S11: Mental resilience as a winning formula, with Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Olympic Champion & Femtech Entrepreneur
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Not only physically, but mentally resilient; determined, grounded and focused - purely driven by her passion for sport and her competitive nature. A true representation of what you can achieve when you have the confidence to know that you are in the right place at the right time.
Jessica shares with Holly her lifelong dedication to sport, the sacrifices she chose to make when she was younger and her belief that preparation and commitment are the keys to success and give you the focus to keep driving towards your dreams.
The poster girl of the London 2012 Olympics, Jessica also recounts the moment she won that gold medal and made a whole nation proud.
This is a conversation that will inspire, motivate and ignite your passions and will leave you believing anything is possible.
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| 0:00.0 | Dame Jessica Ennis, obviously, our gold medalist, our poster girl of 2012 Olympics, and now an entrepreneur. |
| 0:09.2 | But the thing I've come away with is how wonderfully lovely she is. |
| 0:14.9 | She just made me smile the whole interview. |
| 0:17.7 | And I had to stop the interview quite cringewasily, probably to her. |
| 0:21.7 | And just tell her how thankful I was, but I'm sure all last women are, |
| 0:27.4 | that she stood there representing the strengths, the inner beauty in us women. |
| 0:34.0 | What we can do when we set our minds to it and achieve the most magnificent things, |
| 0:40.7 | it was just a moment in time. |
| 0:42.7 | And I know that we're all going to thoroughly enjoy listening to this one. |
| 0:47.5 | And maybe just feel a little bit more Beyonce. |
| 0:50.9 | I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration. |
| 1:02.8 | Back in 2006, I founded Not on the High Street from my kitchen table. |
| 1:07.7 | And since then, I've gone on to launch Holly and Co. |
| 1:11.1 | I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative Small Businesses. |
| 1:14.4 | And I believe that having a business doing what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. |
| 1:20.4 | My dream is to help everybody start theirs. |
| 1:23.7 | I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement. |
| 1:28.4 | And in my view, the best way to do this is by sharing stories. |
| 1:33.6 | So I've reached out to my favourite small businesses, |
| 1:36.9 | entrepreneurs and those who simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs. |
| 1:42.8 | With thanks to Dell Technologies, who've helped bring this free podcast to life. |
| 1:47.9 | Here are my Conversations of Inspiration. |
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