May 2, 2022
Everyone has the ability to achieve their dreams.Having the courage to start, the courage to endure and finding someone to follow is all you need! This week’s guest, 4 time Olympian, Ruben Gonzalez shares his journey from last one picked in PE to competing in the Olympics across 4 decades, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and running with the bulls in Pamplona! He shares how important it is to find the right mentor, how visualization helped him to succeed in his sport and so many inspiring one liners!
In this episode we chat about:
Finding resilience & perseverance.
Letting go of control in order to succeed.
Ruben’s strategy of “follow the leader”.
How to find the right mentor.
How to correctly use visualization.
The importance of creating a culture in business.
And so much more!
Ruben Gonzalez is a common man who achieved extraordinary things. He wasn’t a gifted athlete. In school he was always the last kid picked to play sports. He didn’t take up the sport of luge until he was 21. Four years and a few broken bones later, Ruben was competing in the Calgary Winter Olympics. When he competed at the Vancouver Olympics at the age of 47, Ruben became the first person to ever compete in four Winter Olympics each in a different decade.
Since 2002 Ruben has spoken for over 100 of the Fortune 500 companies. He’s considered one of the top motivational and inspirational speakers in America. His bestselling books have sold over 300,000 copies and have been translated to over 10 languages.
His incredible story takes people’s excuses away and fills them with the belief and inspiration to face their challenges and fight for their goals and dreams.
Connect with Ruben!
TheLugeMan.com
https://www.facebook.com/thelugeman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruben-gonzalez-olympian/
& check out his Ted Talk FollowTheLeaderTEDTalk.com
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Timestamps:
(02:18) Ruben shares his journey from “slow poke” to 4 time Olympian after learning resilience & perseverance from biographical books.
(06:37) Ruben’s strategy of “follow the leader” to let go of control and follow your goal in all sectors.
(14:34) How to find the right mentor.
(18:28) How Ruben learned visualization to create huge success. Feeling audiogram
(22:04) Ruben was drawn to the spirit of Olympic athletes, their resilience to learn their skills.
(23:30) “The Courage to Succeed”, Ruben’s first book. Courage to get started and to endure
(27:47) Moving away from numbers and finding the vehicle to your dreams.
(30:40) Why you need to slow down, to get better results.
(34:02) Creating the correct culture as a mentor and a leader.
(37:35) Ruben’s journey to the Ted Talk stage.
(41:57) Ruben’s parting questions to remind you of your dreams.