Short excerpt from a YouTube talk (Mick Hunt) in which the speaker introduces the "gold medal mindset": an athlete-derived mentality that business leaders can adopt. The speaker emphasizes permission to imagine positive outcomes, continuing to dream as adults, and setting goals high—"scary and unattainable"—because aiming high produces surprising results.
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The biggest thing is being able to share my story with others. And so I came up with what's called the gold medal mindset. And I do go to a lot of business leaders, and I share what helped me on the field to succeed. What is that gold medal mindset? What is that athlete mindset that then can then translate into the business world? Because it's really not it's not any different, right? You know, you're doing the same thing. And it does come down to mentality, but I think it comes down to giving yourself permission to imagine a positive outcome, you know, to, to dream and even figuring out what that dream is. A lot of times we think we dream as kids, but we have to continue to dream as adults and to set goals, set our goals high, make them scary and unattainable, what they seem like, because then you're going to be surprised. I did that.