Wim Hof says the hardest thing he experienced was his wife's suicide. He defines success as being happy, strong, and healthy, and his mission is giving billions of people a guaranteed way to achieve that state. He practices sitting in icy water for ten minutes daily.
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Welcome back to Wim's Questions and Answers. Don't know if I can do that, but if I don't try, and if I don't say the truth instead of lie, then I never know. If it is going to be good or bad. What does success mean for me? To be happy, strong, and healthy. What do you got if you got billions and you're not happy, strong, and healthy? You got zilch. You got nothing. If you're a happy, strong, and healthy man— a happy, strong, healthy man— I mean happy. It doesn't go war is not into possession. So successful is being happy, strong, and healthy. Absolutely. And a little side note, me, I want to change the world to reach billions of people and make them all able to choose a guaranteed way to become happy, strong, and healthy. Yes. That's what I do. I'm not into indulgent self-enlightenment and "Oh, I'm happy, strong, and healthy. I don't need to do anything anymore." I'm on to make everybody having a choice to be happy, strong, and healthy. That will bless my soul and yours. That's what I want. What is my favorite color? Pink, of course. You know, pink. Pinky. Pinky. Because flamingos are pink, and when you see the sunset with pink colors, It's just amazing. Pink can be so many shades. It's beautiful, transparent, and with the sun upon it, it's amazing. Pink. Give me pink. Of course, blue also, and green also, and yellow also. But pink stands out. Yeah, what was the hardest thing I've ever experienced? That was, of course, the suicide of my wife. The mother of my 4 children. All the tragic descendant itinerary which led up to ultimately the darkest of my hours in her suicide. That is the hardest. You can't see it. You can't feel it. You can't do anything against it. The helplessness, the hopelessness. The darkest place there, that was absolutely the hardest to get out of. But I had to, and I did, together with my kids. She's still here, I tell you, and she will say, well done, I did it for you. What energizes me and brings me excitement? Yeah, that is my little kid, my beautiful woman, the loyalty of my dog, the friendship you give me, nature, rocks, palm trees, tropical beaches, life, all the colors, pinky, you know, remember? All, it all, all, all gives me great excitement to rise every day out of bed and do the best possible. And it's always successful. So excitement every day. I love it. Yeah, I love it. I love it. I love it. I'm going to train very soon now. We're going to pull rocks, big rocks and go in 10 minutes. I do a 10-minuter. I call it 10-minuter. It's icy water. I go for 10 minutes. Just sit. Can do an hour, but I'm not. 10 minutes is great. So excitement every day to the best, to the top. And then, man, I got some beloveds here. I want to embrace them and feel that energy. It's amazing. And then do some splits with my legs over there and over there and over there. I don't know. Sometimes I lose them. Yeah. So everywhere, you know? No, make fun. Make fun while you get the best on. That's what makes me excited every day. And I will rise up to the best every day. If you would have to describe your life through 5 pictures, what would that be? One would absolutely be in the cold. You know, a little man, huge scenery of cold in a short. That will be absolutely one. And then one with mountains. And one with tropical plants. Palm trees and beautiful scenery, exuberance of plants. Then one with a family. Happy, happy, very happy. And then one with the whole world. Like 100,000 people at the same time. Me in front. Because that's what I'm going to do next year. Big events and then breathe all together and share the love, share the power. 5 pictures done. Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high. There's a land that we heard of once in a little song.
