I cannot be prouder and more blessed to kick off my podcast "The I in Innovation" with a person who embodies everything this show stands for. 

Jonas Deichmann from Stuttgart, Germany, is a 3 times world-record holder in extreme endurance cycling. He just finished the "Cape to Cape" challenge, a 18.000km bike race from the North Cape in Norway to Cape Town in South Africa. Along the way he suffered under several food poisonings, no rest days and sitting up to 11 hours in the saddle each day. In the previous years he won the world records for the Eurasia Challenge and Panamerica Solo. More to be found under https://jonasdeichmann.com/, https://www.instagram.com/jonas_deichmann/ and https://www.facebook.com/jonas.deichmann.7.

I asked Jonas about his early childhood environment, his desire to explore the world and live his dream. His philosophy of "never giving up" is deeply embedded in his mindset. Once he is at the starting line, there's no way back.

We learn a lot about decision making under extreme uncertainty, following your passion, committing to your goals, breaking down goals into smaller pieces, self reward systems, future pacing and growing from tough times. 

I had such an amazing time talking to Jonas and I hope you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did. And I hope you will be able to transfer many of Jonas' tools and techniques to your everyday life.

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