ِEp 61: He Remortgaged His House to Climb 14 Mountains

Most of us are waiting to know where the money is coming from before we begin.

Nims Purja remortgaged his house, went to climb the fourteen highest mountains on earth with no sponsors and no certainty, and the money only arrived once he had already started.

Shabbar brings the recent death of a man he never met but had come to love, and the conversation turns quickly from mountains to money. Tim points out that long before the risk of the climb, there was a financial risk most of us would never take.

From there they look at something harder: the judgments we make about people who follow their own path, and what those judgments protect us from seeing in ourselves. Along the way there is Jung on individuation, a mountaineer's words from 1924 about why we make money at all, and an honest look at courage, fear, and the comfort we mistake for a life.

Key themes:

• Why not knowing where the money will come from stops almost all of us

• How the word responsible can quietly stand in for afraid

• What a child actually learns from a parent who never lives

• Why the people who provoke us are showing us something we want

• The difference between being sensible about money and hiding behind it

Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions, or your own stories about money. Reach out and connect with us on LinkedIn:

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