Wim Hof answers audience questions about regrets, revealing he holds none except for emotional harm he's caused. He describes helping a six-year-old avoid a pacemaker through breathing technique and says his lifelong goal has been to save the world. His favorite thing: lying in the sun like a lizard.
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Hey guys, questions and answers. Here I am. If I could change my name, maybe it would be, you know, instead of Wim Hof, it would be Change. You know, Change. Yeah, what's your name, sir? Change. And no, I'm asking you, what is your name? It's a— it's Change. I like confused people about my name. This is the way I gave my son a name. I had no name when I had to register him. So I didn't know the name. So I came up with, I'm going to name him A name. So if I would get a new name, it would be Change. What was the first career choice I had when I was young? I always wanted to save the world. That was my career choice. But I went to all these offices, agencies, and there was no standing job for changing the world. No, I had to come up with that myself. And on the other hand, I did all jobs possible, from being a sort of a writer of columns to working in the harbour, working in the newspapers. I mean, distributing newspapers as a kid from 12 years old before school. To 17, 5 years long. Great, good for sports. There's something— physical exertion is very good. When you are young, physical exertion, great. And then you get a pair of good legs. You can see I got a pair of good legs. And from there, change the world. How? You find your way. Just believe and stick to that. Believing is neurological investment, and it's like a drop on a rock. Eventually it will break the rock. What do I regret the most? I have no regrets. So I regret I have no regrets. I regret the most If I have inflicted any emotional or spiritual damage to people, I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry. But I'm like a bulldozer too. I just keep on going. Because I have to pave the way for so many. But on the way, I could have been insensitive here and there. For that, I'm sorry. I regret that. Have I met somebody who changed my life this year? So many, so many. But you know, there was a little kid of 6 years and the mother called me and then he had heart problems. They were going to implement a pacemaker in a 6-year-old. Come on. Then he came and we did the breathing and he's doing so well. He doesn't need the operation. And that smile of him, that— those smiles, they go so deep, inexplicably deep they go. And I always go back to help more, to be there for those Who need me, I'm there. So they always change me. Because they change me, that's why I'm always there. I'm waiting till a new person is coming, a new need or help. I'm at service. So anywhere where I'm touched by my heart and being at service, that will change my mind. That will change my heart. The entire thing. What is my favorite pastime activity? To lie in the sun on a rock like a lizard in the sun. Amazing. Just drift off. You see? That's it. The sun is so little in the Netherlands that you learn to appreciate Every sun ray, when it is there, then you want to swallow it. You want to be in that ray. Then I actually don't want to think anymore. I want to be like a lizard warming up. Amazing, huh? Crazy, huh? The Iceman wants to be in the heat of the sun. Sun rays on a rock. What am I most afraid of? I'm not afraid. Of course I got fears. Hey, I wouldn't want to lose a child or my dog. I wouldn't want to have my house in fire. I wouldn't want to have a broken leg or get cancer or anything I can come up with. No, my force in myself is stronger than all those thoughts. And that makes me strong. That makes me not having all that. Because we induce our own diseases. Here is the interactive garden. That is where you confront yourself with your fears. And I do that. Any fear I face. Yes, because life is too short. It's too short to not go into short. Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there's A land that we heard of once in a little song.
