Eight-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno struggled after leaving speed skating. Now, he has advice for others making career pivots during the Great Resignation.
"The greatest amounts of growth come when we are faced with the harshest challenges," Ohno said."Those times come when we need to reinvent, when we need to pivot."Despite his earlier successes, Ohno admits to having felt insecure when he tried to find a new place in the world., which is when someone doubts their abilities.
One key struggle had to do with becoming more adaptable when it came to failure. He may have left the Olympic speed-skating arena behind, but not the mental conditioning that would never allow him to quit."I didn't know that early on," Ohno added."I just was like, 'No, I'm just going to muscle through this, I'm going to by sheer willpower make this thing succeed.
That practice involves dismissing the fear of people's opinions, or FOPO, as performance psychologist Michael Gervais"This transition process starts from having self-acceptance and self-love — which, by the way, full transparency, I really, really struggled with that," Ohno said.
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