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When you see the sun rise from the top of the world,
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it was just the most beautiful thing you could imagine.
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My first tip would be to just start.
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The difference between most successful people
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and unsuccessful people is that
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successful people just gave it a shot,
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and they just took that first step.
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Small steps make the biggest difference.
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There were so many moments, when I've been in the Himalayas,
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where I've felt like I couldn't take another step,
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I couldn't do anything more.
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And it's so easy to get paralysed by the enormity of the challenge,
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and lose sight that the step in front of you
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is all you have to ever worry about.
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My next tip: Visualise.
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I'd make a playlist of music
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that will transport me to the mountain as soon as I put it on,
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shut my eyes, and I can imagine myself climbing that peak.
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Just taking the time to really visualise
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what it means to achieve it.
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I think that most people give up
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because they lose sight of their dream,
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they forget why they started.
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Spend more time in nature.
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I always ran as a way to get fit and I would go to the forest,
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the things that became really highly emotional
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and I'd get really upset about suddenly weren't such a big deal.
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Stop letting your ego get in the way.
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Your ego can be the biggest wall that you have to climb.
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The most successful people in life
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are the ones who are able to be honest,
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and vulnerable with others.
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The more you build up a wall around you,
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the more you have to pretend to be someone that you're not.
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I don't think that
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just getting to the top of a mountain makes you a good person,
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or a successful person.
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For me, success comes down to,
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can you get to that point by being a compassionate person to others,
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by being in touch with yourself,
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and being respectful of the environment around you.
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I don't believe that you have to be ruthless
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to get what you want in life.
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My final tip is you have to trust in something.
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Whether it's yourself, whether it's in God,
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whether it's in nature or the universe,
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but just having that trust that it will work out somehow,
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and if it doesn't work out in the way I want,
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then maybe I'll learn something from it.
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When you have been to the top of the world,
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you appreciate... such simple things,
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you don't want to have power of money or status or material items.
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You want to have great connections with your family,
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because when you think you're going to die, they're all you think about.
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You want to feel that feeling when you've been on your feet for 24 hours
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and you're still climbing,
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and you think, "wow, the human body is amazing."
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Those are the moments, I think, that have made me feel most successful,
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and, ultimately, those are, in some ways,
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some of the hardest moments in life to find.