When Opportunity Knocks, Will You be Ready?- Ted Jaleta

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🗓️ 1 June 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

We are talking to Ted Jaleta, aworld-class masters runner and former Ethiopian refugee who is now a citizen ofCanada. Ted is now a motivational speaker, a Hall of Fame athlete, and a formerwinner of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal. He has carried the Olympic torch and hasreceived an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. In short, his story of how heovercame leaving a war-torn country on his own is inspirational.

Today Ted talks to us about how it was to leave Ethiopia andsettle in a new country. He also shares his advice for people who are havingtrouble seeing positivity in their own lives.

Some of the topics discussed include:

● Ted’s background in Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, and finallyCanada

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0:00.0	when I don't achieve what I wanted if I don't take it as the end of the world and then I just
0:08.0	review and take as a lesson why I went wrong why I failed.
0:12.9	And if you use any failure, any setbacks
0:16.1	as a learning experience, and actually it will
0:19.9	make you better person.
0:27.0	Welcome to the runnersners Connect Run to the Top podcast where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport.
0:32.0	So together we can train a smarter, healthier and
0:36.0	faster running community. Now here's your host Tina Muir.
0:41.1	Hello this is Tina Muir. Hello, this is Tina Muir.
0:45.6	Thank you so much for joining me for the latest episode of the Rumso Top Podcast brought to you by Rumsk Connect.
0:51.9	So last week you listened in on me talking to my strength coach Drew Watts and he
0:57.3	shared some of my insights what we've been doing and how you can reduce your
1:02.2	risk of injuries in the future.
1:04.0	Hopefully you enjoyed that one even though I know it was a lot focused around my training
1:08.1	but I know a lot of people have requested that so hopefully it was okay.
1:11.6	So people tend to fall into buckets for question that
1:15.0	so hopefully it was okay. So people tend to fall into buckets for a lot of topics, one of which is
1:17.5	optimist or pessimists, which do you fall into? I know I'm definitely an optimist. But what if you were just focused on surviving, on making
1:27.6	it through another day? I mean we forget how easy our lives are. You know, obviously we have
1:32.2	ups and downs, but we don't actually just have to worry about just living.
1:36.3	But what if you were in that situation and that's exactly what my guest today had to tell himself
1:41.8	when he was being tortured and as he fled Ethiopia during the Civil War in 1970.
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