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Sceptics and self-doubt: your fears as a changemaker & adventurer
You envisage a different and better way, but what if you are challenged by sceptics? How do you cope with your own self-doubt? How do you avoid being crushed by the enormity of your goal when it’s as big as saving the planet?
Crikey it’s not surprising if sometimes we feel like giving up before we’ve even started (and several more times after that if we’re honest), given that these are just some of the common fears of changemakers and adventurers.
I talked to Aurélie Villaespesa, Community Enabler for the Climate Youth Negotiator Programme (CYNP), freshly back from COP30, and got some gems that might help if you share some of these fears.
Big Adventures On Average Talent: having a growth mindset super power
How can you have an adventurous life if you are simply average? Mark Gillett, adventure runner, shares some of the highs and lows of his adventures and explains how he even has the audacity to try. Keen on challenge, failure, risk, and problems? If the answer is yes, read on. If it’s no, definitely read on!

