A short preview of what The 831: Living Your Best life Podcast is all about. Canadian Olympic Alpine Skiing legend Jungle Jim Hunter introduces you to what he calls The 831 concept and how it can help you live your best life.
Jim Hunter grew up in an average home, on an average farm, outside an average town in rural Saskatchewan.
He was very good in school and completed grades 3 & 4 in one year and then grades 5 & 6 the following year. Jim was known not only for academics but his athletic and musical abilities as well. He was a leader on his hockey team and loved to sing at community events, in churches, or anywhere he was asked.
In the spring of his 10th year a huge change was about to happen in Jim's life. He was having a great time jumping on his bed, attempting a back flip, when he missed the bed entirely and suffered a severe concussion. Jim woke up after a long coma but couldn’t remember anything. Life was starting all over again and everything had to be relearned. People treated him differently. Some were kind while others treated him as severely handicapped but inside a young Jim felt like he could do anything.
Everyone he met thought he was never going to amount to anything but Jim dared to be the best he could be. At the age of eleven, this Saskatchewan prairie boy took up skiing. He later joined the Canadian Men’s Alpine Ski Team and developed a highly unorthodox style of training out at the farm. In 1969 he earned the nickname “Jungle Jim” with his aggressive style on the slopes and in 1972 at the Olympic Games in Sapporo Japan "Jungle Jim" won a bronze medal in alpine skiing. This was the first World Championship medal in alpine skiing won by a Canadian male skier.
In his passion to learn more, he continually studied and wrote in his journal. Jim noticed there were certain things that every person did to be the best version of themselves. These principles were applicable to life and could be applied universally. 831 people helped Jim make it from rehab to the podium and helped him live his best life and he kept track of every one of them. The average person interacts with between 8 and 31 people everyday, what can you do to help those people live their best life so that you can live your best life.
YOU can let people decide what you are capable of or YOU can determine what you are capable of.
Apply Jim's principles and be all you can be. Will you take his personal DARE and become an 831'er and Live Your Best Life
