Mary Sanders: Reinvent Yourself

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

FranklinCovey

Business, Management

4.9 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Olympic gymnast Mary Sanders shares her journey of reinvention and the lessons she has learned from the different phases of her life. Drawing from the stories in her new book, 9 Lives by 35: An Olympic Gymnast’s Inspiring Story of Reinvention, Mary discusses the importance of not getting stuck in one identity, imploring people to be in constant pursuit of personal growth. She opens up about the challenges she faced, including the loss of her father when she was eight, and how these experiences shaped her into who she is today. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: A Brief Guide—Download our guide for a summary of principles and practices that can help you cope with change in resilient, creative ways.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's twice weekly podcast on
0:14.4	leadership with Scott Miller. That's me. I'm your host and interviewer every week.
0:18.5	Twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays we tape and release episodes using Franklin Covey's megawatt
0:24.7	spotlight as the world's most trusted leadership firm with a global footprint
0:29.4	helping organizations and individuals around the world create better cultures, how to build the
0:34.6	bench drink of leadership, how to instill the behaviors of high trust leaders throughout
0:40.2	their organization.
0:41.8	I'm privileged to be able to also take that spotlight
0:44.6	and turn it on to people that are thought leaders
0:47.1	both inside our company and outside of the firm
0:49.7	that we think can help make you a better leader, a better entrepreneur, a better solopreneur, a better
0:55.3	parent, friend, colleague, or just a great contributor to society where all of us are trying
1:01.6	to identify and accomplish our own great purposes.
1:04.8	Today, I'm fortunate to shine this spotlight on to an Olympic athlete, and she corrected
1:11.0	me in the book, or or she corrected the reader.
1:13.0	She is not a former Olympian.
1:14.4	Once you are Olympian, you are always an Olympian.
1:16.9	I loved this book by Mary Sanders.
1:19.5	It's called Nine Lives by 35, an Olympic gymnast inspiring story of reinvention.
1:29.0	Mary Sanders, welcome to On Leadership.
1:32.0	Thank you. Thank you.
1:33.0	Thank you so much, Scott, for having me.
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