Episodes

  • 17: Emma Wiggs: Sport allows me to push my body to its limits every single day

    17: Emma Wiggs: Sport allows me to push my body to its limits every single day
    Jul 29 2021
    The Psychology of Success Season 1, Episode 17:
    Emma Wiggs MBE is simply the best paracanoeist in the world. As an 8 time world champion and current Paralympic champion, Emma is at the pinnacle of her sport.
    Listen to how Emma contracted a virus in Australia, whilst on a gap year that resulted in her losing the use of her legs and was confined to a wheelchair and yet, this did not limit her going forward due to her inspirational mindset.
    Emma is competing at the Tokyo Olympics and is favourite for back to back gold medals and is one of the greatest role models from the world of sport!
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 16: Yael Averbuch West: I didn't like the professional side of football

    16: Yael Averbuch West: I didn't like the professional side of football
    Jul 23 2021
    Yael Averbuch West represented the United States as an International footballer during her 15 year playing career as well as playing in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) for teams such as; Washington Spirit and FC Kansas City. Yael also co-founded and is the executive director of the NWSL Players Association in America.

    Listen to how she struggled with the pressures of elite performance and the impact that it had on her career and life in general, which peels back the layers of what life is like as an elite athlete!

    Yael is also the founder of Techne Futbol, which is an app that has revolutioned the way kids across the world can improve their game.

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    1 hr
  • 15: Barbara Rupf Bee: Being aware of the lack of one's own importance

    15: Barbara Rupf Bee: Being aware of the lack of one's own importance
    Jul 8 2021
    Barbara Rupf Bee is the current Head of Allianz Global Investors for EMEA after a stellar career in the financial services industry.

    Listen to how Barbara didn't even want to work in the financial services and yet today, is part of the leadership team at Allianz Global Investors that is managing 500 Billion dollars of assets for institutions all across the globe.

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    46 mins
  • 14: Lauren Johnson: Performance Psychology changed my life

    14: Lauren Johnson: Performance Psychology changed my life
    Jul 4 2021
    Lauren Johnson is a mental conditioning coach in the United States having worked with athletes at all levels of sport from the IMG Academy in Florida to most recently with the world famous New York Yankees baseball team. And in the past 12 months, Lauren has decided to start her own company so she has the flexibility to continue to work with professional athletes but also with military personnel and business leaders.

    Listen to how Lauren has learnt lessons from some of the highest performing people on the planet and how that has impacted her own journey to success.

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    1 hr
  • 13: Ishveen Anand: I live a life of no regrets

    13: Ishveen Anand: I live a life of no regrets
    Jun 17 2021
    Ishveen Anand is a trailblazer in the sports marketing industry having built OpenSponsorship into the world's largest marketplace connecting brands to athletes for digital marketing campaigns.

    Her accolades include getting on the Forbes 30U30 sports list, Inc. Magazine top 100 female Founders list and raising $1.5M for the company including from National Basketball Association all-star Baron Davis, 500 startups, notable VCs and her Alma Mater Oxford Angel Fund.

    The marketplace has 7000 athletes, 60% are managed by the major sports agencies and 40% is athletes direct. They have done 6000 deals including for brands like Sperry, Anheuser Busch, ESPN, Fanduel and 100s more.

    Listen to how Ishveen has learnt how to build a multi-million dollar business by allowing her team to be different and why that is so important!

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    56 mins
  • 12: John Amaechi: Everybody is a giant to somebody

    12: John Amaechi: Everybody is a giant to somebody
    Jun 11 2021
    John Amaechi OBE is a respected organisational psychologist, best-selling The New York Times author, sought after public speaker, executive coach and Founder of APS Intelligence. He is a non-executive director of a £2.4bn healthcare organisation, in addition to being a board advisor for several FTSE100 organisations in the financial, legal and professional services, technology, publishing, engineering and retail sectors.

    In 2019, John was recognised as one of HR’s most influential thinkers by HR Magazine. John is the first Briton to have a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

    John is a Chartered Scientist, a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. He is a Research Fellow at the University of East London and his research interests are effective, inclusive leadership and building high-performing teams.

    Listen to this episode to hear from one of the most impressive guys I’ve ever met!

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    54 mins
  • 11: Dan Lowes: As a Red Arrow pilot you need to be humble, credible and approachable

    11: Dan Lowes: As a Red Arrow pilot you need to be humble, credible and approachable
    Jun 3 2021
    Dan Lowes is a top gun fighter pilot, a member of the world famous 'Red Arrows' acrobatic team and is also a Keynote Speaker for companies around the world.

    Dan, who was born in Hong Kong, knew from an early age that he wanted to be a pilot and how he was going to do it. The hard part was making it happen but after 3 unsuccessful attempts to join the most elite flying squadron in the world he finally managed to fulfil his childhood dream.

    Listen to how he learnt that when you are the best in the world at your profession that you still need to humble, credible and approachable. A lesson that we can all learn from.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 10: Ken Doherty: I visualised lifting the world snooker trophy

    10: Ken Doherty: I visualised lifting the world snooker trophy
    May 28 2021
    Ken Doherty was the world snooker champion when he beat the greatest snooker player of all time, Stephen Hendry, in the final at the famous Crucible Theatre in 1997.

    Ken regularly beat a precocious 12 year old Ronnie O'Sullivan during his first few years when he made the move from Dublin, Ireland to east London to start his journey, which ultimately has taken him all over the world.

    The Irishman shares his love for the game and how his mindset was roughly 60% of the reason why he beat Stephen Hendry in the final!

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    1 hr and 2 mins