5 Quotes by Arno Ilgner

4. There are two types of fear: survival and illusory. The former is healthy and helpful while the latter is not. It is important to be able to distinguish between the two fears.

To expand your comfort zone you need to take your body into the uncomfortable zone, experience it, and when it’s over, allow your mind to process the experience.

Remember, your highest goal is learning, and only in action does true, experiential learning occur. This is what you climb for.

Success and failure do not exist in the present, only effort and action exist.

Climbing through a challenging section of rock can resemble conversation. In conversation many people stop listening to what’s being said. Their attention becomes focused on why they agree or disagree with some early remark. They plan ahead to what they’ll say next, even though their remark will probably be out of context at that time. They end up channeling their energy into defending their old set of beliefs instead of being open to the possibility of learning something new from the speaker.