Levesque: Obsessively climbing mountains is the same rat race as Wall Street
Devon Levesque · WATCH THIS EVERY DAY To Brainwash Yourself! I Devon Levesque · Feb 12, 2025 · at 10:59
Entrepreneur and endurance athlete Devon Levesque discusses the obsessive psychology of extreme mountaineering with Codie Sanchez.
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“I put those people in the same category of humans that are in the rat race on wall street. It's the same thing. It's just a different industry. You know, you're still trying to climb the biggest mountain and do it the fastest and be out there. And You know, it's a, you know, the guys and girls you see on Wall Street that want the bigger deal, want to invest more, want to make more money, want the car. It's the same rat race, and I just don't see that as freedom. Even if you're out on, in the middle of the mountain by yourself, I, you still have this mindset of more, more, more, more, more, more business, more, more, more, more, more, more mountain, more, more, more, more, more. Like when you're in that, you can't get out of this. You can never be calm. You can never find true calmness if you're always wanting more, more, more, more, more, more.”
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