The Lion Trackers Guide To Life, Boyd Varty
The Lion Trackers Guide To Life, Boyd Varty
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The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life

Author: Boyd Varty

Narrator: Boyd Varty

Unabridged: 3 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/22/2019


Synopsis

Somewhere deep inside, you know what your gift, purpose, and mission are. Boyd Varty, a lion tracker and life coach, reveals how the wisdom from the ancient art of tracking can teach you how to recognize these essential ingredients in a meaningful life.

Know how to navigate, don’t worry about the destination, and stay alert. These are just a few of the strategies that contribute to both successful lion tracking and a life of fulfillment. When we join Boyd Varty and his two friends tracking lions, we are immersed in the South African bush, and, although we learn some of the skills required for actual tracking, the takeaways are the strategies that can be applied to our everyday lives. Trackers learn how to use all of their senses to read the environment and enter into a state of “greater aliveness.” When we learn to find and follow our inner tracks, we learn to see what is deeply important to us. In the same way the trip in the classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a vehicle to examine how to live out our values, the story of this one-day adventure—with danger and suspense along the way—uses the ancient art of tracking to convey profound lessons on how to live a purposeful, meaningful life of greater harmony.

About Boyd Varty

BOYD VARTY is a certified Master Life Coach, author, and TED speaker who has spent the last ten years refining the art of using wilderness as a place for deep introspection and personal transformation. Having learned martial arts in Thailand, hiked through the jungles of the Amazon, and apprenticed to a renowned tracker from the Shangaan tribe, Boyd currently runs retreats that merge tracking, coaching, and storytelling into an experiential learning environment at Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, the sanctuary where he was born and raised.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Fried on February 15, 2020

I want to give this more than 3/5. But can't give it a 4. I'm a fan of Boyd. I'm a fan of the tracking mindset & metaphors. I'm a fan of Boyd's stories when I hear him tell them (e.g. in his appearance in the Invest Like The Best podcast). But reading it just wasn't the same as hearing it......more

Goodreads review by Jon on January 06, 2022

Read this book on Tim Ferriss' recommendation. Did not disappoint. Helped me understand why I so love tracking elk in the wild. And helped me understand my own life.......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on May 21, 2022

A quick and interesting read! I didn't know anything about tracking before reading this and listening to Boyd Varty's interview on The Tim Ferriss Show, so this was eye-opening. The overarching narrative follows one of Varty's lion tracking experiences. He also seamlessly weaves in other stories from......more

Goodreads review by mp on April 17, 2022

I actually really liked this book. It was a quick read, a good story with a good message. I think this book just wasn’t for me/not the intended audience. I think this book would be great for someone who is starting to have existential questions, wonders and thoughts. Kind of for a middle age man who......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 25, 2022

Some wisdom after living a life in the bushes tracking lion for safari operation. • Too much uncertainty is chaos. Too little is death. • I don't know where I'm going, but I know exactly how to get there. There is no full road laying ahead of you, just a series of first tracks. Don't worry about the......more