Mike Richardson - Adventure sports athlete cultivating unshakable self belief.
Living remotely in New Zealand, skydiving through Europe, scuba diving in Thailand and Vanuatu and becoming a wing suit pilot.
About Mike
Mike spent a year in NZ at the age of 12 years old. He lived secluded in the forest and mountains with his Dad.
Mike travelled solo for 2 months in the UK , has lived in Thailand and Vanuatu training as a scuba dive master/instructor and dived with tiger sharks in Florida.
Mike had a near death experience on a skydiving trip to Europe and has been on expeditions to Costa Rica living in mountain tops and in tiny houses.
“We love to have steps (set out for us) in front of us...and a lot of us dont question them.”
When coming home...
- Emotions Mike faced - Rollercoaster of emotions, difficulty, struggles.
- How Mike supported himself - Tapping back into support groups of close friends and family. Find the next project and adventure.
- How did his mindset change - Go with the flow.
- 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock.
- Resilience.
- To have an open perspective on life.
- Believe in what you do and follow that relentlessly.
- Advise to himself for returning home - Its ok to ask for help.
“I dont really believe in a plan B. I believe in relentlessly pursuing what you’re passionate about and there will always be detours but allow yourself to experience those detours.”
“If I know so little about the world, how can I make these crazy life decisions, so I set out to learn more and travel quickly became my life.”
