The Learning Curve
The Learning Curve
Podcast Description
I’m Tom Lindley, and The Learning Curve is my not-so-polished attempt at figuring life out — one conversation at a time. I sit down with people from all walks of life to explore their biggest lessons, mindset shifts, and moments that changed everything. It’s not always deep, it’s definitely not perfect, but hopefully you’ll take something away (even if it’s just mild entertainment).
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The podcast focuses on personal development, entrepreneurship, and life experiences, with episodes covering topics such as building a supplement brand from scratch, overcoming self-doubt, and the subjective nature of success. The conversation with Tom Wolfe, for instance, illustrates the challenges of starting a business with limited resources and the lessons learned from setbacks.
I’m Tom Lindley, and The Learning Curve is my not-so-polished attempt at figuring life out — one conversation at a time. I sit down with people from all walks of life to explore their biggest lessons, mindset shifts, and moments that changed everything. It’s not always deep, it’s definitely not perfect, but hopefully you’ll take something away (even if it’s just mild entertainment).
Joe Elsey is an old friend of mine and one of the original founders of MindsetMETA — part of the journey that eventually led me into podcasting.
After struggling through an aerospace engineering degree and reaching one of the lowest points of his mental health, Joe left the UK and went travelling.
What followed was quite a turnaround.
He lived in the remote Canadian north, completed a 50km ultramarathon, cycled across Canada and, after returning home, took on his biggest solo challenge yet: running from John O’Groats to Land’s End in 44 days.
In this episode, we go much deeper than the endurance challenges. Joe opens up about depression, therapy, shame, feeling like he was running out of time, rebuilding self-belief and learning to trust himself again.
We also go right back to the beginning – MindsetMETA, our first attempts at podcasting six years ago, university, fitness, travel, purpose and how much both of us have changed since.
“The physical pain is nowhere near mental pain.”
The Learning Curve #12 with Joe Elsey.
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