How to Achieve Hard Goals — Doing What Nobody Had Done Before | Amy Gubser, 56
About this episode
Amy Gubser shares her experience of swimming from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands and discusses the mindset needed to achieve hard goals.
Amy Appelhans Gubsers (56) is a nurse at UCSF, a mom and grandma, and the first person to swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands—nearly 30 miles and roughly 17 hours in cold Pacific water, in what many consider shark territory. This is more than an epic swim. It’s a practical conversation about how big goals actually get done: patience over years, calm under pressure, and the ability to keep moving when conditions stop cooperating. In this episode: The long-game ...
People in this episode
Host: Kush Khandelwal
Guest: Amy Appelhans Gubser
Topics covered
- goal achievement
- endurance swimming
- personal growth
- overcoming challenges
- patience
- calm under pressure
Keywords
- endurance
- swimming
- goal setting
- resilience
- shark territory
- long-term goals
- mental strength
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UCSF
Places: Golden Gate Bridge, Farallon Islands, Pacific
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