Who is in your team - making you Unstoppable?

This episode explores the profound impact of support systems on personal achievements, showcasing Ed Shuttleworth's 210-kilometer run for charity and drawing parallels with the teamwork behind wingsuit pilots. We emphasize the importance of finding and nurturing the right people who inspire and uplift us as we strive to live beyond our limits.

•Discussion on the thrilling world of wingsuit pilots
•Ed's incredible journey of running 210 kilometers for charity
•Importance of having a strong support system
•Personal anecdotes about coaching and mentoring
•Encouragement to identify and seek out your support squad
•Call to action for donations to Ed’s fundraising efforts:

 https://210-reasons-to-run.raiselysite.com/ 

Chapters

• 0:00 Living Beyond Limits
• 11:47 Breaking Limits

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Welcome to Unstoppable Force Living Beyond Our Limits, the podcast where we take the rulebook of life, set it on fire and rise like a phoenix from the ashes new and unstoppable. I'm your host. Stu Darling, a former soldier and spy, turned mental wellness and personal development renegade, here to shake up the way you think, lead and live. This isn't your typical feel-good pep talk. We're diving into the messy, the uncomfortable and the downright wild parts of life to uncover what it really takes to unlock the unstoppable power within you. Expect unfiltered truths, stories that will make you laugh, cry or yell, hell yeah, and game-changing insights to fuel your next big leap. So buckle up. It is time to stop tiptoeing through life and start kicking doors in. You're not here to play small. You are here to live beyond your limits. Let's get into it. Welcome to this week's episode.

Speaker 1: 1:11

Have you ever? Have you ever watched these guys in their wingsuits? We used to watch them when we would go on holiday to Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss Alps, to Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss Alps. You'd see them jump off the side of the valley and then they just fly down through the canyon and really just using their arms to figure out what direction they're going to go in until they got to the point where it was time to pop the canopy and parachute, to the point there was time to pop the canopy and parachute to the the floor of the valley, um. But then when you look online, go have a look on youtube and look for some of these wingsuits and yeah, they're flying closer and closer to the trees and through canyons and it's just epic. Scary, but it's epic. I have so much respect for these guys, their precision, the courage that they show a little bit of madness maybe. I've also seen the sadder end of things, where the parachute doesn't open, and I've watched, um, a wingsuit pilot I'd be called pilots hit the other valley wall and that's the end of days. But even more impressive than the wingsuit pilot people, there's normally someone with a camera flying with them. So this is a dude in his wingsuit, but he's also able to focus on the other flyers. How cool is that? They're able to do their thing but then they're also able to have control of the camera. They're the ones that make this available to all the rest of us. How exciting is that? And I was thinking about this the other day when I was out on the trail with uh, with a friend of mine called ed shuttleworth. We had Ed come and talk to us on the Unstoppable Huddle which you know, if you're a member of any of the Unstoppable Force programs, you get an invite to the monthly huddle. And Ed joined us.

Speaker 1: 3:36

Because Ed had committed to run 210 kilometers from Farewell Spit, which is at the toppy, toppy-most bit of South Island in New Zealand, to Nelson Tasman Hospice, which is in Stoke, which is between Nelson and Richmond in New Zealand. Why 210 kilometres? Richmond in New Zealand? Why 210 kilometres? Well, the hospice looks after 210 people every month. So Ed set out to run 210 kilometres and raise $210,000 for the hospice. I think he's got until May to do it and just last weekend Ed was out there on the trail.

Speaker 1: 4:33

Now, I'm not going to ruin the story, but he completed it. He did it. It was amazing. It was amazing to meet him out on the trail. It was amazing to be there at the end when he arrived at Nelson Tasman Hospital 210 kilometers later. Holy crap, 210 kilometers later. That's like 10 half marathons or five full marathons and he did it. Enough respect, ed. They're still raising money, what I'll do in the links for this podcast if you want to go and have a look at ed's journey. If you want to have a look at the Facebook page and if you want to donate, please do. I'll put the links in the page for this podcast.

Speaker 1: 5:25

So Ed ran his 210 kilometers. What the hell does that have to do with wingsuit pilot people? It's a valid question. Well, I got thinking about these wingsuit guys and their support teams, the cameramen, when I watched and spent a little bit of time with the guys who supported Ed. Yeah, his cameraman, Todd, walked 50 kilometres of the 210 kilometres, biked 70 kilometres of the route so that he could capture camera filmage so that they can use it in a documentary. He was there to support him. When Ed got an interview on local radio, Ed had two or three runners with him to support him through some of the more challenging bits. His wife, Olivia, was the support team. All of these people in the background, all the people who stepped out in Takaka, in Tapuera, in Brightwater, all the way back to the finish line at the hospice. But specifically that close-in support team, the team that pointed him in the right direction, the team that were there to feed him and water him, depending on his needs, his wardrobe to help him choose what t-shirt to be wearing when he was running into a town where a bunch of folks had congregated to clap him through the support team, the people in the background that I think even Ed, especially Ed he's such a humble person would say he couldn't have done it without them. All of that cool footage we see on YouTube of the wingsuit pilot people they are supported by the cameramen. Being unstoppable as Ed was, wow 210 kilometers in less than 48 hours.

Speaker 1: 7:58

Being unstoppable requires you to have people around you. It requires you to have good people, as my coach Bo Eason says. He says find your Dawn. As my coach Bo Eason says he says find your Don, His wife. Don Eason is his support team. He've got four coaches now. I've got Sarah, a leadership and values coach. I've got Fletch, a strength conditioning and nutrition coach. I've got Liz, a health and wellness coach. I've got Lisa, a wealth coach. They are all there to help me build Unstoppable Force, but they're also there to help me build unstoppable force. But they're also there to help you, clients of unstoppable force, who are looking for that little bit more when it comes to finding their way to be unstoppable. Remember to be unstoppable.

Speaker 1: 9:06

We are committing to being more unreasonable. We're committing to raising our standards. We're committing to a our standards, we're committing to a new level of vulnerability, and to do that, it helps to have a support team. So who's your support team? Who can you look at and say they support me, they are supporting me to become the best version of myself. Who is it? Because, if you're looking around and you're wondering, it's probably time to start seeking people out who can help you.

Speaker 1: 9:47

Later on today, I will be heading to the gym and Fletch, one of the coaches I've just mentioned, will spend an hour enjoying putting me through my paces. Fletch is part of my support team. Liz, our health and wellness coach, as you know, is also my wife part of my support team. Diane, the driving force that keeps me on track. And, in a more broad perspective, everyone who is part of the best the coaching program that I attend, because even coaches need coaches.

Speaker 1: 10:26

Have a think about it. Who is your support team? Who is it that's got the camera as you are navigating through the trees, through the valleys, at speed? Who is it that is supporting you in your why? Because they are the people that will help you get there, just as ed's cameraman, his, his runners, and Olivia, his wife, helped him run 210 kilometres for Nelson Tasman Hospice. Have a look 210 reasons to run. I will keep you informed about what Ed's up to, how he's doing raising his money If you'd like to give. The link will be in the notes and I'm quite sure that when we do the podcast on Unstoppable Force TV on YouTube, we will get Ed in at the right point and you can enjoy listening to how he fared on his challenge and how much he needed his support team. So who's your support team? Who is it that helps you go out there and live a life beyond your limits?

Speaker 1: 11:47

That's it for today's episode of Unstoppable Force Living Beyond Our Limits. If you're feeling fired up and ready to take on the world, don't keep it to yourself. Share the love. Send this episode to a friend who needs a little push, or, hey, send it to your entire contact list and don't forget to subscribe so you never miss a dose of unstoppable energy. Leave a review if today's episode hit you in the feels or gave you that aha moment. Your feedback keeps this rocket fuel coming Until next time. Keep pushing, keep growing and remember the only limit is the one you refuse to break. See you next time.