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Helen Glover on progress over perfection: shift your perspective on success

Helen Glover on progress over perfection: shift your perspective on success

Happy Place
Nov 18, 2024 55 min
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<p>You’ve got to give new things a go and not give up when you’re a bit crap at first. Team GB Olympic rower Helen Glover is clear that a huge part of her success is thanks to her mindset that it’s better to try and fail than not try at all.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this chat with Fearne, Helen explains how to have the discipline to stick at stuff that feels important to you, even if it doesn’t always feel easy. By her own admission, Helen “couldn’t have been further from an Olympian” when she started training...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>At Tokyo 2020, Helen was the first mum to represent Great Britain in rowing at an Olympic Games. She’s passionate about pushing back on the perception that age or parenthood should be a barrier in anything you’re trying to achieve. She and Fearne unpick the narrative that says women probably won’t be all that ambitious once they’ve had kids!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus, what’s the weirdest place you’ve found yourself breastfeeding in? Fearne and Helen share theirs...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/240297" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Molly McCann</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/26e9fe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leah Williamson</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/22e78e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adele Roberts</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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