Entering New Territory:
Interviews with Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
Your average person can do extraordinary things when they allow themselves to enter new territory. When you embrace uncertainty, the world lies at your feet!
Have you done something extraordinary? Let me know!
Achievement: Skied to the North and South Poles and scaled Everest, all in one year.
What you’ll learn: Understand your needs.
Best quote: “As someone who has never been the strongest, fastest, [or] smartest, there are certain skills that you can learn, practice, and refine that help you create whatever path you want.”
Length: 14 minutes. Interviewed by Julie on December 12, 2010.
Achievement: Learned to swim and control panic to compete in the Danskin triathlon.
What you’ll learn: Believe in yourself.
Best quote: “I have the curiosity of a four-year-old and tied with that, I have no sense of shame."
Length: 9 minutes. Interviewed by Julie on March 31, 2010.
Achievement: Has competed in 8 Ironman triathlons while juggling a night job and kids.
What you’ll learn: Maintain your own identity.
Best quote: “Without challenge you don’t have change, and without change, you don’t have growth.”
Length: 13 minutes. Interviewed by Julie on March 25, 2010.
Achievement: Became a four-time Olympian in three different sports.
What you’ll learn: Put your ego aside for the beauty of pursuing your goals.
Best quote: “Sometimes we want too much and expect it to happen, instead of just taking everything we’ve got--our sprit, our strength, or mind--and using it every day. And the results will be what the results will be.”
Length: 15 minutes. Interviewed by Julie on March 31, 2010.
Achievement: First woman to ski solo and unsupported 745 miles to the South Pole.
What you’ll learn: We all have dreams. The way to reach them is the same: step by step.
Best quote: “Every that happens on an expedition happens in all organizations. We have to know what we want, how to communicate, risk management. All this is in private life ... in work ... in sport and on expeditions.”
Length: 13 minutes. Interviewed by Julie on April 19, 2010.
Achievement: Is providing integrity-based leadership for private universities.
What you’ll learn: Listen openly and lean into important issues.
Best quote: “[It’s important to] have the strength and faith to say... what must be said, knowing that it may not work well for you, but you say it because ultimately you think it’s the best thing.”
Length: 17 minutes. Interviewed by Julie on April 19, 2010.
Achievement: Lost 95 pounds while working and raising children ages 1, 5, 9, and 10.
What you’ll learn: You can carve out time to work out.
Best quote: “At 265 pounds, if someone would have told me I was going to run a race, I would have laughed and laughed and laughed.“
Length: 16 minutes. Interviewed by Julie on April 9, 2010.
