My guest on the podcast this week is an Olympic Silver Medalist and the voice of British diving Leon Taylor. Leon is also a Speaker, Executive coach, Mentor, Author, Co-founder Adeki Performance and BBC Commentator. 

Leon's passion for everything he does has helped him achieve sustained success at the highest level. A 20 year career in a demanding sport is a notable feat in itself. But his breakthrough successes brought diving to the attention of the British public.

Training in the pre-lottery funding era in a minority sport had its challenges. Yet at the Athens Olympics of 2004, Leon and his diving partner Peter Waterfield, managed to secure Britain's first medal in the sport for 44 years. An honour which led to new investment in the sport and the development of a new crop of British talent.

This is a truly amazing episode as we look back at Leon's childhood and how he was labelled a problem child from a young age but found his outlet through physical movement and activity. From 6 years old he had a dream of going to the Olympics and he shares his inspiring story of how he got there. We talk about his bouts of depression and struggles with mental health, and delve into the mindset of what helped him return from injury to eventually stand on the podium in 2004 Olympic Games and realise his dreams. Leon shares insights into how him and diving partner Peter Waterfield were able to tap into their unconscious mind and achieve a state of flow that saw them win an Olympic Silver medal and Britains first diving medal in 44 years. There are so many amazing takeaways that anyone listening can take into their business or life to help achieve their dreams and tap into their potential. Leon is an incredible human being and this is an episode and conversation I will never forget.

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Watch the episode on YouTube ➡️ https://youtu.be/yy_dv4fSxDU

Find out more about Leon Taylor here ➡️ https://leontaylor.co.uk/about.html

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