Sports
Jane Moran is a former Australian Olympic Water Polo player who won Bronze at the 2012 London Olympics. But Jane's path to the Olympics was an arduous one that started with her dreams of being an Olympic swimmer smashed at the age of 14 and was followed years later by being dropped from the 2008 Olympic team... in a pretty shocking way. But Jane stayed the course and ultimately returned to the sport she loved. And continues to play today. In today's episode learn how Jane got started in Water Polo and why she keeps playing it. Plus get a bit of insight into the brutality of the sport. Jane talks about how "grunt" and the right attitude can help you have success regardless of your physique or talent, how over reacting when something doesn't go your way is not the best idea on the Field of Play, how precedence plays a bit role in mental strength preparation and why you shouldn't focus solely on the opposition when it comes to performing on the Field of Play. We also talk about how making mistakes is the best place to learn, how trust plays out in a team situation and why communication is crucial to any teams success on and off the Field of Play. Also the mental strength aspect of giving and accepting feedback. This was a really awesome conversation. As older athletes we also chat a bit about how younger players can battle a little to just play the game, athlete welfare and how the lessons Jane learned during her athlete days play out in the business world. This is an epic episode packed full of mental strength nuggets. I could keep going but I'll leave it to you to listen in. Here's Mental Strength Conversations with Jane Moran.