Summary

John Chapman is a serious adventurer and has become a well-known name in the Australian bush-walking scene and as a world explorer. His passion began as a student when him and some buddies decided to do some walking – from there the passion grew. He created a keen interest in climbing and has climbed some of the greatest peaks around Australia and across the globe.

His serious experience navigating the bush and tracks around the globe lead him to writing articles for various magazines and publication and then onto writing books. He held various jobs throughout his adventures to fund his trips and feed this style of lifestyle. He know writes guide books that while don’t pay very well certainly allow him to take longer trips away to fulfil his passion.

In this episode we chat all about hiking, climbing and simply following your passion. If you want to enjoy what you do then you may need to make some compromises in life.

Passion filled and very enjoyable, I hope you felt the same. Until next time peace, passion and purpose.

Key Take Outs

• Associate with the right people. John said when following his passion in life that he simply associated with like-minded people. These people would encourage him to go on more adventures. The lesson here is that to avoid the naysayers and those that have potential to hold you back you must remove them from the scene. It is much better to surround yourself by like-minded people who share similar passions, this way there will be less doubt in what you do.
• Compromise. Following you passion may come at a compromise. But what does success look like to you? If you love what you do but it means you sacrifice a certain aspect of your lifestyle then what does that look like. It may mean you don’t have fancy cars or a high paying job but what is more important to you. Connect with your values.
• Outdoors and changing your environment. Leaving your home, your workplace and removing yourself from your usually environment has many great benefits. Firstly, if it involves physical activity, a great fitness aspect, yet the silence and meditative qualities of being outdoors and isolated from our modern world has great effects on your overall well-being.
• Learn from others. If you want to accelerate you ability to learn something knew or master a new skill than observe and follow others who are already doing it and have experience. Text book learning or ilnstructional style learning is great but experiential and observational learning will excel your abilities 10 fold.

What advice would you give to your 20-year-old self?

Learn of other people. It’s a much quicker process and you will avoid making costly mistakes.

John’s interpretation of success

When others don’t criticise you and when you’ve done it right.

Quick round questions

Favourite Food

Salmon

Favourite Leisure Activitiy

Bush-walking

Favourite book(s)

The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings  by JR Tolken

What does living life with passion and purpose mean?

Doing all those things that you are passionate about and living with purpose, not just thinking about it.

How to find John and other links

You can visit John at his personal website John Chapman here and you can reach him by email also.