I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.

The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.

Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential.

The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life.

And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon. And today, I'm going to be telling you how to take on a

challenge, how you can get going to kickstart your journey of transformation. This show is full

of people achieving extraordinary things. We've discussed pros winning world championships.

We've dug into people who have emerged from ill health and mental health challenges

to go on to find their recipe for personal performance.

We've learned from high performing executives who leverage sport to help them excel as leaders

and many, many other case stories beside.

The common threat is every person that we've highlighted on this show has had the courage

to take on a challenge, to lean in and commit and embrace a personal performance journey.

I can give you examples here. Tim Reed, winging a world championship. Marina, one of my favorites,

losing 100 pounds, going on to complete sedentary to

finishing a triathlon. And Ben, who navigated a mental health crisis, who now excels in sport

as well as in leadership. Sarah Pampiano got through the setback of a broken femur, the upper

part of your leg, went on to become one of the best professional

triathletes in the world. Cecilia Davis Hayes, one of my favorite pros that I got to coach,

who balanced the rigors of medical school with the life of a world-class athlete. Sarah Gott and

Sandy James, thriving in health and well into their 50s, managing the demands and chaos of supporting

their children. The list goes on and on. But all of these examples were people that embraced

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