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The 101
It’s real simple folks: Do shit that scares you. Life gets better. This blog is about walking the walk. Join me as I face down my greatest fears through a series of personal challenges and share with you practical strategies to smash fear and own your life again. Feel like reinventing yourself? Get in touch.
Lachlan Cotter
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Author Archives: Audacious Lach
An Ode to Road Rash
Had an argument with the road… and the road won I’ll keep this brief because I’m trying to keep the blood off my keyboard… There’s an unwritten rule of the road in Asia: give way to anything bigger than you. … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom and Adventure
Tagged driving, gratitude, injury, motorcycles, mumbai5000, Thailand
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Open Up & Let the Light Back In
At that moment, my desire to accept and love myself just as I am came to full fruition. Not only am I good enough, I am magnificent. Laurie Sutton Today I’m thrilled (and more than a little proud) to introduce the … Continue reading
Posted in Fear Smashing, Guest Posts, Self Actualisation
Tagged art, business, Chris Guillebeau, doubt, fear, freedom, Karen Walround, Karol Gajda, Laurie Sutton, life coaching, transfomation, Water's Edge Jewelry
36 Comments
Around The World, Low and Slow: An Interview with Wes Nations
Eventually I had to admit to myself that I would never truly be happy if I didn’t at least try my best to make it happen—I had to take a stab at it. It wasn’t an epiphany, just an honest … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom and Adventure, Interviews
Tagged blogging, India, JohnnyVagabond, mumbai5000, travel, Vietnam, Wes Nations
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Are You Owning Your Desire?
If you’re like most everybody else on the planet, there’s a gap between who you know yourself to be inside, and who you’re allowing yourself to be in the world. Between who you really are and how you’re showing up. … Continue reading
Posted in Self Actualisation
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Licensed to Thrill: How to Take Asia by Storm on Two Wheels in Seven Not-So-Easy Steps
The Thai Transit Authority is the official body in Thailand vested with upholding the high standards of driver testing and certification that we’ve come to expect from Asian nations. Don’t be complacent. A foreign passport is no call for special treatment. … Continue reading
Four Things You Need To Know to Live an Original Life
We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. Self Reliance—sounds like some kind of course in wilderness survival where you skin your own rabbits and chop your own firewood. And if … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Self Actualisation
Tagged #trust30, Ralph Waldo Emerson, self actualization, self reliance, The Domino Project
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How to Find Out What You’re Made Of: an Interview with Celine Novenario
I was the person guiltiest of selling myself short and I had myself boxed in to be a certain way before this whole project began. I was surprised to find out that I’ve got endurance, balls of steel and that … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged 30 before 30 project, bucket lists, Celine Novenario, Macau Tower Bungee, mumbai5000, travel
20 Comments
It All Changes In An Instant (or Why I’m Riding a Motorcycle Across Asia)
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When I wrote down the goal “ride a motorcycle across Asia”, I really had no idea what that … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Freedom and Adventure
Tagged Bangladesh, bungee, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, motorcycle, mumbai5000, Nepal, road trip, Thailand, travel, Vietnam
59 Comments
Appreciation Nation 1: The Year of Living Biblically Edition
You know something? Life is amazing and people are awesome. I think it’s too easy to forget those simple facts. And since I had an especially awesome week, I thought I’d make an extra special effort to show appreciation for … Continue reading
Posted in Awesome
Tagged AJ Jacobs, Annie, appreciation, Bernardo Mendez, gratitude, Jonathan Mead, Lauren Rains, Mark Powers, Matthew Kimberley, science, TED, Tia Singh, Tripp Lanier
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How to Change Your Entire Life Overnight
On Friday I published a pretty personal post about my biggest failures in life. It was a response to Emilie Wapnick’s Failure Celebration Week initiative. The idea is to celebrate failure rather than shaming it, or simply reframing it as … Continue reading
Posted in Fear Smashing, Self Actualisation
Tagged career, courage, failure, lessons, music, reframing, relationships, success
43 Comments