My Journey to Kilimanjaro on Wheels! with Jeff Harmon

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Join a powerful journey of resilience as our guest Jeff Harmon shares his inspiring story of battling a rare, life-changing condition and pushing past every limit to live life fully.

From overcoming fear and embracing Spartan challenges to the ultimate goal of climbing Kilimanjaro, Jeff shows what it means to face adversity head-on, find strength in the struggle, and inspire others to do the same.

Discover how taking calculated risks and breaking through personal barriers can transform not just a single life, but everyone around it. Prepare to be moved, motivated, and ready to conquer your own challenges!

Highlights:

00:33 What it means to feel fully alive
02:47 Calculated risks and personal growth
03:42 Jeff’s journey with adrenomyeloneuropathy
05:41 The resilience of the human spirit
07:35 Being in a wheelchair and moving beyond sympathy
10:15 Advice for those not living life to the fullest
12:33 My Impossible Foundation and Kilimanjaro journey
15:12 - The importance of embracing life’s process
16:56 Jeff’s unexpected journey to Kilimanjaro
19:39 Dealing with self-doubt and feeling like a fraud
22:13 Believing in your story and sharing it
24:41 The power of listening deeply to others

Transcript

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0:00.0	Just take one step.
0:02.0	Don't think about even doing a whole sprint or climbing a mountain.
0:07.0	Just do one thing today that makes you a little bit uncomfortable.
0:11.0	Step out of the comfort zone.
0:13.0	Have the hard conversation. Do the hard thing.
0:16.0	Challenge yourself even if it's just a micro step.
0:19.0	Welcome to the Hardway podcast with Joe Ducena, founder and CEO of Spartan Races.
0:25.3	We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10
0:29.9	million plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course.
0:33.1	With insight from the smartest, most accomplish experts from every corner of the world.
0:37.3	Get ready to
0:37.9	elevate your life today. Joe DeSanahue, Center here, CEO and founder of Spartan and host
0:44.6	the Hardway podcast. And I've got an incredible friend, incredible guest on, Jeff Harmon. He's a leader.
0:51.1	He's a motivator. He's a fitness enthusiast. And he's the guy that's going to help me get what I got left. I've got 85 million more people, 87 million more people to get off the couch. Once that's done, I'm going on the couch.
1:06.1	Nice. I love it. How you doing, Jeff? Welcome aboard. I'm doing great. Thanks, Joe.
1:12.0	Excited to be here.
1:14.0	What is a life worth living?
1:16.5	Like I was just in Sparta, Greece this past weekend at our race, and I was out there on
1:22.1	course.
1:23.4	And you know, you're out there and you're having fun and you're talking to people, but at some
1:26.0	point it starts to suck.
1:28.0	Yeah.
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