Hard Pivot

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Reinvention is at the core of Apolo Ohno. He acquired and honed this skill over a decade of Olympic speed skating competition, during which he became the most decorated US Winter Olympian of all time. Apolo continually adapts that performance mindset to support ongoing personal and professional growth. He has drawn on this acumen to become a global cross-industry entrepreneur, a successful sports broadcaster and television personality, a New York Times bestselling author, and a lifelong scholar inside and outside the university setting. In this podcast, Apolo joins Sounds True founder Tami Simon to discuss his new book, Hard Pivot: Embrace Change. Find Purpose. Show Up Fully. Tami and Apolo also discuss being relentlessly curious; fear of failure and “FOPO”—fear of other people’s opinions; doing the hard work; how to work with disempowering self-talk; the power of visualization; the concept of “process over prize”; having a full dedication to one’s craft; the Japanese principle of ikigai; maintaining self-discipline; and Apolo’s Five Golden Principles for building resilience, overcoming self-doubt, reinventing ourselves, and pivoting gracefully into new opportunities for success. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:05.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation.
0:13.0	The goal of the Sounds True Foundation is to provide access and eliminate financial barriers to transformational education and resources, such as
0:24.8	teachings and trainings on mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion.
0:31.0	If you'd like to learn more and join with us in our efforts, please visit Soundstrue Foundation.
0:36.7	Thank you. us in our efforts. Please visit Sounds True Foundation.com.
0:49.6	You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today, my guest is Apollo O'No. Apollo is an American short track speed skater and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. Apollo is the most
0:56.8	decorated American Olympian at the Winter Olympics and was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of
1:03.6	Fame in 2019. He's also a global cross-industry entrepreneur, a successful sports broadcaster and television personality.
1:14.2	And in 2011, he wrote the book Zero Regrets and became a New York Times best-selling author.
1:21.8	And now, what sounds true, Apollo is releasing a new book. It's called Hard Pivot. Embrace change, find purpose, show up fully.
1:34.3	What impressed me the most about this conversation is Apollo Ono's vulnerability. His willingness to share his inner experience and to continue with each phase of his life,
1:48.9	to give everything that he has to be excellent and give to other people,
1:56.0	contribute to other people, to bring his gifts forward.
1:59.9	Here's my conversation with the ever newly inventing
2:04.2	himself, the bold and brave Apollo Ono. Apollo, you're the first gold medal Olympian ever to be on
2:14.5	on insights at the edge. And believe it or not, the first gold medal Olympian I've ever spoken to.
2:19.6	So this is really an honor. Thank you.
2:22.0	Oh, of course. Thanks for having me.
2:23.6	Okay. You've written a new book called Hard Pivot. What inspired you to write the book?
2:29.8	Let's start there.
2:31.7	Well, I started writing the book about two and a half years ago, and I thought that
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