Lindsey Vonn on Mental Toughness

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Lindsey Vonn isn’t just physically tough – she’s also known as one of the most mentally strong athletes. She started competing in international skiing competitions when she was just nine years old, and went on to become the most decorated female skier in history, including winning three Olympic Winter Games medals. And along the way, Lindsey dealt with a number of terrifying injuries, which challenged her mental and physical strength. After retiring from professional skiing, Lindsey’s switched arenas, starting her own production company, writing a memoir and leading her own foundation. In this episode, Lindsey talks about: How competition has served her - and hurt her Career setbacks and how injuries actually helped her Learning to trust people she was competing with Building a risk-tolerant mindset

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0:00.0	I think a lot of times when you're in the moment, you don't really have the same perspective.
0:08.3	You get wrapped up in what's next.
0:10.2	I'm always thinking about what's next and never where I am now or what I've accomplished.
0:17.1	I'm Carly Zaken and I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:20.1	Welcome to 9 to 5-ish with the skin.
0:22.3	We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed advice
0:29.0	and we got it from women who'd been there.
0:32.6	And that's what we're bringing you with this show.
0:34.7	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career by talking to the smartest
0:39.0	leaders we know.
0:40.5	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5.
0:44.5	Alright, let's get into it.
0:49.0	Today our guest is Lindsay Vaughn.
0:51.2	Lindsay is the most decorated female skier in history.
0:55.7	She has won four women's World Cup overall championships and she is a three time Olympic
1:01.8	medalist, including the gold medal for downhill skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
1:07.9	Lindsay retired from skiing in 2019 and in the time since, Lindsay has started a production
1:12.8	company and is leading the Lindsay Vaughn Foundation.
1:16.2	And now she's also got a new book out.
1:18.7	Rise, my story is on sale now.
1:21.5	Lindsay, welcome to the show.
1:23.8	Thank you.
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