1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:05,270 Gift biz unwrapped episode 181 You have to fight the bad 2 00:00:05,270 --> 00:00:07,400 habits. You have to fight the lazy feelings. 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,890 They don't just go away just because you have a particular 4 00:00:09,890 --> 00:00:10,610 goal in mind. 5 00:00:11,770 --> 00:00:13,000 Attention gifters, 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,200 bakers, crafters and makers pursuing your dream can be fun. 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,860 Whether you have an established business or looking to start one 8 00:00:20,860 --> 00:00:23,560 now you are in the right place. 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,170 This is gift to biz unwrapped, 10 00:00:26,380 --> 00:00:30,010 helping you turn your skill into a flourishing business. 11 00:00:30,310 --> 00:00:33,850 Join us for an episode packed full of invaluable guidance, 12 00:00:33,970 --> 00:00:37,990 resources and the support you need to grow your gift biz. 13 00:00:38,230 --> 00:00:40,720 Here is your host gift biz gal, 14 00:00:40,870 --> 00:00:42,070 Sue moon Heights. 15 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:46,920 Hi there And thank you so much for taking a little 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,020 bit of your time to be with me today. 17 00:00:49,410 --> 00:00:52,320 Make sure to stay till the end of this episode because 18 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,810 I have a special announcement for you. 19 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:58,590 It's something that I've been working on for months and finally 20 00:00:58,590 --> 00:00:59,970 I'm so excited. 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,120 Now is the time I can share it with you and 22 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,180 yes, sometimes I can be a little bit of a tease 23 00:01:06,180 --> 00:01:09,240 and just play around and that's not why I'm waiting until 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:09,840 the end. 25 00:01:10,110 --> 00:01:13,560 I just want to make sure to give my guests today 26 00:01:13,620 --> 00:01:17,280 all of the attention that she's due and then share with 27 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:18,450 you something extra special. 28 00:01:18,450 --> 00:01:20,130 Like I said at the end, 29 00:01:20,250 --> 00:01:22,500 don't leave cause you don't want to miss it, 30 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:26,080 but first I want to talk with you about my guest. 31 00:01:26,290 --> 00:01:29,860 She is an Olympic medalist and I brought her on the 32 00:01:29,860 --> 00:01:33,910 show because even though she's not a gifter Baker crafter or 33 00:01:33,910 --> 00:01:37,480 maker, she has qualities that she needs to use to get 34 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,520 her to her level of success. 35 00:01:39,810 --> 00:01:45,480 That very much relate to success for us as maker entrepreneurs. 36 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,400 Some of the things we're going to talk about are preparation, 37 00:01:50,060 --> 00:01:51,170 a mindset, 38 00:01:51,740 --> 00:01:55,820 dealing with factors that are sometimes out of your control and 39 00:01:55,820 --> 00:02:00,020 how intuition can play a big role in your success. 40 00:02:00,290 --> 00:02:02,060 Let's jump into this right now. 41 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:05,270 I'd like to introduce you to Asia Evans. 42 00:02:05,580 --> 00:02:08,910 Asia is a two time Olympian and has won a bronze 43 00:02:08,910 --> 00:02:13,800 medal in the 2014 winter Olympic games as a brakeman for 44 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,620 the USA women's bobsled team. 45 00:02:16,980 --> 00:02:18,870 Throughout her track and field career, 46 00:02:18,930 --> 00:02:21,840 Asia was known for her dominance in both the sprints and 47 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,330 ShotPut at the university of Illinois. 48 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:29,670 She won three big 10 titles the five time NCAA division 49 00:02:29,670 --> 00:02:34,710 one. All American recently completed her second Olympic game in February 50 00:02:34,710 --> 00:02:38,850 at the 2018 winter Olympics in South Korea. 51 00:02:38,850 --> 00:02:40,290 She and her driver, 52 00:02:40,290 --> 00:02:41,190 Jamie Gribble, 53 00:02:41,220 --> 00:02:43,190 poser placed fifth Asia, 54 00:02:43,190 --> 00:02:46,400 comes from a family of elite athletes and today we're going 55 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:47,690 to talk about the drive, 56 00:02:47,810 --> 00:02:50,750 the passion and the discipline needed to win. 57 00:02:51,020 --> 00:02:53,690 Welcome to the gift biz on wrapped podcast Asia. 58 00:02:54,150 --> 00:02:55,680 Hi. Thanks for having me. 59 00:02:55,970 --> 00:02:58,640 I am so excited to have this conversation. 60 00:02:58,840 --> 00:02:59,760 I'm excited. 61 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:00,790 You know, 62 00:03:00,790 --> 00:03:04,240 it's kind of a different thing because you aren't like a 63 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,060 maker or a creator like our audiences, 64 00:03:07,450 --> 00:03:10,030 but I think some of the drive and the passion yeah. 65 00:03:10,170 --> 00:03:13,830 And the commitment that you have to have to become the 66 00:03:13,830 --> 00:03:16,110 level of Olympian you are, 67 00:03:16,140 --> 00:03:18,850 the level of athlete can go over, 68 00:03:18,910 --> 00:03:19,510 I think. 69 00:03:19,780 --> 00:03:21,220 Yeah. I completely agree. 70 00:03:21,220 --> 00:03:23,380 I mean a lot of the things I've learned on my 71 00:03:23,380 --> 00:03:28,030 path to becoming an Olympian or even Olympic medalist have helped 72 00:03:28,030 --> 00:03:30,580 me in all areas of my life and I've grown in 73 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:31,780 all aspects of my life, 74 00:03:31,810 --> 00:03:33,400 not only just the Olympics, 75 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,280 so it's kind of worked synonymous with my life and every 76 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,770 area. We are going to expand on that in a second, 77 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:41,090 but before we do, 78 00:03:41,090 --> 00:03:44,390 I have a traditional question I like to ask everybody and 79 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:48,410 that is if you were to describe yourself as a motivational 80 00:03:48,410 --> 00:03:52,220 candle, so in a color and in a quote, 81 00:03:52,530 --> 00:03:55,620 how would you describe yourself through a motivational candle? 82 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,390 This was such a unique question. 83 00:03:57,390 --> 00:04:00,370 I had fun trying to figure out my idea for this, 84 00:04:00,370 --> 00:04:05,130 but I think my favorite color is purple and I never 85 00:04:05,190 --> 00:04:07,650 understood why I was so drawn to the color when it 86 00:04:07,650 --> 00:04:10,620 began, but I'm captivated by it and the more I looked 87 00:04:10,620 --> 00:04:14,880 into it and the kind of characteristics associated with the color 88 00:04:15,030 --> 00:04:17,700 purple, it's like just ambition, 89 00:04:17,730 --> 00:04:19,860 power, strength, 90 00:04:19,890 --> 00:04:21,480 peace, magic. 91 00:04:21,740 --> 00:04:24,260 And so that really ties into me and some of my 92 00:04:24,260 --> 00:04:27,620 characteristics. A motivational quote for that. 93 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:30,500 Would be a Bible verse of mine that's a favorite of 94 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:33,930 mine is Joshua one verse nine and it's have I not 95 00:04:33,930 --> 00:04:34,710 commanded you? 96 00:04:34,770 --> 00:04:36,180 Be strong and courageous. 97 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:37,200 Do not be afraid. 98 00:04:37,230 --> 00:04:39,660 Do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be 99 00:04:39,660 --> 00:04:40,800 with you wherever you go. 100 00:04:41,170 --> 00:04:41,770 For me, 101 00:04:41,860 --> 00:04:44,860 especially with the places my ambition takes me, 102 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,120 it's a little scary. 103 00:04:46,150 --> 00:04:51,460 And developing confidence and whatever I do has been a game 104 00:04:51,460 --> 00:04:54,100 changer for me and knowing that from the beginning and having 105 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:57,010 that confidence because essentially I went into the sport of bobsled 106 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:58,870 where I had no background in this floor. 107 00:04:58,870 --> 00:05:01,870 I came from a completely different sport and to go in 108 00:05:01,870 --> 00:05:06,220 there and in two years when an Olympic medal sounds crazy 109 00:05:06,220 --> 00:05:07,390 even saying it right now, 110 00:05:07,420 --> 00:05:11,530 but it took a lot of confidence and trust and ambition 111 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:12,130 for sure. 112 00:05:12,530 --> 00:05:14,750 Absolutely. And saying that it's scary, 113 00:05:14,750 --> 00:05:16,610 I would say is an understatement. 114 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:19,930 I agree. 115 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:21,900 It's definitely intimidating. 116 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:24,010 Well, you know, 117 00:05:24,010 --> 00:05:26,590 I said in the bio as I was learning a little 118 00:05:26,590 --> 00:05:29,860 bit more about you F wheats have run in your family, 119 00:05:29,860 --> 00:05:33,190 right? And professional athletes from your father to your uncles all 120 00:05:33,190 --> 00:05:33,730 the way down. 121 00:05:33,730 --> 00:05:36,280 So you were surrounded by that already. 122 00:05:36,650 --> 00:05:40,640 How did your journey go in terms of zeroing in on 123 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,770 your sport cause you were track and field in high school 124 00:05:42,770 --> 00:05:43,400 and college? 125 00:05:44,210 --> 00:05:47,420 I grew up with a very athletic family and it always 126 00:05:47,420 --> 00:05:48,920 encouraged me to want to do sports. 127 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:53,380 My uncle and cousin both were major league baseball players and 128 00:05:53,380 --> 00:05:56,380 my father was a swimmer and my brother played in the 129 00:05:56,380 --> 00:05:58,730 NFL for eight years and my mother was a track and 130 00:05:58,730 --> 00:06:01,340 field Supersite in her collegiate years. 131 00:06:01,340 --> 00:06:04,850 And so growing up my mom just kept us really active. 132 00:06:05,150 --> 00:06:08,180 She never forced us to do any sports or do anything. 133 00:06:08,180 --> 00:06:10,880 We kind of played around with all types of sports and 134 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,640 it wasn't until my freshman year of high school where I 135 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,460 actually did track and field and I stuck with it and 136 00:06:16,460 --> 00:06:17,450 we were really successful. 137 00:06:17,450 --> 00:06:19,790 I went to Morgan park high school out in Chicago and 138 00:06:19,790 --> 00:06:22,970 the city and the Chicago public school and we had great 139 00:06:22,970 --> 00:06:23,570 success there. 140 00:06:23,570 --> 00:06:26,330 And then I went on to go to university of Illinois 141 00:06:26,540 --> 00:06:29,900 where I was told about the sport of bobsled. 142 00:06:30,140 --> 00:06:31,640 My senior year of college, 143 00:06:31,670 --> 00:06:35,260 my coach kind of introduced the sport to me and so 144 00:06:35,380 --> 00:06:36,700 when he was telling me about, 145 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:40,390 I was a little hesitant because I'm used to checking fields 146 00:06:40,450 --> 00:06:44,140 and feeling like my Olympic success was always going to come 147 00:06:44,140 --> 00:06:47,290 from what I thought I was doing to get there, 148 00:06:47,290 --> 00:06:48,190 which was track and field. 149 00:06:48,190 --> 00:06:51,640 So I always saw myself being on the Olympic podium and 150 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:52,870 making it to the Olympic games. 151 00:06:52,870 --> 00:06:54,730 But I just assumed that it was going to be through 152 00:06:54,730 --> 00:06:55,510 track and field. 153 00:06:55,780 --> 00:06:58,900 And so my senior year of college was in 2010 and 154 00:06:58,900 --> 00:07:01,810 I was doing the 2010 when I left Olympic games. 155 00:07:01,810 --> 00:07:03,640 And my coach told me about the sport and how they 156 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,670 look for athletes like myself who come from other sports like 157 00:07:06,670 --> 00:07:07,660 track and field. 158 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,180 I mean you have football players like Herschel Walker who did 159 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:12,670 bobsled, but specifically he told me about this check if an 160 00:07:12,690 --> 00:07:16,540 athlete named Veneta flowers who became an Olympian in both summer 161 00:07:16,540 --> 00:07:17,980 and winter Olympic sports. 162 00:07:17,980 --> 00:07:20,200 And so it really inspired me at the time, 163 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,870 but I just brushed it off because I thought that my 164 00:07:23,050 --> 00:07:24,970 bread and butter was going to be track and field. 165 00:07:24,970 --> 00:07:26,890 And about a year and a half later I went out 166 00:07:26,890 --> 00:07:31,240 and tried for bobsled because after college I graduated and I 167 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,160 decided not to do track professionally. 168 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,550 So I was working in Highland park at EFC sports performance 169 00:07:36,550 --> 00:07:39,250 and I was doing my internship and got offered a position 170 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:42,340 there. So I was helping all these people I met accomplish 171 00:07:42,350 --> 00:07:44,860 their goals and the dreams they set themselves and I felt 172 00:07:44,860 --> 00:07:46,870 like I didn't give myself that same opportunity. 173 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,310 And so I did a lot of research and went out 174 00:07:50,310 --> 00:07:53,190 for the bobsled team and ended up being a really good 175 00:07:53,190 --> 00:07:54,060 fit for the sport. 176 00:07:54,510 --> 00:07:57,720 That's interesting because you were seeing that what you were talking 177 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,210 to other people and challenging other people to do, 178 00:08:00,210 --> 00:08:02,250 you had to turn the mirror around on yourself. 179 00:08:02,570 --> 00:08:07,160 Exactly. And I felt like I was preaching all these things, 180 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,820 but I wasn't practicing it and I felt that void. 181 00:08:10,820 --> 00:08:12,170 I felt like something was missing. 182 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,700 I loved what I did and helping them, 183 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:16,920 but I felt like I didn't give myself that fair chance. 184 00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:20,220 Okay. This is perfect because I think a lot of people 185 00:08:20,220 --> 00:08:21,060 who are listening, 186 00:08:21,190 --> 00:08:22,780 I think that starting a business, 187 00:08:22,780 --> 00:08:24,940 which I know is a little bit different than sports, 188 00:08:24,940 --> 00:08:27,400 but starting a business is for everybody else. 189 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,400 Like everyone else can be successful but not them. 190 00:08:30,550 --> 00:08:33,700 Right? And so I want you guys get biz listeners to 191 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:36,520 be listening to this because this is what Asia did. 192 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,070 And so my question for you is how did you change 193 00:08:40,070 --> 00:08:40,730 your mindset? 194 00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:41,570 You just can't say, 195 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,250 okay, well Asia ante up. 196 00:08:43,310 --> 00:08:44,030 Let's do it. 197 00:08:44,810 --> 00:08:47,270 What did you do in terms of a mindset to turn 198 00:08:47,270 --> 00:08:47,840 around and say, 199 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,870 okay, I'm going to not be afraid. 200 00:08:50,870 --> 00:08:52,640 I'm just going to put myself out there and do it. 201 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:53,600 How did you do that? 202 00:08:53,850 --> 00:08:57,150 Well, I had to my resources for sure. 203 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,150 After training and working at EMT sports performance, 204 00:09:00,210 --> 00:09:02,280 I went to the owner and I told him about the 205 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:02,970 sport of BAFTA. 206 00:09:02,970 --> 00:09:04,050 And this was two years out. 207 00:09:04,050 --> 00:09:06,900 So this was in 2012 and the winter Olympic games were 208 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:09,980 in 2014 and so within two years I needed to learn 209 00:09:09,980 --> 00:09:11,930 it and understand the sport so I could make it to 210 00:09:11,930 --> 00:09:12,740 the Olympic games. 211 00:09:12,740 --> 00:09:15,200 And so I told him about my vision and my goal 212 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,230 and he said we could do it. 213 00:09:17,230 --> 00:09:19,600 And so in order to kind of get in the quote 214 00:09:19,900 --> 00:09:23,050 mindset, I could to a bobsledder I worked with football players 215 00:09:23,290 --> 00:09:25,960 and they are gritty, 216 00:09:26,230 --> 00:09:29,380 they have a great work ethic and they're used to that 217 00:09:29,380 --> 00:09:30,430 team atmosphere, 218 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,920 but yet they're used to competing against each other. 219 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:34,600 And that's simulator track and field. 220 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,600 But in track and field is still a little more individual. 221 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,510 So that on and off switch mentality I had to get 222 00:09:40,510 --> 00:09:43,870 used to as is being an athlete and a competitor at 223 00:09:43,870 --> 00:09:47,050 one moment and then a teammate and helping your essentially your 224 00:09:47,050 --> 00:09:49,720 competition and your team move forward and build a lot of 225 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:50,500 the behind the scenes. 226 00:09:50,740 --> 00:09:53,080 So I had to learn how to switch that on and 227 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,960 off as well as the physical and, 228 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,400 and I worked really hard with all NFL players in the 229 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,740 off season because it was around the same time as my 230 00:09:59,740 --> 00:10:00,820 preparation for Bob. 231 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:04,640 But and so I trained with them for three months and 232 00:10:04,730 --> 00:10:07,490 went out and tried out for the team and my trials 233 00:10:07,490 --> 00:10:10,520 were going so well that the coach stopped me and had 234 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:11,840 me come to the side and was like, 235 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,670 okay, so we see what you can do but let's see 236 00:10:13,670 --> 00:10:14,780 if you could push a bop lift. 237 00:10:14,780 --> 00:10:17,890 So I actually stayed a few days later and in like 238 00:10:17,890 --> 00:10:20,560 plastic in New York we have the Olympic training center, 239 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:24,160 which is where our headquarters is for the most part for 240 00:10:24,170 --> 00:10:25,660 bobsleigh. We have our push track there, 241 00:10:25,660 --> 00:10:29,320 which is how you practice pushing on dry land and training 242 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,950 outside of winter time and being on the track as well 243 00:10:31,950 --> 00:10:32,850 as one of our home tracks. 244 00:10:32,850 --> 00:10:36,270 And so I stayed there practice and learn the technique and 245 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:37,290 continue with trials. 246 00:10:37,290 --> 00:10:39,840 Over the next few months I've made the national team. 247 00:10:39,930 --> 00:10:42,630 And from there we went through the world cup season, 248 00:10:42,910 --> 00:10:44,980 so that was the season before the Olympic games. 249 00:10:44,980 --> 00:10:47,110 And then the next season I had to try out as 250 00:10:47,110 --> 00:10:49,690 well and make the national team before I made the Olympic 251 00:10:49,690 --> 00:10:50,720 team. Okay. 252 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,330 So I have a number of questions for you now after 253 00:10:53,330 --> 00:10:54,200 all of that. 254 00:10:54,530 --> 00:10:57,530 Yeah. Oh my gosh, 255 00:10:57,530 --> 00:10:59,090 yes. But it's so good. 256 00:10:59,270 --> 00:11:02,660 So Asia first for some of our listeners who may not 257 00:11:02,660 --> 00:11:04,190 be that familiar with bobsled, 258 00:11:04,250 --> 00:11:07,700 talk us through the sport and how many people comprise a 259 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:10,460 team and how the whole bobsled works. 260 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,370 Yeah, so bachelor is a winter Olympic sport. 261 00:11:13,820 --> 00:11:17,510 So for women right now we only have two man Aqua, 262 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:18,830 so you have a driver, 263 00:11:18,860 --> 00:11:20,840 but I also go by pilot and they're in the front 264 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:21,620 of the sled. 265 00:11:21,620 --> 00:11:22,760 And then you have the brakemen, 266 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:23,720 which is my position. 267 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,300 We also go by pusher and we're in the back of 268 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:26,780 the sled. 269 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,300 The goal of the brakemen is to get this leg going 270 00:11:29,330 --> 00:11:32,570 as fast as possible at the start of the race. 271 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,880 And then we hop in after the man and then we're 272 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,090 kind of like holding on in the back through this mile 273 00:11:38,090 --> 00:11:41,720 long track of twists and turns and bumps and all types 274 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,770 of G4S while the driver Sears down the track using the 275 00:11:45,770 --> 00:11:47,990 velocity and the momentum we created at the top of the 276 00:11:47,990 --> 00:11:51,040 track. So you're the one at the back who's like ducking 277 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:51,850 then so that you, 278 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,260 So my goal is to stay as aerodynamic as possible and 279 00:11:56,260 --> 00:12:00,550 relaxed in the back of the sled regardless of how crazy 280 00:12:00,550 --> 00:12:01,150 it feels. 281 00:12:01,180 --> 00:12:02,260 So awkward. 282 00:12:02,350 --> 00:12:04,030 I don't even know what the compared to, 283 00:12:04,030 --> 00:12:05,170 I mean honestly, 284 00:12:05,380 --> 00:12:08,800 we have to wear helmets because you risk concussions. 285 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,410 We wear burn invest because if you were to crash the 286 00:12:11,410 --> 00:12:14,800 friction from the ice and the speed we're going at a 287 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,150 cocreate burns. 288 00:12:16,330 --> 00:12:18,490 So it's a very intense course. 289 00:12:18,810 --> 00:12:19,890 It's very loud, 290 00:12:19,890 --> 00:12:23,130 noisy, and as a brakeman you don't know what's coming next. 291 00:12:23,130 --> 00:12:24,540 So it's a little counterintuitive. 292 00:12:24,540 --> 00:12:25,470 You want to be nervous, 293 00:12:25,470 --> 00:12:26,580 you want to be tight, 294 00:12:26,580 --> 00:12:27,840 you want to be kind of scared, 295 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,510 but you have to teach yourself to be relaxed and loose 296 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,090 and taking all these twists and turns as you go down 297 00:12:33,090 --> 00:12:35,490 the track and hopefully come out in first. 298 00:12:35,810 --> 00:12:38,990 That's crazy because as you're just describing it at the beginning 299 00:12:38,990 --> 00:12:39,590 of the race, 300 00:12:39,590 --> 00:12:41,960 you need all your strength because you're the one who's building 301 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,120 the speed and then you dump in and you have to 302 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:45,200 do the exact opposite. 303 00:12:45,260 --> 00:12:46,610 You have to then relax. 304 00:12:47,070 --> 00:12:48,480 Yes, and the drivers, 305 00:12:48,510 --> 00:12:51,990 they go from straining to put all their effort into their 306 00:12:51,990 --> 00:12:55,140 push push to having to snap out of that relaxed and 307 00:12:55,140 --> 00:12:56,340 be focused and steer down, 308 00:12:56,490 --> 00:12:57,960 attract. And when I say steer, 309 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,520 like it's not a steering wheel in there, 310 00:12:59,580 --> 00:13:01,890 we drive by using these D rings. 311 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,900 So essentially like two wheel drive. 312 00:13:03,930 --> 00:13:05,010 So the runners, 313 00:13:05,010 --> 00:13:06,570 which are the blades this last, 314 00:13:06,570 --> 00:13:07,050 this one, 315 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:08,400 so two runners in the front. 316 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:09,660 If you pull the right D-ring, 317 00:13:09,660 --> 00:13:10,530 they go to the right. 318 00:13:10,530 --> 00:13:12,060 And then if people the left when I go to the 319 00:13:12,060 --> 00:13:14,850 left, and that's how you fear the sled down the track. 320 00:13:15,140 --> 00:13:15,950 I didn't know that. 321 00:13:15,950 --> 00:13:17,300 I thought you had a steering wheel. 322 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:21,760 I mean one of the original bobsleds were included this year 323 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:22,060 and we'll, 324 00:13:22,060 --> 00:13:25,360 but they advanced their technology so much that it's kind of 325 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,730 a rope system and a D rating system where they're kind 326 00:13:27,730 --> 00:13:31,680 of pulling these rings to help maneuver this led down the 327 00:13:31,690 --> 00:13:33,640 track as efficiently as possible. 328 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:34,720 Yeah. Got it. 329 00:13:34,750 --> 00:13:37,330 So let's talk a little bit about training. 330 00:13:37,420 --> 00:13:41,110 How do you as a professional athlete train for this? 331 00:13:41,110 --> 00:13:41,620 I'm sure, 332 00:13:41,620 --> 00:13:42,580 I mean it's physical, 333 00:13:42,580 --> 00:13:44,260 but it's also psychological. 334 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:46,240 Can you give us a feel for how that works? 335 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,230 I really started to embrace the psychological aspects a lot this 336 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,760 past Olympic journey because I didn't realize going into the sport 337 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,800 how much that was a factor. 338 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:58,660 Especially for an athlete like myself. 339 00:13:58,940 --> 00:14:02,990 I'm one of those athletes that rely on what I produce 340 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:06,980 and my production in like using that as my way to 341 00:14:07,220 --> 00:14:09,590 show that I'm doing good to show the team when I'm 342 00:14:09,590 --> 00:14:11,050 capable of show to where where I'm capable of. 343 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:14,050 And sometimes in the sport you don't have as much power 344 00:14:14,050 --> 00:14:14,770 as you would like to. 345 00:14:14,770 --> 00:14:15,880 Like I come from track and field. 346 00:14:15,910 --> 00:14:19,430 If I'm an Elaine against seven other athletes and I come 347 00:14:19,430 --> 00:14:20,890 at earth and I'm in first place, 348 00:14:21,170 --> 00:14:21,830 but with Bob, 349 00:14:22,220 --> 00:14:25,280 just because you're the fastest say it doesn't mean you're going 350 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,500 to be with who they deemed the fastest driver. 351 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:31,460 Sometimes the coaches and the board pick and choose who races 352 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:31,820 with who. 353 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:34,040 So you don't really have much control over that as a 354 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:38,790 brakeman. The coaches pick who the drivers race with and so 355 00:14:38,910 --> 00:14:41,580 the best thing I could do was put myself in the 356 00:14:41,580 --> 00:14:45,480 best physical shape as well as being mentally ready to accept. 357 00:14:45,690 --> 00:14:48,180 If I'm not racing with the person I had my eyes 358 00:14:48,180 --> 00:14:50,610 set on or if things change, 359 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,390 being able bounce back because that's what happened to me at 360 00:14:53,390 --> 00:14:54,890 the 2014 Olympic game. 361 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:58,430 I primed myself physically to be the best brakeman in the 362 00:14:58,430 --> 00:15:00,950 country, let alone the world and to race with the fast 363 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:02,420 pace driver at that time. 364 00:15:02,420 --> 00:15:05,060 And so the entire season I raced with her and we 365 00:15:05,060 --> 00:15:07,970 were winning Meadows and doing great first in the world. 366 00:15:08,210 --> 00:15:09,530 And then at the Olympic games, 367 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:10,560 the week before I race, 368 00:15:10,570 --> 00:15:11,090 they switched by, 369 00:15:11,090 --> 00:15:13,220 fled and I raced with the second rate driver. 370 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,900 And so if this would've happened to me a few years 371 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:17,730 side to that I might have shut down. 372 00:15:17,730 --> 00:15:20,010 I might have not been able to even pull off a 373 00:15:20,010 --> 00:15:23,340 metal. And so that mental aspect really came into play and 374 00:15:23,340 --> 00:15:26,430 I had to understand that this is the hand I'm dealt 375 00:15:26,430 --> 00:15:27,960 and I have to make the most of those cars. 376 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,800 And so that's when Jamie and I really built a resilient 377 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,380 bond and decided to go out and pull this off for 378 00:15:34,380 --> 00:15:36,720 ourselves despite who was calling the shots. 379 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,150 And so the mental aspect has been a journey for me 380 00:15:39,150 --> 00:15:39,750 for sure. 381 00:15:40,020 --> 00:15:43,290 Physically, we do a lot of our off season training during 382 00:15:43,290 --> 00:15:45,690 the summertime leading into the fall. 383 00:15:45,750 --> 00:15:48,450 And so it's pretty much the same as like football off 384 00:15:48,450 --> 00:15:49,290 season training. 385 00:15:49,660 --> 00:15:52,600 You really want to work on your strength and conditioning and 386 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:53,350 your speed. 387 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,350 And so I don't necessarily have to be in like class 388 00:15:56,350 --> 00:16:00,010 in New York at the Olympic training center longterm over the 389 00:16:00,010 --> 00:16:00,850 entire off season training. 390 00:16:00,850 --> 00:16:02,890 I can do my workouts pretty much anywhere. 391 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,760 So I worked with my trainer, 392 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:10,290 Jacob Ross and my friend coach Les Spellman and together they 393 00:16:10,290 --> 00:16:12,750 helped me get into the best shape for the season, 394 00:16:12,750 --> 00:16:14,270 especially entering the Olympic year. 395 00:16:14,270 --> 00:16:17,910 It was a lot of the training as far as repetitive 396 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:19,790 speed drove a lot of plyometrics, 397 00:16:19,790 --> 00:16:22,550 a lot of jumping and a lot of stuff just to 398 00:16:22,550 --> 00:16:23,660 be on my posterior chain. 399 00:16:23,660 --> 00:16:25,730 So like a lot of lifting weights, 400 00:16:25,730 --> 00:16:26,960 a lot of squatting, 401 00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:28,880 some power cleans and dead lifts. 402 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,090 And so I really wanted to build up that muscle and 403 00:16:32,090 --> 00:16:34,610 that power early in the season so I didn't have to 404 00:16:34,610 --> 00:16:38,120 go as hard during the season because once the season starts, 405 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,120 we're traveling from country to country each week as well as 406 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,940 racing and training on the actual opposite track. 407 00:16:43,940 --> 00:16:46,880 So, So you really have to look out at a whole 408 00:16:46,910 --> 00:16:51,220 six months or a year and structure when you're training and 409 00:16:51,220 --> 00:16:53,320 then when you're on the road it takes a little bit 410 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:54,250 of a different look, 411 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,680 right? So you have to look out and plan. 412 00:16:57,060 --> 00:16:58,500 It involves a lot of planning, 413 00:16:58,790 --> 00:17:01,730 but during the season you have to be able to go 414 00:17:01,730 --> 00:17:03,260 with the flow and listen to your body. 415 00:17:03,260 --> 00:17:05,390 So as an athlete you become really in tune with our 416 00:17:05,390 --> 00:17:07,280 body and what it's telling us and we know how to 417 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:07,910 push ourselves, 418 00:17:07,910 --> 00:17:09,740 which you also have to know how to relax and when 419 00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:11,060 to take it a little easier. 420 00:17:11,060 --> 00:17:12,980 As you go through the season you're dealing with, 421 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,550 like I struggled with jet lag and all these European countries 422 00:17:16,550 --> 00:17:20,480 we were racing in as well as having to train at 423 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,160 6:00 AM we would wake up, 424 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:22,880 get breakfast, 425 00:17:23,180 --> 00:17:23,960 load our slips. 426 00:17:23,990 --> 00:17:24,590 So with Bob, 427 00:17:24,590 --> 00:17:26,210 so it's a really hands on sport. 428 00:17:26,270 --> 00:17:31,000 I fled weigh about 365 pounds and so that's the sled 429 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,700 minimum wage and we have to move those sleds so we 430 00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:36,050 have to transport them ourselves. 431 00:17:36,050 --> 00:17:37,100 We put them in the truck. 432 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:38,810 Coach's job is Chuck to the track. 433 00:17:38,810 --> 00:17:39,770 We unload the sleds, 434 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,550 put them at the line. 435 00:17:40,550 --> 00:17:43,250 We do all of that stuff as well as racing and 436 00:17:43,250 --> 00:17:44,600 preparing to race a train. 437 00:17:44,870 --> 00:17:45,710 Oh my gosh, 438 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,110 I for sure thought you had other people doing that for 439 00:17:48,110 --> 00:17:53,240 you. We have engineers And coaches that help and the engineers 440 00:17:53,270 --> 00:17:55,940 are really great and they do all the behind the scenes 441 00:17:55,940 --> 00:17:57,650 stuff and the more in depth stuff for the slab, 442 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,950 but a lot of the hands on moving of the sled 443 00:18:00,950 --> 00:18:03,920 and preparation of the sled is done that especially the night 444 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:04,520 before a race. 445 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:06,140 People assume that's the day we have. 446 00:18:06,140 --> 00:18:11,300 Like You get pampered and you rest and carbo-loading like you 447 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:12,140 do when you're running. 448 00:18:12,150 --> 00:18:14,520 Right. 94 race. 449 00:18:14,550 --> 00:18:15,810 We're sanding the runners, 450 00:18:15,810 --> 00:18:16,710 so the runners, 451 00:18:16,740 --> 00:18:17,280 like I said, 452 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:18,030 are the blades, 453 00:18:18,150 --> 00:18:19,110 the SLAs that on, 454 00:18:19,310 --> 00:18:23,000 we're sending those down grid by grid from a hundred grit 455 00:18:23,210 --> 00:18:27,020 sandpaper down to polishing paper and then the drivers have their 456 00:18:27,020 --> 00:18:28,130 own busing system. 457 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,860 So together that takes about four, 458 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:32,600 maybe five hours to complete. 459 00:18:32,630 --> 00:18:33,860 But per runner, 460 00:18:33,860 --> 00:18:35,510 if you have people helping you, 461 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,400 you can get it done maybe in three hours, 462 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,070 but that's another day with the work we have to put 463 00:18:40,070 --> 00:18:42,230 in at the end of the night before race. 464 00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:43,840 Wow. All right, 465 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,090 so from my listeners perspective, 466 00:18:46,090 --> 00:18:47,860 I have a couple of things I'm curious about. 467 00:18:47,980 --> 00:18:50,740 What do you do on those days when you're supposed to 468 00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:54,430 get up at 6:00 AM to train and you're like, 469 00:18:54,460 --> 00:18:56,740 seriously, like this is the last thing I want to do. 470 00:18:56,740 --> 00:18:59,290 I just want to push this news button and I'm not 471 00:18:59,290 --> 00:19:00,220 getting up. 472 00:19:00,220 --> 00:19:02,470 How do you force yourself to do that? 473 00:19:02,470 --> 00:19:05,530 I know we can all relate to this challenge. 474 00:19:05,530 --> 00:19:08,920 We're going to hear how Asia answers the question right after 475 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,120 a word from our sponsor. 476 00:19:10,870 --> 00:19:13,840 This podcast is made possible thanks to the support of the 477 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:15,130 ribbon print company. 478 00:19:15,310 --> 00:19:17,730 Create custom ribbons right in your store, 479 00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:19,390 craft studio in seconds. 480 00:19:19,510 --> 00:19:20,380 Visit the ribbon, 481 00:19:20,380 --> 00:19:21,820 print company.com 482 00:19:21,820 --> 00:19:22,960 for more information. 483 00:19:23,780 --> 00:19:27,710 Hard. I mean it's hard to force myself to get in 484 00:19:27,710 --> 00:19:30,320 that position or get used to pushing yourself. 485 00:19:30,350 --> 00:19:32,390 I think that was one of the biggest things for me 486 00:19:32,390 --> 00:19:34,340 was you have to fight the bad habits. 487 00:19:34,550 --> 00:19:36,050 You have to fight the lazy feelings. 488 00:19:36,050 --> 00:19:38,540 They don't just go away just because you have a particular 489 00:19:38,540 --> 00:19:39,290 goal in mind. 490 00:19:39,580 --> 00:19:42,970 Just because I knew I wanted to win an Olympic medal 491 00:19:42,970 --> 00:19:44,440 and go to the Olympic games, 492 00:19:44,470 --> 00:19:45,940 it didn't mean instantly boom. 493 00:19:45,970 --> 00:19:48,700 I'm a new person that likes to wake up very early 494 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:49,750 in the morning and work out. 495 00:19:49,750 --> 00:19:52,000 No, I was still that same person that doesn't like to 496 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,610 wake up there early to workout and so you just had 497 00:19:55,610 --> 00:19:57,710 to remind yourself why you're doing these things. 498 00:19:57,710 --> 00:20:01,310 And so when I was waking up very early to go 499 00:20:01,310 --> 00:20:02,000 to training, 500 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,220 knowing I had to do all the behind the scenes work 501 00:20:04,250 --> 00:20:06,680 and do a workout on top of it later that day, 502 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:07,940 it can be exhausting, 503 00:20:07,970 --> 00:20:10,100 but I had to keep my eyes set on my goal 504 00:20:10,130 --> 00:20:12,530 and I created a schedule so I knew what I had 505 00:20:12,530 --> 00:20:12,800 to do. 506 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,230 So that helps me to get an idea of my day. 507 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,570 Did the schedule just make you like you knew you had 508 00:20:17,570 --> 00:20:18,680 to follow your schedule? 509 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,150 Whether you wanted to or not. 510 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,920 Having a schedule one may mean knew I needed to follow 511 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,250 it and it encouraged me to get stuff done because then 512 00:20:27,250 --> 00:20:28,840 once I saw my schedule was clear, 513 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:29,230 I was like, 514 00:20:29,260 --> 00:20:32,020 okay, like I really have time off and I can enjoy 515 00:20:32,050 --> 00:20:35,170 the rest of my day without feeling like I'm missing something 516 00:20:35,170 --> 00:20:36,460 or I need to do something. 517 00:20:36,490 --> 00:20:38,920 And sometimes when you wake up and you know you have 518 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:40,570 to do all these things but you don't have them written 519 00:20:40,570 --> 00:20:43,150 down, it can make you even more stressed and flustered and 520 00:20:43,150 --> 00:20:44,740 it can appear bigger than what it is. 521 00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:47,710 So one thing I tried to do was write down things 522 00:20:47,710 --> 00:20:50,490 I had to accomplish that day and if I could write 523 00:20:50,490 --> 00:20:51,420 a time for it, 524 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:52,590 cool. If not, 525 00:20:52,710 --> 00:20:54,660 then I just knew I had to go through it. 526 00:20:54,660 --> 00:20:56,880 And so I will use my reminders app on my phone 527 00:20:57,180 --> 00:20:59,070 and I would literally put in my phone, 528 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:00,910 everything from I'm training today, 529 00:21:00,910 --> 00:21:02,080 make sure my backpack, 530 00:21:02,230 --> 00:21:03,610 my workout for the day. 531 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:06,010 If there was certain nutrition things I needed to follow, 532 00:21:06,010 --> 00:21:07,000 I would put that in there. 533 00:21:07,260 --> 00:21:08,940 And then as I would go throughout the day, 534 00:21:08,970 --> 00:21:10,830 I would Mark off when I did it. 535 00:21:10,860 --> 00:21:13,530 So if I looked at my phone and I realized I 536 00:21:13,530 --> 00:21:14,850 did two things already, 537 00:21:14,850 --> 00:21:16,140 I would Mark those off. 538 00:21:16,140 --> 00:21:16,710 And then I'm like, 539 00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:19,320 okay, halfway through my day I have such and such left, 540 00:21:19,470 --> 00:21:21,420 let me knock it out so I can enjoy the rest 541 00:21:21,420 --> 00:21:21,840 of my day. 542 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,330 If I wanted to go have dinner somewhere or if I 543 00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:26,160 wanted to do some of the sports stuff, 544 00:21:26,420 --> 00:21:27,410 those types of things, 545 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,420 I would try and knock out as much as I could 546 00:21:29,660 --> 00:21:31,460 earlier in my day so I can have the rest of 547 00:21:31,460 --> 00:21:32,210 my day off. 548 00:21:32,490 --> 00:21:34,470 Sure. And then you'd have that portion of the day off 549 00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:37,200 and you deserved it cause you put in all your time 550 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:37,800 for the day. 551 00:21:38,010 --> 00:21:38,400 So yeah, 552 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:39,090 that's what I said. 553 00:21:39,090 --> 00:21:41,700 So like it kinda made me realize what I had to 554 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:42,510 accomplish today. 555 00:21:42,510 --> 00:21:45,090 But then as I started to accomplish those things, 556 00:21:45,090 --> 00:21:46,080 I felt encouraged. 557 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:46,650 So I was like, 558 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:47,160 okay cool. 559 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:47,940 I knocked this out. 560 00:21:48,330 --> 00:21:49,590 That was the biggest thing on my list. 561 00:21:49,590 --> 00:21:50,220 I only got this, 562 00:21:50,220 --> 00:21:50,790 this and this. 563 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:53,460 I can knock that out in a minute or it doesn't 564 00:21:53,460 --> 00:21:55,800 even feel like you'll go throughout your day and realize you've 565 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,810 done so much and you still have the rest of your 566 00:21:57,810 --> 00:22:00,720 day. So I think having things written out really helped me 567 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,940 and was a game changer for me because it didn't allow 568 00:22:02,940 --> 00:22:05,280 my thoughts to overwhelm me as far as like, 569 00:22:05,310 --> 00:22:05,820 Oh my gosh, 570 00:22:05,820 --> 00:22:07,560 I have so much to do and it's time to do 571 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:08,730 it and you forget everything. 572 00:22:09,020 --> 00:22:12,580 Right. That's a great takeaway for our listeners because it correlates 573 00:22:12,580 --> 00:22:15,310 so well for business and it's so much better to do 574 00:22:15,310 --> 00:22:18,610 the things that you don't like first and just get them 575 00:22:18,730 --> 00:22:20,380 out of the way done, 576 00:22:20,650 --> 00:22:20,830 you know, 577 00:22:20,830 --> 00:22:22,300 at the first top of the day. 578 00:22:22,690 --> 00:22:23,320 Well, yeah, 579 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:24,220 it's not even just that. 580 00:22:24,220 --> 00:22:26,740 I don't like the ones that will take the most odd 581 00:22:26,740 --> 00:22:29,380 needs because I work out so hard at such an elite 582 00:22:29,380 --> 00:22:32,260 level, but I'm just like everyone else, 583 00:22:32,260 --> 00:22:34,480 I don't get extremely drained after work. 584 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,750 I see it release endorphins and you get energy and stuff 585 00:22:37,780 --> 00:22:41,380 despite how tired you are from the workout or how fatigue 586 00:22:41,380 --> 00:22:41,770 you are. 587 00:22:41,770 --> 00:22:45,220 So I like to accomplish my workouts earlier in my day. 588 00:22:45,250 --> 00:22:46,930 Not bright first thing in the morning, 589 00:22:46,930 --> 00:22:50,710 but I definitely like to accomplish my workouts and things that 590 00:22:50,710 --> 00:22:53,080 I know that will physically and mentally exert me the most 591 00:22:53,290 --> 00:22:55,150 earliest Monday so I can knock it out. 592 00:22:55,150 --> 00:22:56,810 And then as I go through my day, 593 00:22:56,810 --> 00:22:58,490 I just pay attention to things I need to do, 594 00:22:58,490 --> 00:23:00,920 whether it be respond to emails or this and that. 595 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,740 I write kind of things down as they come to my 596 00:23:03,740 --> 00:23:07,730 head because I find that really helps me to remember what 597 00:23:07,730 --> 00:23:09,410 to do and to knock it out. 598 00:23:09,690 --> 00:23:11,550 Yeah. So you're following a plan. 599 00:23:11,810 --> 00:23:13,940 Let's circle around to nutrition. 600 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,730 What does that mean for an Olympic athlete? 601 00:23:17,230 --> 00:23:21,130 Yeah, nutrition could be like for an Olympic athlete it could 602 00:23:21,130 --> 00:23:23,300 be your best friend or your worst enemy. 603 00:23:24,410 --> 00:23:26,240 Myself, I love to snack. 604 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,810 I love to eat without any strings attached and I just 605 00:23:29,810 --> 00:23:30,830 want to enjoy my meal. 606 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:31,830 Yeah. So Asia, 607 00:23:31,890 --> 00:23:33,090 I would say to that, 608 00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:33,660 well, yeah, 609 00:23:33,660 --> 00:23:36,060 you can cause you're going to work off any calories that 610 00:23:36,060 --> 00:23:37,200 you have throughout the day. 611 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,000 So just go ahead with whatever you want. 612 00:23:39,370 --> 00:23:41,170 Right? And that sounds so simple, 613 00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:45,040 but that's not exactly how it works because even though my 614 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,200 schedule is in 10 I still have to maintain a certain 615 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,590 weight throughout the season because it's essentially kind of a weight 616 00:23:51,590 --> 00:23:52,070 class sport. 617 00:23:52,310 --> 00:23:55,520 You don't want to go over the maximum weight of for 618 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:56,060 the race day. 619 00:23:56,060 --> 00:23:59,870 So it's the combined weight is you the driver and the 620 00:23:59,870 --> 00:24:03,230 sled. And so after our first run down the track they 621 00:24:03,230 --> 00:24:07,250 weigh us together and if you're over weight you're disqualified. 622 00:24:07,820 --> 00:24:08,420 Oh man. 623 00:24:08,420 --> 00:24:09,380 So that's important. 624 00:24:10,380 --> 00:24:11,850 And as well as your energy. 625 00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:14,220 So like you don't want to just eat anything that tastes 626 00:24:14,220 --> 00:24:17,190 good or eat crazy candies and sugars and junk food. 627 00:24:17,220 --> 00:24:19,230 You want healthy things to give you the energy. 628 00:24:19,230 --> 00:24:20,610 Cause I have very long days, 629 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:23,220 especially behind the scenes when it comes to maintenance on the 630 00:24:23,220 --> 00:24:25,950 sled and doing my workouts and different things. 631 00:24:25,950 --> 00:24:28,650 So I have to make sure I'm energized and myself so 632 00:24:29,190 --> 00:24:31,650 I'm not eating as many of the bad things as I 633 00:24:31,650 --> 00:24:34,610 want. It's more so about fuel in my body and making 634 00:24:34,610 --> 00:24:37,370 sure I'm managing my weight throughout the season. 635 00:24:37,850 --> 00:24:39,530 And does nutrition at all. 636 00:24:39,530 --> 00:24:43,020 Have to do with building muscle and all of the behind 637 00:24:43,020 --> 00:24:44,160 the scenes thing too. 638 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:45,410 Yeah. For me, 639 00:24:45,590 --> 00:24:47,420 I don't have a problem building on muscles. 640 00:24:47,710 --> 00:24:50,320 I'm one of those athletes where I need nutrition to help 641 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,650 me to maintain a lighter weight because they changed the weight 642 00:24:53,650 --> 00:24:58,120 limit for Bob slit down 15 kilos from 2014 when our 643 00:24:58,120 --> 00:24:59,680 Olympics 2018 went Olympics, 644 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,950 so that's essentially over 30 pounds a different, 645 00:25:02,950 --> 00:25:05,740 so we had to be 30 pounds lighter. 646 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,160 That's a lot. 647 00:25:07,380 --> 00:25:08,400 Yeah, that's a lot. 648 00:25:08,610 --> 00:25:11,400 Five of the kilos could come from the slip, 649 00:25:11,430 --> 00:25:12,960 but the other remaining, 650 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:13,620 I'm sorry, 651 00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:14,760 it's 15 yeah, 652 00:25:14,790 --> 00:25:16,320 so five of the kilos come from the sled. 653 00:25:16,330 --> 00:25:20,100 The remaining 10 so the remaining 22 pounds has to come 654 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:23,560 from the driver brakeman combination and so team USA is a 655 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:27,200 little on the muscular built side and so we were already 656 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,840 in 2014 near the way limits, 657 00:25:29,930 --> 00:25:32,300 so we really had to work to move weight and maintain 658 00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:36,350 a healthy lean weight for the 2018 winter Olympic games because 659 00:25:36,380 --> 00:25:37,340 we had to be lighter. 660 00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:39,280 I want to take a little bit of a step back 661 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,940 in your journey also because I liked when you were talking 662 00:25:42,940 --> 00:25:45,220 about the fact that it was kind of a step by 663 00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:46,180 step process. 664 00:25:46,180 --> 00:25:50,140 You know you first were seeing success obviously in college. 665 00:25:50,170 --> 00:25:53,030 People had their eye on you already and then when you 666 00:25:53,030 --> 00:25:54,650 jumped over into sled, 667 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:55,400 the nationals, 668 00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:56,240 the world, 669 00:25:56,420 --> 00:25:57,500 it was a progression. 670 00:25:57,500 --> 00:26:01,340 So you kept going from one event to another and seeing 671 00:26:01,340 --> 00:26:02,660 success along the way. 672 00:26:02,950 --> 00:26:04,660 Talk a little bit about that, 673 00:26:04,660 --> 00:26:07,720 cause no one just goes from being local to all of 674 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,160 a sudden being an Olympian. 675 00:26:09,190 --> 00:26:12,030 Right. I don't think I explained it that well because the 676 00:26:12,030 --> 00:26:15,660 success progression wasn't as smooth as it found it. 677 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:20,310 It was rough coming into the sport in 2012 I came 678 00:26:20,310 --> 00:26:25,950 in alongside three or four summer Olympians from the 2012 summer 679 00:26:25,950 --> 00:26:27,960 Olympic games and we were all really good. 680 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:29,820 So it's a competitive atmosphere. 681 00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:33,190 They named nine women to the national team. 682 00:26:33,470 --> 00:26:35,930 Three of them are drivers and then the other six are 683 00:26:35,930 --> 00:26:36,860 a pool of brakemen. 684 00:26:36,860 --> 00:26:39,170 So we all travel together throughout the season. 685 00:26:39,170 --> 00:26:41,000 But only three pregnant end up racing. 686 00:26:41,330 --> 00:26:43,470 And so every time you're on the ice, 687 00:26:43,470 --> 00:26:46,800 you're basically competing against your teammates for a spot in the 688 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:47,540 top split. 689 00:26:47,870 --> 00:26:51,050 So that's where you were talking about the difference between a 690 00:26:51,050 --> 00:26:53,480 solo sport but also a team sport and you have to 691 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:54,350 go back and forth. 692 00:26:54,350 --> 00:26:55,900 Right, Exactly. 693 00:26:55,900 --> 00:26:59,380 And so you really have to be able to understand that 694 00:26:59,380 --> 00:27:02,170 no matter how good you are individually, 695 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,080 you still may not get the race you think you deserve 696 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,800 or you may not get this or they're testing different combinations 697 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:09,760 so you're not raising. 698 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,790 And so that's hard to understand because in track and field, 699 00:27:12,820 --> 00:27:15,250 if I didn't race or if I didn't get anything, 700 00:27:15,250 --> 00:27:16,930 it was mainly probably because like, 701 00:27:17,140 --> 00:27:17,380 you know, 702 00:27:17,380 --> 00:27:18,790 I wasn't performing at my best. 703 00:27:19,050 --> 00:27:21,450 You were responsible for your own performance then. 704 00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:23,760 Exactly. But now with Bob, 705 00:27:23,790 --> 00:27:27,030 but it just may be a combination of other factors that 706 00:27:27,030 --> 00:27:28,350 you're not even in control of. 707 00:27:28,350 --> 00:27:31,440 And so you have to be able to understand that and 708 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,520 not let it affect your performance and your motivation moving forward. 709 00:27:35,970 --> 00:27:39,240 That is so interesting and I'm sure so tough. 710 00:27:39,630 --> 00:27:40,530 It's Delta. 711 00:27:40,620 --> 00:27:43,460 Yeah. What did you learn from that that you take away 712 00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:47,530 today? One of my biggest lessons I learned from the sport 713 00:27:47,530 --> 00:27:51,070 of bobsled was to separate business and personal. 714 00:27:51,510 --> 00:27:53,400 I've always kind of been, 715 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:54,600 if I don't like you and the person, 716 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,820 I don't like you in the business atmosphere type of person. 717 00:27:56,820 --> 00:27:59,160 So like it's not going to switch on and off just 718 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,120 because of the setting. 719 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,850 And so as an Olympian and as a bobsledder, 720 00:28:03,850 --> 00:28:06,490 you have to be able to separate the two. 721 00:28:06,490 --> 00:28:08,250 So on the personal side, 722 00:28:08,250 --> 00:28:11,640 you're thrown into a situation with eight other women where you're 723 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,080 traveling the world around each other. 724 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,090 24 seven I'm rooming together, 725 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:15,810 eating together, 726 00:28:15,810 --> 00:28:16,560 doing all these things. 727 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,900 And these are women you may not necessarily get along with 728 00:28:19,110 --> 00:28:21,660 or you would choose to be around outside of sport. 729 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,210 And so you're kind of forcing the situation where you have 730 00:28:24,210 --> 00:28:27,720 to kind of embrace it and you build bonds and friendships, 731 00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:30,270 but you have to be able to separate the two because 732 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:31,050 it gets messy, 733 00:28:31,050 --> 00:28:31,650 it gets drama, 734 00:28:31,650 --> 00:28:33,960 food. And in order to perform, 735 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,140 you have to be able to put feelings aside and do 736 00:28:37,140 --> 00:28:39,150 what you need to be done in order to be successful 737 00:28:39,150 --> 00:28:39,630 in the floor. 738 00:28:39,630 --> 00:28:41,730 And a lot of times we have to help out the 739 00:28:41,730 --> 00:28:43,320 same people we're competing against. 740 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:46,500 And it's so confusing and it's so hard sometimes because you 741 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:50,130 can easily come right off of the ice and move to 742 00:28:50,130 --> 00:28:53,220 your teammate or something and then you're all there helping each 743 00:28:53,220 --> 00:28:55,860 other move on your sleds and to the truck and doing 744 00:28:55,860 --> 00:28:58,050 all this work when you don't even feel like seeing them 745 00:28:58,050 --> 00:28:59,250 let alone helping us. 746 00:28:59,660 --> 00:29:00,440 Oh my gosh. 747 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:01,460 So how do you do it? 748 00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:04,310 Just continually try and keep your feelings in check or what 749 00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:04,850 do you do? 750 00:29:05,170 --> 00:29:08,350 Well, I had to understand that people aren't going to hold 751 00:29:08,350 --> 00:29:11,110 you in the same regard as you hold other people in 752 00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:11,710 and yourself. 753 00:29:11,740 --> 00:29:14,140 And so you just have to be open to understanding different 754 00:29:14,140 --> 00:29:16,300 people and personalities and act accordingly. 755 00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:18,790 I think that I kept my goal and my mission in 756 00:29:18,790 --> 00:29:21,280 mind, which was to make the Olympic games and when the 757 00:29:21,290 --> 00:29:23,130 Olympic medal And you did. 758 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,820 Yeah. And having that in mind helped me to maneuver through 759 00:29:27,820 --> 00:29:31,120 a lot of the unnecessary BS that would have distracted me 760 00:29:31,150 --> 00:29:32,050 throughout the process. 761 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,270 I had to learn that this girl would act like my 762 00:29:34,270 --> 00:29:35,410 friend one day, 763 00:29:35,410 --> 00:29:38,440 but then secretly be trying to take my position and just 764 00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:39,250 name that. 765 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,110 Even though I have a good relationship with one, 766 00:29:41,530 --> 00:29:43,720 it may not mean that I raised with them the entire 767 00:29:43,810 --> 00:29:45,910 time and I had to learn how to be a good 768 00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:48,520 teammate to everyone despite how I was feeling. 769 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,010 So it was a lot of internal things I had to 770 00:29:51,010 --> 00:29:54,650 work on to be become a successful Bob better because it's 771 00:29:54,650 --> 00:29:56,870 not just about results and statistics, 772 00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:00,610 it's so much more involved and you're around these people for 773 00:30:00,610 --> 00:30:03,910 weeks and months at a time in other countries and small 774 00:30:03,910 --> 00:30:07,090 city and so you have to learn to respect each other's 775 00:30:07,090 --> 00:30:09,370 space and to still get what you need to do done. 776 00:30:09,670 --> 00:30:11,020 Very interesting. 777 00:30:11,020 --> 00:30:13,930 I had no idea there was this whole other level behind 778 00:30:13,930 --> 00:30:15,640 bobsled. That's crazy. 779 00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:17,280 I think for our listeners too, 780 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,040 you can kind of take this back and relate it to 781 00:30:20,130 --> 00:30:21,090 a work environment. 782 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,570 If you have an assistant who's coming in and maybe they 783 00:30:24,570 --> 00:30:25,380 have been challenging, 784 00:30:25,380 --> 00:30:27,060 they're in a bad mood for some reason. 785 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,630 You still have to keep your eye on the goal And 786 00:30:29,630 --> 00:30:30,920 not let it affect your peace. 787 00:30:30,950 --> 00:30:34,610 One of the things that really helped me get through a 788 00:30:34,610 --> 00:30:37,820 lot of that stuff was to understand that sometimes how a 789 00:30:37,820 --> 00:30:40,190 person is acting as a reflection on them and where they're 790 00:30:40,190 --> 00:30:42,830 at in their life and not a reflection on you. 791 00:30:42,830 --> 00:30:46,160 And so if you stop taking so much to heart and 792 00:30:46,190 --> 00:30:49,040 everything someone does or says You think it's about you. 793 00:30:49,820 --> 00:30:52,240 Yeah, I think that can mess you up. 794 00:30:52,270 --> 00:30:54,610 Especially with me going into a sport like that, 795 00:30:54,610 --> 00:30:57,310 I didn't realize people were doing stuff because they were maybe 796 00:30:57,310 --> 00:30:59,200 intimidated by me or you know, 797 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,120 we're essentially all working for a different position. 798 00:31:01,370 --> 00:31:04,660 I'm thinking people don't like me that like obvious other factors 799 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,230 and then once you realize it's a competition or it's a 800 00:31:07,230 --> 00:31:10,750 business, you got the personal feelings aside and you get what 801 00:31:10,750 --> 00:31:12,610 you need to get done for your own goals. 802 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,450 If you remember what you have except for yourself and why 803 00:31:15,450 --> 00:31:15,960 you're there, 804 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,990 it helps to mute out all the other noise. 805 00:31:19,510 --> 00:31:21,640 Excellent. I love that we brought this up. 806 00:31:21,670 --> 00:31:23,410 That's really going to be helpful to everybody, 807 00:31:23,410 --> 00:31:24,880 so I really appreciate that. 808 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,590 Let's move on and talk about what's happening with you today. 809 00:31:28,830 --> 00:31:29,940 Tell us what you're thinking. 810 00:31:29,940 --> 00:31:31,170 What's in your life today? 811 00:31:31,510 --> 00:31:34,600 Right now I'm kind of on this open path to discovering 812 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:35,650 what's next for myself. 813 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,930 I've been blessed to be in two Olympic games. 814 00:31:37,990 --> 00:31:41,500 I don't think that chapter of my life is officially over 815 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:45,670 with because I have had Olympic goal set on my sites 816 00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:48,460 since day one of being an athlete, 817 00:31:48,460 --> 00:31:50,310 let alone being in the sport of boxing. 818 00:31:50,350 --> 00:31:52,840 I know it's possible for us and I know we have 819 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,060 the talent and it's right there, 820 00:31:55,060 --> 00:31:57,970 so like the fact that I know I can really go 821 00:31:57,970 --> 00:32:00,030 for gold makes me want to return, 822 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,920 but I've also had a knee surgery and I've just been 823 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,050 trying to lay low and figure it out the next move. 824 00:32:05,050 --> 00:32:08,200 I think that my mindset is so different this time after 825 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,200 your Olympic game versus 2014 after the Olympic games. 826 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,660 Because I felt like I had to have a plan, 827 00:32:13,660 --> 00:32:14,950 I had to have something said, 828 00:32:14,950 --> 00:32:17,410 I had to have my next idea down. 829 00:32:17,530 --> 00:32:20,230 Because that's the first thing that after you win an Olympic 830 00:32:20,230 --> 00:32:22,360 medal is like what's next and you gotta feel like you 831 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:23,140 have all these things. 832 00:32:23,140 --> 00:32:24,490 And I rested into something that, 833 00:32:24,550 --> 00:32:26,590 I guess I wasn't ready for it because I ended up 834 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,780 getting injured and having knee surgery. 835 00:32:29,050 --> 00:32:32,350 So I think that right now I'm just kind of trusting 836 00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:34,690 the process and seeing where my journey takes me, 837 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,270 trying to approach this phase of my life with the same 838 00:32:37,270 --> 00:32:39,100 confidence I had when I approached, 839 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,600 but in the Olympic and going for that. 840 00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:44,840 And so I think that it's gonna pull off for me 841 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,160 and I'm gonna make myself, 842 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,820 You also have maturity now you have experience with two Olympics, 843 00:32:50,850 --> 00:32:55,590 right? So you're walking in as a different and more experienced 844 00:32:55,590 --> 00:32:56,910 person really. 845 00:32:56,910 --> 00:32:57,870 And you have four years, 846 00:32:57,870 --> 00:32:58,800 you have four years now. 847 00:32:59,180 --> 00:33:03,020 Yeah. And the things I want to explore it and relate 848 00:33:03,020 --> 00:33:05,420 to my old shirts and some of my create some new 849 00:33:05,420 --> 00:33:06,320 shift for me fell. 850 00:33:06,340 --> 00:33:08,660 It's all about I think at this point in my life, 851 00:33:08,780 --> 00:33:13,420 the mentality asset and not scaring myself and stressing myself into 852 00:33:13,420 --> 00:33:16,690 thinking that I don't have it or I don't have anything 853 00:33:16,690 --> 00:33:19,090 next like I just have to trust us and trust the 854 00:33:19,090 --> 00:33:21,850 process and this culture with the same confidence I did when 855 00:33:21,850 --> 00:33:24,520 it came to wanting to win in the Olympic medal and 856 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,340 Bob said when I had no background in this sport. 857 00:33:27,580 --> 00:33:28,120 You're right. 858 00:33:28,230 --> 00:33:30,150 I love when you say it that way because so many 859 00:33:30,150 --> 00:33:32,550 people are afraid of the unknown and for you just to 860 00:33:32,550 --> 00:33:34,320 say, I'm going to trust the process, 861 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,090 I'm going to go with what feels right. 862 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,690 I don't have to decide everything right now yet and just 863 00:33:39,690 --> 00:33:43,410 see what comes of it And doors for yourself. 864 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:44,940 Even when I look back, 865 00:33:45,180 --> 00:33:47,490 just from talking to you and looking back when my coach 866 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:48,720 told me about Bob flick, 867 00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:51,140 I had a set in my head that I was going 868 00:33:51,140 --> 00:33:53,210 to be an Olympian and track and field and you couldn't 869 00:33:53,210 --> 00:33:54,140 tell me otherwise. 870 00:33:54,140 --> 00:33:57,170 And so little did I know that he planted a little 871 00:33:57,170 --> 00:33:59,630 seed in me that kind of stuck around and I ended 872 00:33:59,630 --> 00:34:01,820 up accomplishing my goals just a different way. 873 00:34:01,820 --> 00:34:04,670 And sometimes I think you have to be open to the 874 00:34:04,670 --> 00:34:07,670 various ways your goal comes to fruition. 875 00:34:07,670 --> 00:34:09,620 Like a lot of times we think you have to do 876 00:34:09,620 --> 00:34:11,480 this, this and this in order to get your goal. 877 00:34:11,720 --> 00:34:13,760 But if you focus more on your goal and what you 878 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:14,660 want for yourself, 879 00:34:14,690 --> 00:34:17,660 and it shows up in various ways and manifests in so 880 00:34:17,660 --> 00:34:18,470 many different ways. 881 00:34:18,470 --> 00:34:20,690 Like I never would've thought I would have ended up becoming 882 00:34:20,690 --> 00:34:23,570 an Olympic medalist in bobsleigh, 883 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,400 let alone a two time Olympian and Bob. 884 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:27,910 But, And think of what would have happened if you would 885 00:34:27,910 --> 00:34:29,410 have been so rigid and say, 886 00:34:29,410 --> 00:34:30,640 no, it's track and field. 887 00:34:30,670 --> 00:34:31,870 I'm not doing bobsled. 888 00:34:32,140 --> 00:34:33,760 You might've missed it entirely. 889 00:34:34,150 --> 00:34:39,520 Hi or if I had that feeling where I wanted something 890 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:43,090 more, even though I was having success at EFT force performance 891 00:34:43,090 --> 00:34:45,880 and even though I had great success training my clients and 892 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:46,540 helping them, 893 00:34:46,570 --> 00:34:49,330 but I still had that feeling on the inside. 894 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,300 I think your intuition kind of guides you a little more 895 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:54,190 than you give it credit for sometimes. 896 00:34:54,380 --> 00:34:58,150 Yeah. Just listening to it and trusting that it's meant for 897 00:34:58,150 --> 00:34:59,590 it to work out in the end and you're meant to 898 00:34:59,590 --> 00:35:02,200 be happy and confident and that could fear it as much. 899 00:35:02,290 --> 00:35:05,380 I think everyone's just in a fearful state a lot of 900 00:35:05,380 --> 00:35:07,930 the times and even when it comes to talking to other 901 00:35:07,930 --> 00:35:11,740 people and getting feedback and help, 902 00:35:11,770 --> 00:35:15,040 sometimes you got to realize people project their own fear onto 903 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,870 you so they may have their own fear, 904 00:35:16,870 --> 00:35:19,420 insecurity and you have to make a decision of what you 905 00:35:19,420 --> 00:35:22,390 want for yourself regardless of what anyone tells you what anyone 906 00:35:22,390 --> 00:35:25,690 else says and do it because a lot of times you 907 00:35:25,690 --> 00:35:29,230 won't even accomplish something that you know you want for yourself 908 00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:32,380 because other people are scared for you. 909 00:35:32,650 --> 00:35:33,580 Yeah, it's true. 910 00:35:33,580 --> 00:35:33,940 I mean, 911 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,530 it's just like how love is, 912 00:35:35,530 --> 00:35:36,940 success is the same way, 913 00:35:37,170 --> 00:35:38,630 not a zero sum game. 914 00:35:38,810 --> 00:35:42,800 Just because you're successful doesn't mean another person can't be successful. 915 00:35:42,950 --> 00:35:43,310 I mean, 916 00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:45,350 when you win an Olympic medal, 917 00:35:45,380 --> 00:35:48,170 no one else can win that medal in that game in 918 00:35:48,170 --> 00:35:49,220 that year like you, 919 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,850 but it doesn't mean they can't be successful in some way. 920 00:35:51,910 --> 00:35:53,650 So if they lose to you in one race, 921 00:35:53,650 --> 00:35:55,950 that doesn't mean they might not win in another race. 922 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:56,970 And honestly, 923 00:35:56,970 --> 00:35:58,680 I'm going into 2014 Olympic games, 924 00:35:58,680 --> 00:35:59,700 one in win gold. 925 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,290 I didn't go into just one into one. 926 00:36:01,310 --> 00:36:02,160 An Olympic medal. 927 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:03,960 No. Cause you want to shoot for the top. 928 00:36:04,290 --> 00:36:05,880 Yeah. And I won Brian. 929 00:36:05,910 --> 00:36:08,910 Then you think I'm complaining about bronze or not winning and 930 00:36:08,910 --> 00:36:09,690 go? No, 931 00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:10,850 you shoot for the stars. 932 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,030 Well I don't think you missed very bad. 933 00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:16,210 I've held your Olympic medal and I think it's pretty super 934 00:36:16,210 --> 00:36:16,990 awesome. Asia. 935 00:36:19,300 --> 00:36:20,620 So real quickly, 936 00:36:20,620 --> 00:36:22,630 are you doing anything else right now? 937 00:36:22,690 --> 00:36:25,600 Are you testing out some other things right now since you've 938 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,820 got four years or what's up with you? 939 00:36:28,530 --> 00:36:31,230 Yeah, I can turn it around with a few things. 940 00:36:31,230 --> 00:36:32,790 Yeah, it's possible that the games, 941 00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:35,400 I've worked with some really amazing sponsors and so I've been 942 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,040 getting into a lot more modeling things and I did some 943 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,920 broadcasting, so I'm going to play around with those a little 944 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,530 bit. You might see me on your television screen. 945 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,650 Oh, you got to tell us if you are. 946 00:36:46,250 --> 00:36:47,180 I will for sure. 947 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,860 So hopefully some of those things will be coming into place 948 00:36:49,860 --> 00:36:53,650 so, and it's all been so fun and so I'm enjoying 949 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:54,640 every minute of it. 950 00:36:55,070 --> 00:36:55,850 Wonderful. Well, 951 00:36:55,850 --> 00:36:58,790 I love that you are testing out new things and just 952 00:36:58,790 --> 00:37:00,350 keeping all of your options open. 953 00:37:00,350 --> 00:37:02,330 I think that's a great example for us. 954 00:37:02,910 --> 00:37:03,930 Yeah, I agree. 955 00:37:04,270 --> 00:37:05,770 Let's close this out now, 956 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,030 but as we do, 957 00:37:07,030 --> 00:37:09,310 I want to invite you to dare to dream. 958 00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:11,810 I'd like to present you with a virtual gift. 959 00:37:11,870 --> 00:37:16,670 It's a magical box containing unlimited possibilities for your future. 960 00:37:17,060 --> 00:37:17,390 I don't know, 961 00:37:17,390 --> 00:37:18,860 maybe there's even some golden there. 962 00:37:18,860 --> 00:37:19,220 I don't know. 963 00:37:19,250 --> 00:37:19,820 We'll see. 964 00:37:20,580 --> 00:37:24,030 This is your dream or your goal of almost unreachable Heights 965 00:37:24,030 --> 00:37:25,500 that you would wish to obtain. 966 00:37:25,860 --> 00:37:29,340 Please accept this gift and open it in our presence. 967 00:37:29,430 --> 00:37:30,660 What's inside your box? 968 00:37:30,660 --> 00:37:32,520 Asia. Ooh, 969 00:37:32,620 --> 00:37:33,250 this is fun. 970 00:37:33,250 --> 00:37:35,980 I've never really like kind of done this and a lot 971 00:37:35,980 --> 00:37:38,350 of times like you set goals for yourself and you set 972 00:37:38,350 --> 00:37:39,190 these things for yourself, 973 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:41,710 but then you're scared to say it kind of out loud. 974 00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:44,060 Well, this is like the law of attraction. 975 00:37:44,060 --> 00:37:46,370 You're putting it out into the universe so it can come 976 00:37:46,370 --> 00:37:47,150 back to you. 977 00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:50,000 Olympic gold is definitely in my box. 978 00:37:50,030 --> 00:37:51,020 I know it's there. 979 00:37:51,290 --> 00:37:52,580 I feel it every day. 980 00:37:52,580 --> 00:37:54,740 I felt this since I've been an athlete, 981 00:37:54,740 --> 00:37:55,580 let alone done. 982 00:37:55,580 --> 00:37:58,070 Bob says so I know Olympic gold is in that box 983 00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:59,060 and I know, 984 00:37:59,060 --> 00:38:01,760 I think a successful career for me is in that box 985 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:03,800 for acting or broadcasting. 986 00:38:03,860 --> 00:38:07,220 I've been doing a lot of stuff on television and it's 987 00:38:07,220 --> 00:38:09,410 been working out for me and I'm getting a lot of 988 00:38:09,410 --> 00:38:13,340 good feedback from that as well as getting my foundation off 989 00:38:13,340 --> 00:38:14,600 the ground with my mom. 990 00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:16,220 I know that's intuition. 991 00:38:16,220 --> 00:38:17,900 We've been working on that for awhile. 992 00:38:18,170 --> 00:38:19,610 I don't know anything about that. 993 00:38:19,860 --> 00:38:22,980 I've been working with my mom creating the Asia foundation. 994 00:38:23,010 --> 00:38:24,210 My name is spelled Aja, 995 00:38:24,210 --> 00:38:28,260 so it stands for aspiring journeys ahead and if we want 996 00:38:28,260 --> 00:38:31,980 it to be a mentoring program to work with Chicago public 997 00:38:31,980 --> 00:38:36,820 school students and basically kind of introduce them to for us 998 00:38:36,820 --> 00:38:40,030 and it can help create different types of journeys and lead 999 00:38:40,030 --> 00:38:41,290 to different types of paths. 1000 00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:42,060 Like I said, 1001 00:38:42,060 --> 00:38:43,440 I started off in track and field. 1002 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,720 It ended up leading to me and an Olympic medal in 1003 00:38:45,810 --> 00:38:46,800 a totally different sport. 1004 00:38:47,130 --> 00:38:51,090 But I have friends who did football and basketball in college 1005 00:38:51,150 --> 00:38:55,200 and one's a lawyer and one's a doctor so it can 1006 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,280 lead to different things. 1007 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:58,500 And so I think it's all about just opening your eyes 1008 00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:01,100 up to the journey and see where it takes you and 1009 00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:03,230 sports are one of those avenues that I think can really 1010 00:39:03,230 --> 00:39:06,240 help kids And starting off young like that too. 1011 00:39:06,380 --> 00:39:08,610 Yeah, Getting involved young. 1012 00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:11,720 Well you are certainly a great role model to start a 1013 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:14,240 foundation. I think that's fabulous. 1014 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,760 If any of our listeners want to know more about this 1015 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,740 foundation, where would you direct them? 1016 00:39:19,150 --> 00:39:21,130 I can direct them to my Facebook page. 1017 00:39:21,370 --> 00:39:22,510 It's Asia Evans, 1018 00:39:22,510 --> 00:39:24,580 facebook.com Asia Evans, 1019 00:39:24,580 --> 00:39:26,620 and then if they want to learn more they can shoot 1020 00:39:26,620 --> 00:39:29,230 me an email and we can send them some more information 1021 00:39:29,230 --> 00:39:30,610 or direct message on there. 1022 00:39:30,860 --> 00:39:33,950 We're still working out all the details and it's kind of 1023 00:39:33,950 --> 00:39:37,400 just been something I little project so hopefully we'll get a 1024 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:41,480 project off the ground and our first even herself later this 1025 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,360 year. Super well give biz listeners, 1026 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,460 you know there's a show notes page that's going to be 1027 00:39:46,460 --> 00:39:47,660 attached to this. 1028 00:39:47,930 --> 00:39:51,830 I will give you all of Asia's social media sites as 1029 00:39:51,830 --> 00:39:52,970 well as any updates, 1030 00:39:52,970 --> 00:39:55,130 Asia and the foundation as they come by. 1031 00:39:55,390 --> 00:39:57,610 We'll just update the show notes page too, 1032 00:39:57,610 --> 00:40:00,370 so cause people might actually listen to this a year from 1033 00:40:00,370 --> 00:40:01,600 now, two years from now, 1034 00:40:01,690 --> 00:40:03,790 maybe four years from now when you're on your way to 1035 00:40:03,790 --> 00:40:04,540 gold again. 1036 00:40:04,630 --> 00:40:08,290 So we can always keep this alive and update it accordingly. 1037 00:40:09,130 --> 00:40:11,350 Because I love the Asia foundation, 1038 00:40:11,350 --> 00:40:12,520 I didn't know anything about it. 1039 00:40:12,770 --> 00:40:15,530 On behalf of me and my listeners, 1040 00:40:15,530 --> 00:40:17,900 I want to wish you all the luck and I'm so 1041 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:21,170 excited to watch your journey continue and thank you so much 1042 00:40:21,170 --> 00:40:21,740 for sharing. 1043 00:40:21,740 --> 00:40:25,490 Really, really solid advice in an interesting different way, 1044 00:40:25,490 --> 00:40:25,700 you know, 1045 00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:27,230 from an athlete perspective, 1046 00:40:27,460 --> 00:40:29,530 but so much of it that we can relate to our 1047 00:40:29,530 --> 00:40:31,840 businesses. 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