Jeremy Jensen is an entrepreneur, speaker, and mountain sports athlete - passionate about helping people lead authentic and intentional lives, rich with experiences that make them feel alive! His interests lie at the intersection of flow science, lifestyle design, and action/adventure sports.
He is the founder of Crux Academy, an online learning platform where you can learn from and engage with the world's best topic experts in the adventure community.
He is also the co-founder of Outwild, a community and event series that brings together outdoor and adventure-minded individuals to share ideas, optimize their lifestyles, create businesses, build meaningful connections, and play hard outside.
Jeremy is also the creator of the Adventurepreneur Podcast, where he shares the stories of problem solvers, change makers, athletes, and outside the box thinkers - who have built their passion for adventure, travel, and the outdoors into businesses, projects, or fulfilling lifestyles.
His main priorities are to always be growing, helping other people, building and maintaining meaningful relationships, experiencing new things, and chasing flow states.
Jeremy holds an MBA and MA in Social Entrepreneurship from the American University, a BA in Spanish from the University of Utah, and is a certified flow lecturer/coach - studying under the world’s foremost authority and thought leader on flow and optimal performance - Steven Kotler.
A little deeper dive into my story....
You know that cliché phrase, “all who wander are not lost?” Well, during my 20’s I was lost, and I wandered - aimlessly for 10+ years, vagabonding and traveling all over the world. I had a great time.... I wouldn't trade it for anything, but at the end of the day I felt like there was something more inside of me, some potential left untapped.
When I finally decided I needed to “do something with my life,” I ultimately caved in to society’s expectations. I borrowed a bunch of money from Uncle Sam for an expensive graduate degree, got married, and worked for corporate America in a job I hated. The rationale was, I'll make a bunch of money then figure out what I really want to do later on.
It didn't take me long to realize something about it all was fundamentally unfulfilling. I knew there had to be more to life than cubicles, boring work, and shitty bosses, but I didn’t know how to make a change for myself. So, I did what any good conflicted person would do, I went into a state of inaction and depression.
After reaching a point where I despised myself for never making any real progress towards something better, I eventually realized I had to figure out what was getting in my way. After countless hours of reading, researching, and reflecting - it dawned on me what the problem was. I was scared. Even worse, I was in denial that I was scared.
Once I was able to admit it and accept it, I forced myself to visualize all of my worst fears. The fear of judgment, inadequacy, and failure. Interestingly enough, the moment I came to terms with my fears, was the moment I realized my true potential. That’s when a fire started to burn hot in my belly, I gained clarity on my vision, and I started taking massive action.
Now, I’m forging a new path, determined not only to help myself, but also others - by empowering people to lead intentional and courageous lives, rich with authentic experiences that make them feel alive.
There's a catch though... it's much easier said than done.
You see, in my opinion the biggest culprit is that too many people live reactively, rather than proactively. They play defense not offense. They take care of everything else besides what's arguably most important - designing and living the life you want.
I’m on a journey to solve this problem, by helping myself and others be more proactive and bridge the gap between where they are and where they want to be.
And now here I am, in the present moment finally living exactly how I want. Honestly though, I have no idea what's going to happen. I may "fail" and I may embarrass myself. But frankly, I don't give a shit because at least I took the risk, at least I'm trying, and most importantly... I feel more alive than I ever have in my life and that feels pretty damn good.
Thanks for stopping by!
- Jeremy