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#637 - Olympian Mindset with Amy Williams MBE

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Ben Coomber

Health & Fitness

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We look up to Olympians, they are the epitome of physical feats and have the mindset to win, but how can we apply that mindset to our lives, and the lives of the youth aspiring to follow in Olympians footsteps? Amy Williams MBE joins me to talk about her lessons from Olympic success, the mindset behind achievement, how to compassionately critique yourself, the benefits of your team and how to shape it, and more. An incredible chat with one of the most energetic and positive people I've ever had the chance to zoom with!

Grab a copy of her new book 'Talent to Triumph' at Amazon, Waterstones, or reach out to her on Instagram @AmyJoyWilliams

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, Bencoma Radio. I've got a very, very exciting show today and I don't usually

0:10.4

do this but it's so well written because I'm holding her book in my hands. I'm going

0:15.6

to read the bio of this incredible human. I usually like to sort of start the show and

0:21.2

say, hey, introduce yourself, but just listen. So I'm already going to give it away.

0:27.0

This is the guest. So Amy Williams became the first ever female in Great Britain to win

0:31.9

an Olympic gold medal in the winter sport skeleton. Her debut winter Olympics in 2010,

0:38.4

Amy claimed team GB only gold medal of the games. In winning gold, she became Britain's

0:44.4

first solo winter Olympics champion in 30 years and the first female individual gold

0:50.2

medalist for 58 years. In 2010, she was awarded an MBE for services to sport and in the

0:56.8

same year became the only fifth person since the second world war to be made an honorary

1:02.4

Freeman of the city of Bath. The University of Bath is also awarded her an honorary degree

1:08.4

in the Doctor of Laws. Now this bio is really long. So Amy has been on TV. You would have

1:13.8

seen her BBC ski Sunday. The gadget show all sorts of things. She's a coach. She's a legend.

1:22.1

Amy, I'll leave it there. Hello. Hello, I'm properly like blushing at the moment after

1:28.0

you hear all of that. It's quite slightly embarrassing, isn't it, to hear someone say

1:31.3

really nice things about you. Wow, it's good though, isn't it? Yeah, you know what,

1:37.4

when I write in that book and I was trying to think, oh, yeah, what are all the things

1:40.5

that I've got under my name? Oh, yeah, forgot about that. I forgot about this and quickly

1:45.6

write them down. That's an interesting point. Do you think that is a problem with athletes?

1:53.6

Because as an athlete, you're so focused on moving forward, achievement, you know, picking

1:59.6

up the next award or the next new time. And I suppose looking back at your career now

2:05.6

upon reflection, did you take enough moments to stand there and go and enjoy that? No, totally

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