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Guinness Record Holder Ryan Stramrood Has Redefined Human Endurance and Resilience<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Chris Tompkins –<\/em>\u00a0The Motivational Speakers Agency<\/em><\/p>\n

Ryan Stramrood<\/strong> is a three-time Guinness World Record holder, ultra-extreme open-water and ice swimmer, and one of South Africa\u2019s most inspirational endurance athletes. Renowned for testing the very limits of human capability, he has undertaken over 120 crossings between Robben Island and the South African mainland, completed the 33-kilometer False Bay swim, and conquered the first official \u201cIce Mile\u201d south of the Antarctic Circle at \u20131 \u00b0C.<\/p>\n

As a founding member of the International Ice Swimming Association and author of Push Past Impossible, Ryan has become an international authority on resilience, courage, and mental resilience<\/a>. His story embodies what it means to push through discomfort and reframe fear as opportunity \u2013 lessons that have inspired audiences across the globe.<\/p>\n

In this exclusive interview with The High Performance Speakers Agency<\/a>, Ryan shares the mindset behind his record-breaking swims, revealing how businesses can build resilience, embrace change, and turn challenges into catalysts for success.<\/p>\n

Q: What key lessons can businesses take from your world record-breaking swims?<\/h3>\n

Ryan Stramrood<\/strong>: There are so many lessons that businesses learn from my swims. I know sometimes it’s a stretch of the imagination to think, \u201cWhat can I learn from an ultra-extreme open water and ice swimmer?\u201d But it’s all about mindset.<\/p>\n

We all know that everybody functions on a mind. We\u2019re all steered by this very powerful tool of ours. Through the stories I tell and the adventures I\u2019ve had in some of the most hostile places, I\u2019ve pushed barriers\u2014first my own, and then eventually the barriers of humankind.<\/p>\n

Over the years, I\u2019ve learned lessons about how our minds are controlling us, how we make decisions, and why we make decisions\u2014particularly in hostile or uncomfortable situations. I\u2019ve become a bit of a master of understanding that, and I relay that to all businesses.<\/p>\n

You can draw the parallels yourselves in those meetings very easily, like: \u201cHang on. Maybe that\u2019s why I was thinking like that, or why I\u2019m turning away from a difficult decision, or why I\u2019ve gone in a certain direction.\u201d It\u2019s all very eye-opening.<\/p>\n

Q: How do limiting beliefs affect our ability to reach our full potential?<\/h3>\n

Ryan<\/strong>: We don\u2019t even know that we can challenge ourselves sometimes. This mind of ours is the gateway to absolute greatness. It is super powerful\u2014and no one ever argues when I say that, because it really is.<\/p>\n

But where I do get a bit of pushback, and wide eyes I suppose, is when I say that this gateway to greatness\u2014this mind of ours\u2014is our biggest limitation. It\u2019s designed to keep us safe. It’s designed to keep you right inside that comfort zone so that we don\u2019t fail, don\u2019t face humiliation, consequence, or embarrassment.<\/p>\n

That is absolutely normal and absolutely human. And even when we don\u2019t know this is happening subconsciously, we also don\u2019t know that we can challenge certain decisions in difficult situations.<\/p>\n

That is where I really excel\u2014putting that across to people. You\u2019ll be sitting there in your office or in the audience and gobsmacked, thinking, \u201cHang on, I now understand why I\u2019m making the decisions I\u2019m making.\u201d That really comes across very loudly.<\/p>\n

Q: Why do you believe that failure, particularly in leadership, can be such a powerful driver of growth?<\/h3>\n

Ryan<\/strong>: Failure is a topic that so many speakers talk about, and I do talk about it a lot. In my challenges across my career, I\u2019ve had many failures and I have learnt the lessons that come with them.<\/p>\n

But more importantly, I think everyone knows the narrative: every successful entrepreneur has had as many\u2014if not more\u2014failures than successes. And it\u2019s absolutely true.<\/p>\n

However, there are two kinds of failure: the good kind and the bad kind. The bad kind is very simple\u2014it\u2019s the failure that you don\u2019t learn from. If you don\u2019t go introspective, if you don\u2019t acknowledge your role in it.<\/p>\n

As humans, we become excuse magnets when we fail. We suck in excuses\u2014why it wasn\u2019t our fault, why we can keep our chin up, avoid the humiliation. And that\u2019s the bad kind of failure because it\u2019s just going to repeat itself. We sweep it neatly under the rug and continue.<\/p>\n

In my case, I failed in a very big challenge. It put me in hospital and nearly killed me. I came out beating my chest and set a bigger goal. I was embarrassed by it. I did the training, got the team together. It was a harder challenge than the one I failed, and it took me three years before I actually set off.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t understand why\u2014everything was in place, except my head. Eventually, through a fascinating story that I tell, I clicked. I realised I had not processed that failure, which was trying to swim from Ireland to Scotland on a bad day. I was advised not to go, but I felt a little too bulletproof. I learnt some valuable lessons.<\/p>\n

The day I acknowledged that\u2014stopped blaming the weather, everyone else, and said, \u201cWhat could I have done differently?\u201d\u2014that\u2019s when it changed. Within weeks, I was standing on the shore of a much more daunting body of water, ready to give it a go.<\/p>\n

Q: You\u2019ve already touched on this, but why is adaptability such an essential quality in both sport and business?<\/h3>\n

Ryan<\/strong>: In business, everyone listening to this knows that curveballs and change are always going to happen.<\/p>\n

I work with a formula in my life\u2014it\u2019s the base of my keynotes\u2014from Gallwey: your performance is directly equal to your potential minus interference. I spend a lot of time unpacking that interference.<\/p>\n

The more interference we can cut out, the closer we get to realising our full potential\u2014which directly relates to our performance. The thing synonymous with interference is change. Change is the one constant in all our lives.<\/p>\n

It impacts alignment\u2014alignment as a team, alignment to thinking. Some things are easy to realign with when we\u2019re experienced, but the toughest part of alignment is mindset.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, we\u2019re in a new team, there\u2019s new organisational structure or leadership. All these things disrupt us\u2014and sometimes we don\u2019t even realise it. We\u2019re in a team with highly skilled, capable individuals, but until you understand that mindset alignment and how change has challenged you, performance will suffer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a bit of a convoluted answer, which I explain better in my keynotes. But yes\u2014we unpack interference, and we reduce it.<\/p>\n

This exclusive interview with <\/em>Ryan Stramrood<\/em><\/a> was conducted by <\/em>Chris Tompkins<\/em><\/a> of The Motivational Speakers Agency.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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