What Can We Learn From Olympians?
The best sports people in the world were last month gathered in France for the Olympics.
It is a great reminder of the power to excel against all odds and under enormous pressure.
As board members I'm pleased to say the physical challenges are not nearly as strenuous, but is there anything we can learn about the mental game from the best of the best?
Although not an olympian, one of the greatest rugby players to ever live is Sir Richie McCaw, former captain of the All Blacks. In his biography he discusses that wanting to be a 'Great All Black' meant that he was going to spend a lot of time being uncomfortable. He realised that he might as well start to get comfortable being uncomfortable. What that means is that he went out of his way to push himself into situations he wasn't familiar with. As he did so he became more comfortable being uncomfortable. And consequently is widely recognised as one of, if not the, Greatest Of All Time.
You will find variations of this in almost all interviews with top athletes.
How could you apply this to your career? What could you do this week? What uncomfortable conversation have you been putting off?
Have a great week!
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3 个月A great reminder that growth often comes from stepping into the unknown and embracing challenges! Whether it’s tackling a difficult conversation or making a tough decision, how can we push ourselves to embrace discomfort this week to achieve greater success?