Overcoming Setbacks with a Growth Mindset: Reframing Your Attitude
When terrible things happen it is our mindset that determines how it impacts us. Niall McCann explains how he found gratitude for the opportunity to redefine his life after breaking his back.
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Dr Niall McCann is the Director of National Park Rescue protecting large areas of nature and the species within. He is also an intrepid adventurer having rowed the Atlantic, cycled the Himalayas and skied across Greenland.
Ever the positive thinker Niall faced his biggest obstacle head-on when he suffered a broken spine in 2016, on a speed flying exercise in the Brecon Beacons. He broke five vertebrae, one of which was - in the words of his surgeon: obliterated. After being told he might never walk again, a year after his accident Niall joined the Mountain Rescue team that rescued him
He is preparing to cross the Vatnajökull icecap with two other friends with broken spines to raise money for charity.
Millimeters 2 Mountains The charity helps those facing adversity experience the outdoors and the healing power of adventure.
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Connect with Dr Niall McCann:
- Website - N iallMcCann.com
- Twitter - @NiallPMcCann
- Instagram - @DrNiallMcCann
- Charity - National Park Rescue
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Chapters:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 02:58 Niall McCann
- 04:02 Quickfire questions
- 06:00 How did Niall break his back and survive - Speed flying
- 08:42 Rode across the Atlantic tangent
- 11:02 Any app that could help you with Speed flying?
- 11:37 Femur photograph tangent
- 11:53 What happened during the accident
- 16:29 Tolerance for pain
- 20:03 Couldn't go to the toilet
- 20:25 Niall's road to recovery: 1st surgery
- 23:18 ADVERT - Better Help
- 25:34 Second surgery
- 26:50 Bowel issues
- 31:14 Humor as a coping mechanism
- 31:37 Facing the fact that you may never walk again
- 37:35 Ed Jackson
- 38:42 Coming to terms with doing things differently than before
- 40:54 Next adventure: Ice cap crossing with 3 paraplegics
- 41:45 Niall's friend - Darren Edwards
- 44:36 Tom - Niall's best mate, as a source of inspiration with his injury
- 47:19 Vipassana tangent
- 50:35 Positive mentality goes a long way
- 51:06 Story on Niall's dad and his bloodtype
- 53:05 Make the most of your year and build upon it
- 55:40 Niall's mindset on how he chooses his adventures
- 58:07 How Niall gets to make his adventures happen
- 01:00:05 Outro
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