Summary: Do you have the, mindset, to scale the, personal mountains, in your life? In this episode of 5 mins with Coach Myrna, I share 7 tips to acquiring the mindset of an Everest mountain climber. <br> <br> The mindset of a mountain climber? How to tackle your personal mountains. <br> <br> <br> Not sure why but I picked up the book, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster" target="_blank">"Into Thin Air, my expedition to the top of the world,</a>” maybe it was because one of my goals was to hike the Himalayas, not climb Mt Everest! Let's be clear! but after reading this book I was amazed by what, mindsets, could accomplish. <br> <br> The, positive mindset, can elevate your life and make you stretch yourself, while its opposite a negative mindset can anchor you wherever you are. <br> <br> <br> <br> Contrary to your, personal mountains, You are aware that your odds of dying is high. Even if you don't die, your chances of frost bite or other dangers increase with every feet closer to the summit! The thin air can make you lose brain cells, lack of oxygen to your brain can give you brain damage. YET! The writer says that The line of climbers attempting to get to the top, looks like the line at Walt Disney world. I wonder how these climbers deal with their, personal mountains, <br> <br> Why? What, mindset, do you have to develop to pay the $65,000 fee, risk your life, and push yourself beyond your limits to summit Mt Everest? <br> <br> I discovered these 7 characteristics of people who climb their, personal mountains, and become mountain climbers: <br> <br> 1. Strong Mindset - Think of the, mindset, you have to have, to WANT to climb Mount Everest, the top of the world 29, 035 feet in the sky! Let's put that into perspective that the height that airplanes fly at! Hopefully your, personal mountains, don't seemof this magnitude!<br> <br> <br> <br> 2. They want to test their limits- After reading "Into Thin Air" I listened to a Ted talk by Lori Schneider. She was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis, and decided to make a goal of scaling the highest peaks on each continent before her MS progressed and she lost the use of her legs. She accomplished this feat and became the first woman with multiple sclerosis to summit Mt Everest. That was her, personal mountain, and she climbed it and won. <br> <br> <br> <br> 3. They faced their fears - When you face your fears, especially the ones that tell you, you are not good enough, doing something super human sure proves that you are indeed good enough and wipes out fear forever more! Fear is false evidence appearing real. It is a bully and when you stand up to it, it always runs away. You have to remove fear to climb any of your, personal mountains, <br> <br> <br> <br> 4. They are both mentally and physically strong - Climbing your, personal mountains, is both a mental and physical challenge. Climbing your, personal mountains, has nothing to do with physical strength. In the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Into-Thin-Air-Personal-Disaster/dp/0385494785/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543260676&sr=8-1&keywords=into+thin+air+book" target="_blank">"Into Thin Air" </a>one of the climbers that reached the peak was a 95 lb woman. Mental strength is more powerful than physical strength. <br> <br> 5. Perseverance - Climbing high altitude mountains is a marathon not a sprint. You have to acclimatize yourself to the high altitudes by climbing to incremental altitudes and climbing back down several times. In the same way you can't scale your, personal mountains, in one jump, you have to approach it like a mountaineer or a marathon runner, take small bites at a time. Start with the small, personal mountains, and work to way the top of the world Mount Everest 29, 035 feet above the earth!<br> <br> 6. A Growth mindset - The climbers who summited Mt Everest saw Challenges as an opportuni...
