{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/5ea11bafcec664871b1cb6d8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"330: Lockdown Inspiration from Nelson Mandela","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/1587616902918-7c930179a3959ffcf14d97997c22efa1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Many of us are struggling living in lockdown.</p><p>Nelson Mandela has inspired me in many ways. Going beyond subsisting in captivity, he emerged from 27 years imprisoned on Robben Island---South Africa's Alcatraz---to become President.</p><p>Today's episode shares part of what I believe helped him, which I believe can help us. First, he endured 27 years. We're only a few months in, and not in a small cement prison cell with a bucket for a toilet.</p><p>More, he practiced daily habits. We can too. I describe his in this episode, I hope in ways we can learn from.</p><p>Here are a couple quotes I read in the recording, both from his autobiography:</p><ul><li>“I attempted to follow my old boxing routine of doing roadwork and muscle-building from Monday through Thursday and then resting for the next three days. On Monday through Thursday, I would do stationary running in my cell in the morning for up to forty-five minutes. I would also perform one hundred fingertip push-ups, two hundred sit-ups, fifty deep knee-bends, and various other calisthenics.”</li><li>“I awoke on the day of my release after only a few hours’ sleep at 4:30am. February 11 was a cloudless, end-of-summer Cape Town day. I did a shortened version of my usual exercise regimen, washed, and ate breakfast. … As so often happens in life, the momentousness of an occasion is lost in the welter of a thousand details.”</li></ul><p>For more on Mandela and daily habits, see my post, <a href=\"https://joshuaspodek.com/nelson-mandela-on-sidchas\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nelson Mandela on sidchas</a>.</p>","author_name":"Joshua Spodek: Author, Speaker, Professor"}