Podcast 245: Croix Sather: Finding True Freedom By Running Across USA

Published: Dec. 29, 2014, 5:01 a.m.

b'Todays guest entrepreneur is quite remarkable, and its not just me that says that, but also thousands of people who he has presented to over the last few years.\\nHe is a professional speaker, and record breaking businessman, author and someone who focuses in on Business mastery and also has the "come on guys you can do the impossible you just have to start taking action" vibe nailed down too.\\nHe can help us all get the champion mind-set and build the strength and courage to tackle the "impossible" head on.\\nWe can build lives that give us the freedom to experience what we could only dream about.\\nBut his life didn\'t start in such a positive way, as at fourteen years old he was hit head-on by a drunk driver while riding his bicycle.\\nThe neurosurgeon said, \\u201cIf he survives the night, he will be a vegetable for the rest of his life.\\u201d\\nAnd certainly the diagnosis looked accurate, as he was in a coma for four days, in casts and rehabilitation for a year, and suffered problematic effects lasting many years.\\nAfter the accident, life was a cycle of ups-and-downs until he learned the tools and strategies he teaches today.\\nHe started his professional career as a carpenter and exceled with woodcraft, and then created his first business at age 24, when he entered into the residential contracting and real estate investment business.\\nBut it wasn\'t until after a divorce whilst still a young man, did his life really start to find traction and he began to fire sparks across the world.\\nIn 2011, he decided he wanted to do something amazing.\\nHe wanted to make a difference.\\nHe wanted to leave his mark.\\nHe wanted success.\\nSo from a casual runner, in just nine months he went to running 2,621 miles across America joining the ranks of the most elite ultra-runners in the world.\\nFor 100 consecutive days, he ran a marathon distance, and then gave an inspirational keynote speech to at-risk groups and donated 10,000 of his books "Dream Big Act Big" to the audiences he met.\\nHe ran into New York city waving a huge American flag, surrounded by hundreds of runners, and entered the record books.\\nAnd since then he has continued to provide inspiration to everyone that he meets, undertaking many challenges that so many people would look at as daunting and undoable.\\nSo what is it about the world today that sees the challenge too big to even start taking action on?\\nAnd was there a moment when he realised that he had the mental strength to tackle anything?\\nWell lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only freedom fighting, america running Croix Sather.'