BITESIZE # 10 | Nims Purja: Excuses are for losers

Nirmal "Nims" Purja, 37, stunned the mountaineering world in 2019 when he summited all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks in just six months and six days. Then in January this year Nims lead the first successful winter ascent of K2, himself climbing to the top without supplemental oxygen.

His one big learning he learnt from his time from the Gurkha’s to mountaineering legend? “Excuses are for losers”. 

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## Summary of the High-Performance Podcast Episode: "Excuses Are for Losers" with Nims Purja ##


### Introduction: ###


- Nims Purja, a renowned mountaineer, achieved remarkable feats by summiting all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks in six months and six days and making the first successful winter ascent of K2 without supplemental oxygen.


- Purja's unwavering belief in his abilities and his refusal to make excuses became his guiding principles for success.


### Key Takeaways: ###


- **1. The Power of Belief:**
- Purja emphasizes the importance of believing in oneself and one's abilities.
- He believes that those who make excuses are setting themselves up for failure.


- **2. Taking Responsibility:**
- Purja stresses the significance of taking responsibility for one's actions and circumstances.
- He encourages individuals to avoid blaming others or making excuses when things go wrong.


- **3. Embracing Challenges:**
- Purja highlights the importance of embracing challenges and obstacles as opportunities for growth and learning.
- He believes that excuses can hinder personal development and prevent individuals from reaching their full potential.


- **4. Maintaining a Positive Mindset:**
- Purja emphasizes the power of maintaining a positive mindset, even in the face of adversity.
- He encourages individuals to focus on solutions rather than dwelling on problems.


- **5. Learning from Mistakes:**
- Purja acknowledges that mistakes are inevitable, but he believes that dwelling on them is counterproductive.
- He encourages individuals to learn from their mistakes and move forward.


### Inspirational Story: ###


- Purja recounts an incident during his Everest summit attempt when his oxygen supply was stolen.
- Instead of becoming frustrated or blaming others, he chose to believe that someone desperately needed the oxygen to survive.
- This mindset shift allowed him to maintain a positive outlook and continue his ascent.


### Conclusion: ###


- The podcast emphasizes the importance of taking personal responsibility, embracing challenges, maintaining a positive mindset, and learning from mistakes.


- It highlights the transformative power of believing in oneself and refusing to make excuses, as exemplified by Nims Purja's remarkable achievements in mountaineering.

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[02:37.360 -> 02:41.360] for details hey there thanks so much for joining us for this bite-sized episode
[02:41.360 -> 02:44.720] of the high-performance podcast in partnership with Lotus cars I'm gonna
[02:44.720 -> 02:48.880] make you a promise I promise we're not going to take up much of your day, but I also promise
[02:48.880 -> 02:53.200] that the next few minutes is going to be a really good use of your time. What we're doing on these
[02:53.200 -> 02:57.840] bite-sized episodes is just diving into former conversations that we've had on the High Performance
[02:57.840 -> 03:02.640] Podcast, and Damien and myself are just picking out the learnings, the lessons, the little nuggets
[03:02.640 -> 03:08.920] of inspiration, so that you can learn even more about what our guests have done to live a high-performance
[03:08.920 -> 03:12.800] life and there is no one I don't believe more high-performance than Nimz
[03:12.800 -> 03:16.800] Perja, a man who has shown that things that we believe to be impossible are
[03:16.800 -> 03:20.480] actually possible. He summited the tallest mountains in the world quicker
[03:20.480 -> 03:24.120] than anybody else, he's the first man to get to the top of K2 in the middle of
[03:24.120 -> 03:29.040] winter and he did it all through having the right mindset. How did
[03:29.040 -> 03:34.920] he do it? A. He believed he could and B. When things went wrong he made no
[03:34.920 -> 03:38.920] excuses. Here he is.
[03:38.920 -> 03:45.120] I always believed that if you want to be the best in the world, you shouldn't have any excuses.
[03:45.920 -> 03:52.000] And I always believed that, you know, excuses are for losers. You know, have you heard any person
[03:52.000 -> 03:59.840] who has won make any excuses? No. And I didn't want to fall in that category. That is as simple
[03:59.840 -> 04:05.680] as that, you know. Even maybe when I, when I, when I fail to, you know, summit a mountain, I will probably fail to you know summit a mountain I will probably come
[04:05.680 -> 04:10.400] with the excuses but then I made that excuses because I failed it and I don't want to fall
[04:10.400 -> 04:16.640] in that category you lose you lose so it's very simple for me. Damien do you know what I love
[04:16.640 -> 04:21.680] about this lesson and this week's Bite Size episode it is so simple every single person
[04:21.680 -> 04:25.220] listening to this episode can decide right now not to
[04:25.220 -> 04:29.440] make excuses for anything even the things that have gone wrong and they're
[04:29.440 -> 04:31.960] not even their fault and it's really annoying and it makes your whole day
[04:31.960 -> 04:35.920] crap don't make an excuse don't come up with a reason what did I tell you
[04:35.920 -> 04:40.560] Matthew McConaughey what did he say excuses remove the learning absolutely I
[04:40.560 -> 04:48.000] think if there's three words that sum up our whole high-performance podcast it's Yn ystod y cyfrifiadau, rwy'n credu os oes tri gweithiau sy'n cyllid ein holl ffodd-podcast o'r cyfrifiadau, mae'n ymwneud â'r gwaith yn ymwneud ag ymddygiad.
[04:48.000 -> 04:57.000] Ac rwy'n credu y byddai'r hyn sy'n ei ddysgu yno yw, gwneud ymwneud â'r gwaith, beth bynnag sy'n digwydd i chi, efallai nad yw'ch gwaith, ond yw'ch ymwneud â'r gwaith.
[04:57.000 -> 05:08.400] Ac fe wnawn i ddweud wrthych un o'r stori o'r NIMS, ac rwy'n gobeithio os ydych chi'n clywed iddo yno, ac ydych chi'n meddwl, wow, pa ffyrdd o'r ffyrdd, ac roedd e'n anhygoel. if you're listening to him there and you think wow what a guy and he was amazing I mean I remember when I stood up David in the middle of the recording I went you're so inspirational
[05:08.960 -> 05:14.800] because he was he but he spoke at one point about when he was summiting Everest someone stole his
[05:14.800 -> 05:19.040] oxygen now instead of getting frustrated and thinking I don't believe this this has now
[05:19.040 -> 05:29.120] derailed my bid to summit Everest he decided to write a story in his own head and the story was someone was obviously so desperate for the oxygen that they stole it just to
[05:29.120 -> 05:34.080] stay alive. Therefore his oxygen has saved someone else's life. Now the
[05:34.080 -> 05:38.080] chances of that story being true is probably slim but the most important
[05:38.080 -> 05:42.680] thing is that he took responsibility for the fact that his oxygen had gone
[05:42.680 -> 05:45.100] missing. He didn't look to blame someone else.
[05:45.100 -> 05:46.320] He didn't look for fault.
[05:46.320 -> 05:48.260] He didn't allow it to eat him up from the inside
[05:48.260 -> 05:50.400] because what's the benefit Damien to think,
[05:50.400 -> 05:52.660] and I don't believe it, I'm now frustrated and I'm angry
[05:52.660 -> 05:54.540] and I think everything's going to be a failure.
[05:54.540 -> 05:56.680] There's no benefit to that compared to,
[05:56.680 -> 05:58.200] wow, that saved someone's life.
[05:58.200 -> 05:59.420] So I've already had a good day.
[05:59.420 -> 06:03.200] It's so powerful when you get into this mindset
[06:03.200 -> 06:05.040] of taking responsibility for everything. Yeah, I remember working with the rugby team years ago and there was one really cynical player Mae'n bwysig iawn pan ydych chi'n mynd i'r ystadeg hwn o ddewis gweithredu ar bopeth.
[06:05.040 -> 06:09.040] Ie, rwy'n cofio gweithio gyda'r tîm rugby yn y blynyddoedd, ac roedd un pêl gwirioneddol iawn,
[06:09.040 -> 06:11.760] ac rydyn ni'n siarad am credu bod eich bod chi'n mynd i gyfynu, ac fe dweudwch,
[06:11.760 -> 06:16.080] ydych chi'n dweud wrthym os ydw i'n 100% yn credu bod rwy'n mynd i gyfynu, byddwn i'n gyfynu,
[06:16.080 -> 06:18.960] ac roedd fy mhrofiad yn, nid, nid oes unrhyw un yn gallu gyrraedd hynny,
[06:18.960 -> 06:22.000] ond os ydych chi'n 100% yn credu eich bod chi'n mynd i'w gael,
[06:22.000 -> 06:26.880] gallaf yn ddangos i chi'n hytrach na'r byddwch chi'n ei gyrraedd. 100% believe that you're gonna lose I can pretty much give you a guarantee that you will so why would you want to start?
[06:27.320 -> 06:30.480] Sabotaging yourself before you even set off by by
[06:31.240 -> 06:33.240] removing one of those key fundamental
[06:33.640 -> 06:40.920] Pillars of having belief and therefore taking complete responsibility that you're going to do all you can to be successful
[06:40.920 -> 06:46.060] Yeah, look life is life is there man to slap you across the face every day, right?
[06:46.060 -> 06:47.440] Why do it to yourself?
[06:47.440 -> 06:48.280] Exactly.
[06:48.280 -> 06:49.320] Yeah, exactly.
[06:49.320 -> 06:51.100] I think when you start making excuses,
[06:51.100 -> 06:53.480] it's like you're giving control away to life
[06:53.480 -> 06:55.840] to come and give you that little extra slap
[06:55.840 -> 06:57.960] when, you know, as you say,
[06:57.960 -> 07:00.040] that's gonna happen regardless anyway,
[07:00.040 -> 07:02.200] so you might as well mitigate
[07:02.200 -> 07:07.080] and do everything you can within your control to smooth the path and in all seriousness
[07:07.140 -> 07:09.600] If you're still a bit of a cynic and you're listening to this
[07:10.280 -> 07:13.840] Short episode with Damien and myself and you're thinking now now it's nonsense, right?
[07:14.080 -> 07:17.780] Just right now while we're talking trying to think of one benefit
[07:19.080 -> 07:22.320] To an excuse one benefit to not taking responsibility
[07:22.860 -> 07:26.240] One benefit to sitting there being frustrated
[07:26.240 -> 07:28.160] with something that's happened to you.
[07:28.160 -> 07:29.440] There is not one.
[07:29.440 -> 07:30.280] There just isn't one.
[07:30.280 -> 07:31.880] I mean, I can't think of one, Damien,
[07:31.880 -> 07:33.880] but that doesn't mean it isn't a difficult thing
[07:33.880 -> 07:35.480] to get right in your head.
[07:35.480 -> 07:38.400] And one of the things that I did a long time ago, Damien,
[07:38.400 -> 07:40.240] was I, A, I looked out for people
[07:40.240 -> 07:41.560] who were constantly negative
[07:41.560 -> 07:43.240] or constantly looking to blame someone else
[07:43.240 -> 08:07.720] or constantly being a victim, because that's a good reminder to you that you don't want to be that person. And then the way I stopped it was, o bobl sy'n ymwneud â'r negatif, neu sy'n ymwneud â'r blaenau unrhyw un arall, neu sy'n ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwnent, sy'n dod yn ôl i'r ddau. Byddwn yn dod yn ôl i'r ddau. Mae'n rhan o'r ffordd rydyn ni'n cael ei gysylltu i sicrhau ein hunain yn ddod yn ôl
[08:07.720 -> 08:09.080] a byw.
[08:09.080 -> 08:47.360] Ond fel y dweudwch, dydyn ni ddim yn ddiwylliant lle mae'r ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddau ddod o hyd i'r ffyrdd y gallwn eu gwneud i'w gynhyrchu arni. Mae'n ein gwneud yn ein fathwae o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o lefel o brilliantly inspiring people with lessons for you and for your life and I really hope that if you're at a place where you're ready to take
[08:47.360 -> 08:51.660] responsibility and you no longer see the benefit of apportioning blame or fault
[08:51.660 -> 08:55.600] that we've just appeared at the right time for you. Damien thank you as always
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