783: Apolo Ohno | Embracing Change and Finding Purpose
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
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🗓️ 24 January 2023
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Apolo Ohno (@ApoloOhno) is a retired American short-track speed skater, an eight-time Olympic medalist, the most decorated American Winter Olympian of all time, and the author of Hard Pivot: Embrace Change. Find Purpose. Show Up Fully.
What We Discuss with Apolo Ohno:- How Apolo's single dad helped him constructively channel his genetic proclivities toward athleticism and abundance of energy — and overcome his physical shortcomings — from an early age.
- What drove Apolo's tendency to self-sabotage even as he was becoming the most decorated American Winter Olympian of all time (and what we can do to moderate this mindset in ourselves).
- The perils of overtraining — and what Apolo would do differently today if he were still competing as an athlete that would serve him better.
- Understanding the difference between entertaining superstitions and creating reliable routines and habits upon which you can rely when seeking success.
- The highly transferable lesson Apolo learned when a fluke accident robbed him of a gold medal — and what we can all take away from the disappointment of only landing a silver medal when life doesn't go according to plan.
- And much more...
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