Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership GA 538 | The High Achievers Success Cycle with Nina Sossamon-Pogue
Jul 25, 2024
Nina Sossamon-Pogue, a former gymnast turned speaker and author, shares her journey from Olympic aspirations to tech success. She reflects on the importance of discipline, resilience, and embracing life's highs and lows. Nina introduces the 'high achievers success cycle,' emphasizing continuous personal growth and redefining success beyond material gains. With insights on stoicism and gratitude, she encourages listeners to view challenges as temporary and crucial for their life's narrative, inspiring a mindset of perseverance.
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Gymnastics Shaped Nina's Identity
- Nina shared how gymnastics dominated 75% of her life by age 19, shaping her identity deeply.
- Losing this due to injury felt like losing her entire identity at the time, but perspective grew over decades.
High Achiever Success Cycle Explained
- The High Achiever Success Cycle is a repeating loop of setting goals, trying, working hard, persisting, then achieving.
- After success, you restart the cycle with new goals, representing constant growth and stress in striving.
Embrace Resilience Over Persistence
- Focus on learning and growth from struggles and failures rather than just achievements.
- Value resilience as positive adaptation over mere persistence or constant hard work.