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53 - Find Your Drive & Perform at Your Peak w/ gymnast Maggie Nichols pt. 1

January 03, 2022

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
-Muhammad Ali

The difference between motivation and drive is one of the key factors separating the good from the great. Motivation is a fleeting, temporary feeling. Whereas your drive is a lasting, dominant force which propels you to achieve all you have set out to achieve.

This week's guest is former USA Women's Olympic gymnast and Oklahoma Sooners gymnast, Maggie Nichols. Maggie competed with Team USA since she was 13 and has been a dominant force in the sport of gymnastics since. She earned 7 international 1st place finishes, 22 perfect 10's in college, and 7 national championships while at OU. Maggie also starred in the Netflix documentary Athlete-A, which reveals the story behind her time on the USA women's gymnastics team and the controversy surrounding it.

Throughout this episode Maggie dives into how she handled the pressure of competing on such a large stage, she gives her tips on how to find your drive and achieve your goals, the value of having role models to push you when you face obstacles, 3 lessons she learned from her coaches on Team USA, her relationship with Simon Biles, how to build confidence, and the skills every leader needs in order to succeed.

Make sure to come back next week where we dive deeper into Maggie's elite level mentality, the skills to separate yourself from average people, how to get rid of distractions, and we cover the story behind Athlete-A and how Maggie has dealt with it.

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