Champion Thinking: How to Find Success Without Losing Yourself

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Simon Mundie, host of The Life Lessons podcast, draws on interviews with some of the worlds sporting legends to redefine how we understand and pursue - success through 8 key lessons. As the sports reporter for BBC Radio 1 for the best part of a decade, Simon Mundie was pitch-side at many of the most high-profile sporting events in history. It was often thrilling, but when he took to the airwaves to report on what he had seen, it increasingly felt like something was missing. The emphasis always seemed to be on results, tactics and the score. But as the saying goes, sport is a metaphor for life so Simon set out to explore that. Drawing on interviews with sporting legends from Jonny Wilkinson to Kate Richardson-Walsh, Caitlyn Jenner to Goldie Sayers, along with psychologists, philosophers and world-renowned thinkers, Simon shares some of the tools and techniques that sportspeople have embraced to grow and evolve as athletes and people. From developing emotional intelligence to the power of true acceptance and the joy of getting in flow, he explores eight universal themes that are highlighted in sport, but that are all too easily overlooked in the favour of simpler, shallower narratives about winning, trophies and success. What can the careers of Gal Monfils and Andy Murray teach us about exploring our potential What can Englands Olympic gold-medal winning hockey team teach us about the power of being truly selfless Wise and inspiring, Champion Thinking illustrates that whether in sport, at work or in our relationships, worshipping at the altar of success isnt going to bring us happiness. The contentment we are all looking for isnt somewhere out there its actually so close that we tend to overlook it.

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An ingenious concept where sport meets psychology. And the best of the conversations are very good indeed -- The Times on 'Life Lessons'
One of the BBCs best mental health podcasts full of warmth and spice -- The Telegraph on 'Life Lessons'

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Simon Mundie is a journalist, broadcaster and speaker who has interviewed hundreds of the world's top athletes, coaches, philosophers and thinkers for his critically acclaimed The Life Lessons podcast. He was the BBC Radio 1 sports presenter for 8 years, and now presents on BBC Radio 4's flagship Today Programme, and is a reporter for BBC TV. He lives in London.