#25 - Aaron Brown | How To Turn Your Mistakes Into Opportunities
The Inner Olympian
English - October 31, 2020 01:43 - 53 minutes - 97.2 MBSelf-Improvement Education Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, I chat with two-time Canadian Olympian and one of the only two Canadians to run sub 10 and sub 20, Aaron Brown. Aaron is a Toronto Native and started track and field at the age of 16 thanks to his high school coach Bill Stephens and the rest as they say is history. Aaron is a 2x Olympian (2012, 2016), 2016 Olympic Bronze (4x100m), 2018 Commonwealth Games Silver (200m), 2018 NACAC Gold (4x100), 2018 NACAC Silver (200m), 2017 World Relay Gold Medal (4x200m), 2015 IAAF Bronze Medal (4x100m), 2013 IAAF Bronze Medal (4x100m), 3x National Champion (100m & 200m), 2018 Athletics Canada Track Athlete of the Year, 2019 Summer Male Athlete of the Year, 8x All American. In this episode we discuss,
Not being afraid to be terrible at the beginning
How to build confidence
Facing adversity
Learning from your mistakes to get better
Staying resilient
The mental side of Track and Field
The importance of controlling your narrative
To connect with Aaron, you can follow him on Instagram and Twitter, and check out his youtube.
About Segun: Segun is a 2x Canadian Olympian, 3x International medalist, Keynote Speaker, AthletesCAN Ambassador, Christie Lake Kids Ambassador, Founder, producer, and host of TheInnerOlympian podcast. Connect with Segun online via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You can also follow TheInnerOlympian on Instagram.