#104 - The Call to Climb — Stories, Soul Nudges, and Next Mountains (feat. James Robbins)
Author and leadership coach James Robbins joins Ryan to explore the “soul nudges” that pull us out of misaligned lives and into the harder… higher path—our climb. We talk fear, sunk-cost thinking, why fiction can heal, and how goals reshape us into who we must become long before we ever “summit.”
Guest: James Robbins ... author of The Call to Climb and Nine Minutes on Monday, speaker, and leadership trainer to 50,000+ managers.
What you’ll learn
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Soul nudges & midlife: how ignoring inner signals leads to the “crash and burn”
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Why we stay stuck: scripts, sunk costs, and the “devil you know”
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Why James wrote fiction: parable power and letting readers see their own story
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The climb metaphor: choosing elevation over comfort; process > summit
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Writing as healing: turning lived struggle into catharsis on the page (
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Goals that change you: becoming the person who can reach the summit
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Money, meaning, and motive: uncovering the real “why” beneath big goals
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Leadership in minutes: the 9 drivers that lift engagement
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Next mountains: coaching cohorts + mountain retreats
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Legacy that matters: what funerals teach us about a life well-lived
“When the path is right, the energy is there. It may not be easy—but your soul will fuel the climb.”
Websites: https://www.jamesrobbins.com/
The Call to Climb book Website: https://iwillclimb.com/
Books:
Nine Minutes on Monday: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=nine+minutes+on+monday&crid=3AHPGSCVYB3ZA&sprefix=nine+min%2Caps%2C395&ref=nb_sb_ss_p13n-pd-dpltr-ranker_3_8
The Call to Climb: https://iwillclimb.com/
Socials:
Instagram: @James.r.robbins
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@james.r.robbins
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamesrobbins97/
