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When transitioning from athlete to entrepreneur, R Sasikumar notes how it was initially difficult to lose that sports mentality of external competition. Once he understood that the only competition was the “person in the mirror,” Sasi was able to truly master entrepreneurship and create several successful businesses within the sports industry.

Marc Hauser's inspiring journey to draw attention to renewable energy of the jet stream through a record breaking skydive into the jet stream shows the benefits of setting the bar high. It also shows how you can overcome fears through taking action and moving forward even with a goal that seems endlessly far away and take the path which has risk and requires bravery. Because that’s “where the magic happens.”

In this episode, Rachel Boardman talks about her physical difficulty in trying to become a professional swimmer. She also touches on the mental struggle of not knowing what to do with her life after sport, which led her on an illuminating journey halfway across the world.

“Transitioning into employment after sports is tough. Sometimes you need a mentor to help you describe the values you have as an ex-athlete. " says Pernille Vaaben Nielsen on this episode of Athlete Story Podcast, who took on a mentor. she tells us how having a mentor aided her professional development following retirement from handball.

In this episode Brian Clapp from Workinsports.com gives us his tips on how to land you dream job in the sports industry. This is actually one of the sessions from the Successful After Sports Summit that I've chosen to bring on the Athlete Story Podcast, to give you a sample of the summit. Brian has read thousands of job descriptions in the sports industry and we couldn't have asked for anyone better to give us tips on this.

A sport is an offer, like any activity or product out there, it has to compete with other offers for people's time, attention and money. Sports marketing people of course know this but it's usually not top of mind for Federation's or athletes. The sports who understand this, they tend to grow and those who don't, they tend to slow.

A chat with Paralympic Silver Medalist & Public Speaker about creating a new normal after a forced transition and about sharing the lessons of your story to help others.

The final day of the Successful After Sports Summit is all about exposing you to different career paths where you, as a former athlete, can have a head start and crossover without any formal education.

This part of the Successful After Sports Summit is all about using your sports career as a launching pad for your future success - and positioning yourself in life after sports.

A lot of labour and love has been put into creating the Successful After Sports Summit. I had no idea how it would be received - or if I could even reach the former athletes out there. The launch today has been incredible so far...

If you're a former elite athlete, I deduct that you are coachable. - Or you wouldn't have taken your sport to that level, right? But do you know how valuable that is in the workplace or if you want to succeed with your own business? Do you realize how many people are NOT coachable and how that puts a brake on their possibilities ?

After a sports career, there's a void for most athletes. And at the same time, so many opportunities...! Where do[...]

The is the second part of the series with athletes who are making an impact after sport. Today's guest started her own nonprofit in 2015. After a career in finance, former athlete, karate blackbelt and water skiing champion, Berit Nielsen Legrand, started The Animal Fund

I want to introduce you to a series of athletes who are making an impact after sport. Today we’ll meet Taekwondo champion Marlene Harnois. After ending her sports career in a bit of drama - ranked no. 1 in the world, she decided to go to Africa. We met in person at International University of Monaco for this chat.

I have been a little under the radar lately preparing a very special event for former athletes. I just wanted to tease it a little bit here as it's coming up in January and I sincerely believe that you will want to join us online.

I grew up learning that if you want something, you have to earn it or fight for it somehow. While this is a very useful approach, it has often lead me on detours – or even lost opportunities.

Do you love a good sports documentary? AFTER THE GAME is an upcoming sports documentary following a coach and two athletes on a basketball team from the late 1990’s and then catching up today to see how sports has influenced their mindset and who they are today. In this episode you’ll meet the filmmaker herself, April Abeyta.

If you want your story to be inspiring and interesting and valuable to other people – you have to make[...]

Today we'll be looking at ways for you to make money leveraging your sports career and building your personal brand. Even if you've been retired for a while.

Athletes have lived a sheltered life isolated from “the real world.” They are used to having people take care of[...]

In this Athlete Story with former competitive dancer, Chrissy Papetti. we talk about retiring from sports when you are no where near ready for it. In fact, that's a very common scenario - that either injury or lack of results or finances make that decision for you as an athlete. That leads to a sense of unfinished business that you have to deal with.

If you’ve ever thought about starting an online business or leveraging the internet to get your message or services out there then you want to listen carefully to this episode with junior Olympic Champion Rachel Ngom who had to end her sports career in volleyball early due to a severe rib cage injury.

Today marks the first full year of Athlete Story. The show has given me the opportunity to share a lot[...]

The other day I heard a man say: “I’ve heard so many athletes speak – and it’s so predictable. They[...]

Storyselling is the main theme for this Athlete Story episode with former bobsled pilot, Tom Johansen. Inspired by the Walt Disney movie, Cool Runnings based on the startup of a Jamaican bobsled team, Tom decided to build a Danish Bobsled Team. He already had a career in sales, but was so inspired by this pioneering adventure that he took action.

I love ending the year with this episode with my friend, Emmy Award winning Michael Baltierra from ESPN's storytelling show, E:60.I really do believe that one of the most important assets you have as a world class athlete is the journey you've been on, going above and beyond – and even deep down under - to become the best at your sport. You may have won a medal or a title and that's awesome – but it's the investment you put in and the lessons you got back that will stay with you – and that you can use and contribute with to help other people if you want to share. That's the basic philosophy of Athlete Story and what I'm here to help you tap into.

When you’re quitting sports and you’re trying to find your new way there’s this bit of doubt of, “Who am I actually? I’m the athlete but I’m also a lot of other things.” Everybody is used to seeing you as the athlete. You will have all these doubts coming in on, “How do I even present myself as the non-athlete?”

Career Coach Mark Moyer will takes us behind the scenes of recruiting and show us how the job search game really works. Why is it usually a waste of time to send out job applications and how do you find out what kind of job would even fit you?.

Athlete Story was chosen for a feature on Soundwise. That gave me the chance to explain WHY I make this[...]

How can you use your athletic mindset to face challenges beyond sports?In this episode Adventure athlete, Matthew Harlow Wetschler shares his incredible story and how he has managed to find himself and thrive in a life where most of what he cherished was taken away in an instant. How what saved him was: Knowing his core values and his athletic mindset. We start with a flashback to his life with sports before his deadly accident.

In this video I’m going to give you 5 tips for adding value to a sponsor if you don’t have[...]

If you are looking for public speaking tips and media training tips for athletes, then this episode of Athlete Story is for you. My guest is world renowned expert in media training, TJ Walker and the media training tips that TJ will give you are tailored specifically to you as an athlete.

Olympic gold medallist Joe Jacobi is a whitewater canoe slalom athlete turned executive business coach. He has made a whole framework for business coaching out of the images and physical concepts from his sport. In this episode of Athlete Story he shares the lessons from his beautiful sport of navigating river currents.

Traumas can come from all parts of your life and to different degrees – but in sports we are particularly exposed to trauma from injuries, defeats, humiliations. This is often overlooked in psychology for athletes. Even if you don’t really consider yourself traumatized, it is worth knowing that any deeply distressing or disturbing experience is a trauma. It is stored in the brain subconsciously with all its connected emotions, leaving you with an imprint that can come back to destabilize you and cause a lot of trouble when you least expect it.

Have you ever been in a situation where you thought : How can I do so well in training and still not perform in competition ? You know that it is something going on in your head that you are not quite in control of – but what is it ? Where does it come from. How can it impair your ability to perform even though you have the skills ?

I can’t wait to share all the wisdom from my chat with UK Clinical Sport Psychologist of the Year 2017,[...]

In this Athlete Story interview you will get tips on how to keep momentum in difficult situations and find flow in a high risk environment full of obstacles from winner of the Freeride World Tour 2012, Reine Barkered. As you will see, that’s essentially what he does for a living. He shares his view on planning and how going high speed in extreme terrain is not merely about taking risk and hoping for the best – even if it may look like that sometimes.

Prepare, then dare to put yourself out there ! Fear of failure won’t get you anywhere! That was what I took away from my Athlete Story session with Nicole Sydbøge, 2-time world champion and winner of the World Games in Jiu-Jitsu. So much so that I will let this be the motto for this show.

What are the most common mistakes that athletes make when pitching a sponsor? And what are companies actually looking for when deciding whether or not to sign a sponsorship deal? Those are some of the questions you will get the answer to in this episode of the For Athletes series. You will meet a real sport marketing expert from the corporate world who’s been dealing with world class sponsorships for the past 30 years, Keld Strudahl

I am super stoked to announce that soon my first podcast will air. I love listening to podcasts myself as it is convenient on the go or when I’m out riding the bike – or as a great way of chilling. So, I thought it’s time to make Athlete Story available as a podcast as well so that you have that possibility of listening in while on the go.

Last week I talked to Swedish freeride skiing champion, Reine Barkered about what lies behind performing in a high risk[...]

Prepare and dare – put yourself out thereIsn’t that the recipe for success ? That was what I took away from[...]

Consider this week’s Athlete Story a free world class coaching session that you can take yourself – and share with[...]

There are not many women coaching athletes. I’m not teaching you anything new there. But why is that?Besides regular machoism[...]

The book Turning Points and the story I chose to shareIn this video, I’m the one being interviewed about my[...]

I won’t pretend to be on the barricades for women’s rights but I do realize that we owe a lot[...]