Change can be very challenging for many reasons. When I came back from the 2008 Olympic Games, I literally stayed on the couch for about a month. First was the mental exhaustion of having participated in a unique event and second was the uncertainty of what to do next. There was not motivation to go …
Project Olympics – What Now?
"What now" was a question I faced almost daily after the 2008 Olympic Games. My internal response what that I had no idea ... my external response was that I was going to get a job and pay off my debt. I knew in my heart that the first job I was in was going to be rough since it was nothing like …
Project Olympics – My Favourite Moments
While the performances are amazing, my favourite moments from the Olympics come from watching the families of the athletes - their excitement and emotion as they watch their athlete compete. An athlete's journey is not a singular one. There is an entire infrastructure around you and the strongest …
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Project Olympics – Closing Ceremonies – It’s a party!
The Closing Ceremonies are the party for the athletes. It is a celebration of the 3000 people who are the Olympic Athletes from 2018. It is a lot less structured than the Opening Ceremonies that has many formal aspects to it - Flag raising, Torch lighting, speeches and oaths being taken. The …
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Project Olympics – Losing to Win Silver
Losing to win a silver medal is always a tough thing to do. The athletes in team sports whose competition ends with the loser winning the silver medal - makes them seem to be bad sports if they are not happy to have won. At the Olympics, everyone is perfect - it is simply a different layer of …
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Project Olympics – How do athletes change countries
After watching the Canada / Korea Hockey Game, there were lots of comments about the number of players who were North American by birth and how did they get to be on the Korean Olympic Hockey Team. Well, the answer is ... it depends. The National Olympic Committees are the ones who name people to …
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