In a recent Instagram post, Michele Letendre admits to falling into the sport of CrossFit a bit randomly nearly 10 years ago. It’s safe to say she found her calling.

 

The CrossFit athlete turned founder of Deka Comp joins this week’s Brute Podcast to talk about the shift from athlete to coach as she trains some of the top athletes in the sport, including Patrick Vellner.

 

Listen as she shares her insight on what it means to be a leader versus a mentor and how success is ultimately born from failure.

 

 

Topics:

 

05:10 – Intro to competitive sports

12:45 – Leader vs. mentor

30:44 – Fear in competition

37:50 – Athlete to coach

53:15 – Success through failure

 

Links:

 

Instagram

dekacomp.com

 

Books:

 

Atomic Habits – James Clear

 

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