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Episode 396: Pieter Geldenhuys talks about Shoshin Walks, Exploring and Nature

by Mike Vardy

How ‘Shoshin’ are you? Find out about this Japanese approach to the beginner’s mindset and how it’s helped entrepreneur Pieter Geldenhuys – also known as PG Geldenhuys – live more fully. 

PG facilitates hikes and retreats in South Africa and abroad to help you turn your focus inward, through his business Shoshin Walks. And he’s also learnt that big shifts come from having a beginner’s mindset. 

PG’s adventurous spirit is infectious. He shares his travel tales and his philosophy with hiking and being in nature. In this productive conversation, we also discuss meditative walks, writing novels, cliches – and observing ducks.

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Talking Points

  • What is Shoshin?
  • The power of meditative walks
  • Navigating uncertainty 
  • How writing badly helped PG write a novel
  • Lessons learnt from completing the Camino de Santiago
  • PG’s group tours that include the Inca trail and Kilimanjaro

“Structure will set you free.”

– Pieter Geldenhuys

Helpful Links

  • ‘Offsides’ by PG Geldenhuys
  • The Way (2010)
  • ‘Four Thousand Weeks’ by Oliver Burkeman
  • Multiplicity (1996)
  • About Time (2013)
  • Shoshin Walks
  • PG’s LinkedIn
  • Shoshin Walks Facebook

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About Mike Vardy

Mike Vardy is a writer, speaker, productivity strategist, and founder of Productivityist. He is the author of The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want and The Productivityist Playbook.

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