28: Why Risk Plus Passion Brings You Ultimate Reward with Adventure Journalist Jim Clash
Summary: “Pursue your passion, be reasonable about it, but eventually if you do what you love, the money will come.” - Jim Clash The Bucket List Life Podcast #28 – Forbes Magazine Adventure Journalist - Jim Clash What is, in some ways, even better than living the life of accomplishment, adventure, risk, reward, fame and fortune? Being an Adventure Journalist and getting to live vicariously through all of the people you look up to, are inspired by and can learn the from the most in life. Our next guest on The Bucket List Life Podcast with Kenyon Salo, Episode #28, is a world renown Adventure Writer for Forbes, Bloomberg, Business Week, Ask Men Magazine and many more publications. Jim Clash writes mostly about extreme adventure and those who do it. He is the author of the adventure book, Forbes To the Limits. He loves to push his own limits in life and inspire others to do the same. He shares with us today, how he turned his passion of writing into the amazing career he has today as a successful Adventure Journalist. Highlights of their podcast conversation: 2:30 Jim shares some of the current incredible adventures that he is involved in, including his training for Virgin Galactic Airway’s first sub-orbital space flight. 5:00 Jim tells us what it’s like to live vicariously through the incredible adventurers that he has the opportunity to interview. He also explains that he has always been quite an adventurous person himself, starting as a child, as a hand radio operator, communicating with people around the world. 9:30 Jim takes us on his journey and career path into becoming an Adventure Journalist, starting as an English Major out of college. “Pursue your passion, be reasonable about it, but eventually if you do what you love, the money will come.” 13:30 Jim takes us through some of the greatest adventures he’s been on throughout his career, as a journalist, including: summating the Matterhorn, swimming at the North Pole, skiing at the South Pole and ‘earning the right’ to get into an Indy Car and drive over 200 MPH. 21:30 Jim tells us about the book he wrote, Forbes To The Limits, about how successful business leaders manage risk in adventure vs. risk in business, released in 2003. 29:30 Jim talks about some of the most prominent and well known business leaders, athletes, celebrities and adventurers that he’s been privileged to interview in the past couple decades including people that really interest him like Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Joe Kittinger. 33:45 Kenyon asks Jim, “What is something not many people know about you?” Jim says that he has a philosophy that we only have so many ‘risk chips’ in life. Jim doesn’t like to eat fish and he is afraid of shopping alone. 40:45 What are a couple things left on Jim’s bucket list? Jim would love to try to climb an 8,000m peak. He would love to drive an Indy Car averaging a lap at 200 mph at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 47:30 Jim leaves us with the final thoughts: Go out there and try new things… push the limits, …. try to look for meaningful adventure where there is some risk. Thank you so much Jim, for sharing your adventures, your career experience and your wonderful insight on going after your dreams and pursing your passion. That wraps up episode #28 of The Bucket List Life Podcast with Kenyon Salo. Please remember to RATE and REVIEW on iTunes and also FOLLOW us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Feel free to join our Team Bucket List Life Facebook Page and contribute to making the world a better place. Until next time, be amazing and be you and be wonderful! Resources and References from this episode: Jim's Book: Forbes To The Limits (http://www.amazon.ca/Forbes-The-Limits-Edge-Adventure/dp/0471210935) The Explorer’s Club (http://www.explorers.org) If you liked this episode on Following Your Passion, you will love these other recommended episodes on The Bucket List Life with Kenyon Salo: (https://thebucketlistlife.
