The Power of Motivation: Crash Course Psychology #17
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You've probably heard this story. Aron Ralston was out climbing in Utah's Bluejohn Canyon when a giant rock shifted under his feet, and he fell, pinning his right arm to the canyon wall. He was stuck, and worse, he hadn't told anyone where we was going. For the next five days, Ralston tried to move and chip away at the rock. He ate his remaining food, drank the last of his water. Eventually he drank his own urine, and started videotaping his goodbyes. But then something happened. Ralston had a dream. He saw himself as a father, picking up his son, and with that vision, an overpowering will to survive kicked in. He broke his arm bones, sawed through his flesh with a dull pocket knife, and freed himself. Ralston harnessed some of our most power...
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You've probably heard this story. Aron Ralston was out climbing in Utah's Bluejohn Canyon when a giant rock shifted under his feet, and he fell, pinning his right arm to the canyon wall. He was stuck, and worse, he hadn't told anyone where we was going. For the next five days, Ralston tried to move and chip away at the rock. He ate his remaining food, drank the last of his water. Eventually he drank his own urine, and started videotaping his goodbyes. But then something happened. Ralston had a dream. He saw himself as a father, picking up his son, and with that vision, an overpowering will to survive kicked in. He broke his arm bones, sawed through his flesh with a dull pocket knife, and freed himself. Ralston harnessed some of our most power...
