Intrepid Entrepreneur interviewed Chris Warner, founder of Earth Treks Climbing Centers, an entrepreneur who is also a high-altitude climber, author and sought-after corporate speaker.
Warner has been guiding domestically and leading international climbing expeditions since 1987. He’s summited over 120 times on peaks of 19,000 feet, and his rescue of other climbers on Mt. Everest was featured in National Geographic Adventure. He knows a thing or two about facing fear and still jumping in with both feet. But Chris had a moment of clarity when a friend posed the question to him: “As someone who takes such risks in your personal life, why won’t you take a risk with your career?” That was a turning point for him and since then, he’s been taking the knowledge and insight gained through years of climbing, and applying it to business.
In this show, Warner explains why the team has to come before the individual, how stories open people’s minds, why entrepreneurs are in the business of opportunity, not strategy, and why when you make people have fun, they do their best work.
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