Alastair Humphreys’ talk was called Why Not? – Motivation & 5 to 9 Thinking. He describes how thinking “Why not?” led him around the world and subsequently built a career doing the things he loves most: tackling expeditions in the world’s wild places and writing books about them.
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. Great stuff. What I like about “Why not…” – it’s the opposite of fearful “What if…” thinking: http://t.co/GLEYa8yg5e