The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life
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- Create Date：2022-07-01 10:19:36
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Colin O'Brady
- ISBN：1982133163
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Reviews
Dan
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My thanks to both NetGalley and the publisher Scribner for an advanced copy of this inspirational self improvement and biography book。Humans can climb mountains， cross seemingly endless oceans， persevere in harsh climates and deadly landscapes。 Yet the largest obstacle that humans seem to get trapped on， and blocked in by is the walls the mind sets in front of them， trapping them in a life of always wanting and dreaming， rather than just going for it。 The biggest fear， and biggest enemy again is My thanks to both NetGalley and the publisher Scribner for an advanced copy of this inspirational self improvement and biography book。Humans can climb mountains， cross seemingly endless oceans， persevere in harsh climates and deadly landscapes。 Yet the largest obstacle that humans seem to get trapped on， and blocked in by is the walls the mind sets in front of them， trapping them in a life of always wanting and dreaming， rather than just going for it。 The biggest fear， and biggest enemy again is growing and changing in ourselves， life， and the world around us it， that seems hard， it won't work， best not to try。 The worlds I'd really like， I'd love to once， and I think I'd be happier if， should appear on more tombstones for that is what people regret most。 Not doing whatever。 Colin O'Brady best- selling author， adventures， athlete and motivator writes about these mind boundaries and how to find a new mindset in the book The 12- Hour Walk。 This slim book begins with a little about the author， how he does what he does， and the numerous questions and thoughts that people share causally， most of them ending with I wish I could do that， or try that， or feel the way you feel while doing what you love。 COVID to a man like O'Brady was a shock sitting at home， not able to explore， watching the same shows and doing nothing until he came up with a new idea to motivate himself and focus his attention on things that he really wanted to do。 Along with this are inspirational stories of adventure and the author facing adversity from sea travels， to leg injuries， and how he dealt with them。 The plan focusing on disconnecting from the outside world， which follows us everywhere and with everything we do。 Social media and interconnectedness is problem one of the worst things for humans as our ability to focus has been eroded by having what we think is the world at out fingertips， but that world is a series of algorithms to sell us products and help social media companies make money。 O'Brady's plan is a way to try and get around that， to listen to the inner voice we have ignored for so long， not the Twitterverse which is just a series of likes and retweets。 The writing is good， especially when detailing his adventures and when discussing his life and past。 The opening chapter I thought was very awkward and made me nervous about the rest of the book。 However the writing and ideas saved it， and I realize it was a way of showing readers who the author was， and even titans of industry feel just as lost。 Just wish it was better presented。 Reading this along with Johann Hari's Stolen Focus about humans declining ability to focus on tasks will open a few eyes， and maybe push a person who is reluctant to take that long walk and try to find what really would make a person happy。 An interesting book with good ideas， and some really great stories of both adventure and inspiration。 。。。more
（a）lyss（a）
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I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。I really wanted to like this book， but it missed the mark for me and comes in around 2。5 stars。I wasn't familiar with Colin O'Brady when I picked up this book but was interested in the concept of the 12-hour walk。 There's good advice in this book - O'Brady talks about the growth mindset and other ways to help reframe how we look at life。 However， coming from O'Brady a lot of this advice feels silly。 Each chapter ha I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。I really wanted to like this book， but it missed the mark for me and comes in around 2。5 stars。I wasn't familiar with Colin O'Brady when I picked up this book but was interested in the concept of the 12-hour walk。 There's good advice in this book - O'Brady talks about the growth mindset and other ways to help reframe how we look at life。 However， coming from O'Brady a lot of this advice feels silly。 Each chapter has an anecdote or two and then an explanation of how to apply the story to your own life。 Unfortunately， most of us are not Olympic-level athletes or have the resources that O'Brady has， which he basically fails to acknowledge at any point in the book。 The book talks about being brave， changing how you think， and surrounding yourself with people who help you grow， but these things are tied to stories like have the guts to leave a high-paying job that a family member pulled strings to help you get， travel the world with your friends who can change flights for you on a whim and make sure you have money to continue to travel， just call up your buddy who is a personal coach， or connect with people who casually climb mountains and have connections for international travel at the drop of a hat， or your parents who can definitely up and travel to your hospital bed if needed。。。。oh you don't have any of those things？ Well you can go on a walk and think about how you get those kinds of connections and resources。 While O'Brady's suggestions around the 12-hour walk sound interesting， they feel less relevant after coming from a story that is so extreme and far removed from the lives that most of us live。 I was expecting something more in depth。 Probably the most difficult struggle that O'Brady talks about is his leg injury following a fire and while he talks about what his life was like near the end of his recovery， we don't get any insight into those early days or the actual time， money， etc。 it took for him to get to that point。 That's the piece that would have been interesting to hear about and potentially replicate， compared to his other stories。Personally I think the book would have been more effective if it was more about addressing the struggles in a more day-to-day way that the 12-hour walk seems made for， and not a bunch of stories about all the things O'Brady has done and what he personally struggled with during them。 。。。more
Eric
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