What do these watermen and waterwomen have in common?

Lewis Pugh, Maarten van der Weijden, Diana Nyad, Dr. Peter Attia, Vicki Keith, Ori Sela, Tim Ferriss, Dr. Angel Yanagihara, Dr. Tim Noakes, Maria Conceicao, Lynne Cox, Guillaume Néry, Craig Dietz, Dana Vollmer, Marcia Cleveland, and Kimberley Chambers.

These individuals have ideas worth spreading – the very reason they were asked to give TED Talks around the globe.

Chambers most recently talked about one of the driving factors in her career; that is, facing her fears. In her TEDx talk in California, she advises the audience to do something that they do not think they can do and step outside their comfort zone [listen below].

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