The Path to Olympic Dreams

In this chapter, the speaker discusses their journey towards becoming an Olympic athlete, beginning with their early love for rowing over traditional sports. They share the challenges faced in balancing academic life with rigorous training, the importance of diet, and the impact of personal choices on social life. The chapter emphasizes the need for purposeful practice and a growth mindset in achieving athletic excellence.

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Imagine training every day for a decade… and still losing. Then figuring out one question that changes everything.

Olympic gold medallist Ben Hunt-Davis didn’t win because he trained harder, he’d been doing that for years and kept losing. He won because he and his crew started asking one question before every decision: Will it make the boat go faster?

In this conversation, Ben shares the messy reality of chasing big dreams. We talk about missing teams by one place, eating 7,000 calories a day, and why sacrifice isn’t always sacrifice if you’re doing what you love.

Then we jump into how that gold medal shaped his career as a performance coach, why bounce-back ability matters more than talent, and how to apply “filters” to shut out distractions in business and life.

3 Actionable Takeaways:

Ask better questions to unlock better results - ruthlessly align your decisions with your real goal
Build resilience by treating failures as fuel - treat setbacks as data, not drama

Identify and repeat your successes consciously - Start every review by shining a light on what worked.

Listen in and steal the mental frameworks that took Ben from last place… to Olympic champion.

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