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For this weeks we are taking a look at the hard yards and lessons that come from competing in the highest levels of Olympic sport. While this episode doesn’t focus on leadership challenges, the hard yards and lessons will be ones that can help many of you in your careers.

Sami Kennedy-Sim is a 3 time Australian Winter Olympic representative, Australian flag bearer and World Cup silver medal winner.

Since childhood she worked her way towards achieving at the very highest levels of world sports and she encountered many challenges along the way.

In this episode Sami shares:

• How she started her journey to the Olympics
• The first time she and her family had to look at the overseas aspect of the career
• The balancing act her family walked between her parents being parents but also having to take a step back and not dictate everything
• The hard yards in being a fish out of water as an Australian snow sports person
• The cost difference for doing snow sport in Australia versus overseas
• The advice her school advisor gave her that changed how she did things
• How she went through the process of escalating her training and dedication to world level
• What a weeks’ training looked like back then
• The differences between sacrifice and making a choice
• What it was like making the decision to step away
• How her work ethic and connection in sport provided her with the opportunity for a job outside of sport as she retired
• How she changed her purpose with her changed career
• The various other roles that exist because of athletes and that athletes need those people

Key Quotes

“I questioned what I was doing all the time. And that was as a youth athlete, let alone when I was doing it as a job.”

“You don’t have that tenacity instantly, it's developed over time.”

“You are a direct reflection of the 5 closest people that you spend the most time with.”

If you want to find out more about Sami

You can find out about Sami’s coaching and other businesses here: https://www.samikennedysim.com/

Or you can follow her on Instagram: @samikennedysim

If you want to find out more about what Wayne does, check out his business via the website:

 https://www.curiousleaderscircle.com/

Or you can follow him on socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-reuben-engage4performance/