Values: Adam Gemili
Is being kind and living by your values more important than ambition and success?
Is being kind and living by your values more important than ambition and success?
Adam Gemili is one of Britain's top sprinters. He's a former European Champion at 200 metres who has just missed out on a medal at the Olympics and the World Championships, finishing fourth at both.
The theme of this conversation is 'values', and why living by your values could be more important than pinning your hopes, dreams and self-esteem on your goals, which you may not achieve including for reasons outside your control.
As well as the importance of values, Simon and Adam discuss:
- managing the limbic part of the brain, known by many as their 'Chimp', thanks to Steve Peters (who appeared on the show last year).
- Why you might want to consider talking out loud to yourself
- The power of practicing visualisation and how to get good at it
- How to create good habits
- Getting perspective on your inner critic
This episode was recorded in two parts. The first part was recorded shortly before the scale of the threat of coronavirus became clear, with Adam still focused on going to the Olympics this summer. The second, shorter part was recorded just three weeks later after the situation had changed dramatically and rapidly, with both Adam and Simon in isolation.
As ever please do get in touch with thoughts, ideas, and questions via @simonmundie on social media.
