Episode 165- Ryan Leech and navigating the Risk / Reward Spectrum
Location: North Vancouver, BC Athlete: Ryan LeechRyan Leech has been a professional mountain biker for 25 years. Although he would never call himself this, in his sport he is a legend. He’s performed stunts in thousands of shows, including Cirque Du Soleil, IMBA World Summit, and Crankworx and has appeared in dozens of films. Ryan has been teaching mountain biking for over 24 years and is an avid explorer of human potential and is a certified Integral Master Coach. In this episode we explore the four types of Flow, the risk of entering flow through risk, developing the mind to increase performance, how a professional athlete has to ride the often very narrow line between risk and reward, making inexpensive mistakes, getting intimate with risk, maintaining a professional athletic career, accurately identifying risk (not inflating it and not ignoring real risk), being at peace with the dangers, and a lot more. Ryan has an incredible website and online instructional presence. Learn more about his teaching and follow Ryan here:website: https://learn.ryanleech.comfacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryanleechconnectioninstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanleechconnection/Topics we discuss on the show:* Taking risk to get noticed/ sponsored* Successfully riding the line between success and failure* The four types of Flow: Forced Flow (it’s a gamble), Chance Flow (random), Vicarious Flow (transportational), Choice Flow (the gold standard)* Getting in and out of Flow and the developmental process of Flow* The risks of “Kodak courage”* The dangers of following a formula* Developing the ability to read risk* DO NOT DO THINGS for the accolades or sponsors, do things for the love of the sport* Developing a map for improvement and progression* Developing a deeper connection to nature* Red Bull Rampage* “The mind writes checks that the body can’t cover”* Why do we take risk?* Sacrificing well-being in the pursuit of progressing a sport* How risk changes when you have kidsMentioned in this show: AirNomads, Steve Kotler, Will GaddRyan Leech