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#7 Brian Shi: Top 10 Junior and Harvard Tennis Player on Positive Self Talk, Confidence, and (Not) Setting Goals
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Today we have an especially thoughtful and talented guest, Brian Shi. Brian is a member of the Men’s Tennis team at Harvard where he studies economics and is also the chair of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee’s Student Wellness Group (with me!). And Brian’s path to Harvard was anything but conventional - he was a top ten tennis player in his age in the world and had a Nike sponsorship at 14, travelled across the world for tournaments, and even attended virtual high school - which together provided him with some super high highs but also some really low lows.
I was lucky enough to be able to chat with Brian about all of that. In this conversation you’ll hear why he had over 100 tardies in the third grade, how a new coach helped him overcome the negative self-talk in his life and in turn improve his mental health, his tactics, often with a journal, that ensure he learns from every failure - improving him as a player and person - and a lot more.
Now, we might not all have a craft in which we are elite at the international level like Brian. However, Brian’s experiences really just catalyzed the process of self-improvement in areas of life that we all share. Whether you’re a top athlete or not, you are engaging in self talk that affects your mental health at all times… you’re going to have to wrestle with multiple identities in relationships, work, etc… and you’re definitely going to face adversity and have to decide how you respond…
These are the themes that Brian and I discuss and, as a result, I believe there is so much to be taken away from our conversation for everybody.
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Full Show Notes Here.
Today we have an especially thoughtful and talented guest, Brian Shi. Brian is a member of the Men’s Tennis team at Harvard where he studies economics and is also the chair of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee’s Student Wellness Group (with me!). And Brian’s path to Harvard was anything but conventional - he was a top ten tennis player in his age in the world and had a Nike sponsorship at 14, travelled across the world for tournaments, and even attended virtual high school - which together provided him with some super high highs but also some really low lows.
I was lucky enough to be able to chat with Brian about all of that. In this conversation you’ll hear why he had over 100 tardies in the third grade, how a new coach helped him overcome the negative self-talk in his life and in turn improve his mental health, his tactics, often with a journal, that ensure he learns from every failure - improving him as a player and person - and a lot more.
Now, we might not all have a craft in which we are elite at the international level like Brian. However, Brian’s experiences really just catalyzed the process of self-improvement in areas of life that we all share. Whether you’re a top athlete or not, you are engaging in self talk that affects your mental health at all times… you’re going to have to wrestle with multiple identities in relationships, work, etc… and you’re definitely going to face adversity and have to decide how you respond…
These are the themes that Brian and I discuss and, as a result, I believe there is so much to be taken away from our conversation for everybody.