The Power of Mentors: Seb Coe

This week I am joined by one of the greatest British athletes of all time, Seb Coe – a double Olympic gold medalist during the golden era of middle-distance running, the President of World Athletics, the driving force behind London’s winning Olympic bid in 2012, and much more besides.

There’s so much we cover in this episode, from using early setbacks as fuel later in life, through to his epic Olympic triumph at Moscow in 1980, as well as the key role he played in helping London win the 2012 Olympic bid.

The theme of this episode is about the power of good mentors. Find out who his key mentors have been, the role they’ve played in his life, but also the questions to ask yourself to help get over disappointment and adversity, and the importance of trusting your intuition to come up with the goods at the key moment, as it did for him ahead of London 2012. We also talk about the transformative power of sport and the amazing charity Greenhouse Sports, for whom Seb is an ambassador. The charity uses sport to help disadvantaged young people and communities and the work they do is truly transformative. 

In this episode:

• How early adversity often breeds later success
• Seb Coe's key mentors
• The power of sport and inspiring people to live healthy lives & the concerning trend of young people being less active
• His competition with Steve Ovett and Moscow 1980 – winning silver and gold
• The power of humour and Daley Thompson
• The questions to ask yourself to regroup after disappointment
• Writing the key speech for London 2012’s Olympic bid & listening to your intuition
• Sport being the biggest social worker & its power to affect change

Greenhouse Sports: https://www.greenhousesports.org/

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