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Welcome to The Psychology of Success podcast with Premier League footballer and Performance Psychologist Paul McVeigh. Throughout this series Paul will be interviewing, learning and discussing the variety of ways that people can be successful in their lives. He wants to know why some people get to the pinnacle of their careers as well as the driving force behind that, and share the findings in this podcast that people can take up to 25 years to learn.
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Emma Wiggs: Sport allows me to push my body to its limits every single day
The Psychology of Success
Season 1, Episode 17:
Emma Wiggs MBE is simply the best paracanoeist in the world. As an 8 time world champion and current Paralympic champion, Emma is at the pinnacle of her sport.
Listen to how Emma contracted a virus in Australia, whilst on a gap year that resulted in her losing the use of her legs and was confined to a wheelchair and yet, this did not limit her going forward due to her inspirational mindset.
Emma is competing at the Tokyo Olympics and is favourite for back to back gold medals and is one of the greatest role models from the world of sport!
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Yael Averbuch West: I didn't like the professional side of football
Yael Averbuch West represented the United States as an International footballer during her 15 year playing career as well as playing in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) for teams such as; Washington Spirit and FC Kansas City. Yael also co-founded and is the executive director of the NWSL Players Association in America.
Listen to how she struggled with the pressures of elite performance and the impact that it had on her career and life in general, which peels back the layers of what life is like as an elite athlete!
Yael is also the founder of Techne Futbol, which is an app that has revolutioned the way kids across the world can improve their game.
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Barbara Rupf Bee: Being aware of the lack of one's own importance
Barbara Rupf Bee is the current Head of Allianz Global Investors for EMEA after a stellar career in the financial services industry.
Listen to how Barbara didn't even want to work in the financial services and yet today, is part of the leadership team at Allianz Global Investors that is managing 500 Billion dollars of assets for institutions all across the globe.
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Lauren Johnson: Performance Psychology changed my life
Lauren Johnson is a mental conditioning coach in the United States having worked with athletes at all levels of sport from the IMG Academy in Florida to most recently with the world famous New York Yankees baseball team.
And in the past 12 months, Lauren has decided to start her own company so she has the flexibility to continue to work with professional athletes but also with military personnel and business leaders.
Listen to how Lauren has learnt lessons from some of the highest performing people on the planet and how that has impacted her own journey to success.
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Ishveen Anand: I live a life of no regrets
Ishveen Anand is a trailblazer in the sports marketing industry having built OpenSponsorship into the world's largest marketplace connecting brands to athletes for digital marketing campaigns.
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John Amaechi: Everybody is a giant to somebody
John Amaechi OBE is a respected organisational psychologist, best-selling The New York Times author, sought after public speaker, executive coach and Founder of APS Intelligence. He is a non-executive director of a £2.4bn healthcare organisation, in addition to being a board advisor for several FTSE100 organisations in the financial, legal and professional services, technology, publishing, engineering and retail sectors.
In 2019, John was recognised as one of HR’s most influential thinkers by HR Magazine. John is the first Briton to have a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
John is a Chartered Scientist, a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. He is a Research Fellow at the University of East London and his research interests are effective, inclusive leadership and building high-performing teams.
Listen to this episode to hear from one of the most impressive guys I’ve ever met!
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