:57 Example of Jim's experience where he tried pleasing everybody and took their advice\xa0\n14:12 Hiring mistakes\n14:12 Dyslexic and running a business\n15:00 Jim's future role in 5 years\n16:40 Making the same mistake twice\n18:12 Mental health\n21:02 Scalability of businesses\n23:04 Jim's journey with Future Forest and Undo\n24:23 Inspiration for the enhanced weathering idea\n26:09 Problem with climate and geopolitics\n28:46 The importance of being optimistic\n30:36 Any dark moments in ultra marathons\n32:38 Scariest thing Jim has done\n34:02 Earliest memories - tomatoes\xa0\n34:40 Kindest thing - little acts of kindness\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices