April 29, 2022

Ep25: Overcoming Failures And Winning In Life - Pauls Pujats

37 minutes

One learns more from failure than from success. In pole vaulting, mother nature is everything, and Latvia Olympian Pauls Pujats has this in mind every time he experiences life's downfalls. It’s all about failing fast and learning even faster with extreme sports as his #1 teacher.

EPISODE NOTES

How to start pursuing something at a higher level
The process of learning and mastering the art of pole vaulting
The importance of having a support system, especially in the Olympics
Coping up with mental challenges in a high-pressured environment
Cliff jumping vs. cliff diving

RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED

Rio Olympics 2016
Austin Crenshaw
Tyler Frazier
One Body One Mind Series

ABOUT PAULS PUJATS

Pauls is the co-Founder, CEO, and coach of pujats.org. He is an Olympic pole vaulter and 2016 Rio Olympic Games finalist. He is a yoga & meditation instructor and practitioner with more than 15 years of experience. He has gained his yoga philosophy, practice, and meditation knowledge from Yoga master Vladimir Kalabin in Novosibirsk (Russia), Buddhist monks, and Chinese Image Therapy master Xu Mingtan in Shaolin Temple China. Trigger Point Therapy/Myofascial release specialist. He's been studying these techniques from prestigious authors like Amber Davies (CMTPT, LMT) and Clair Davies (NCTMB); practicing them for more than five years as part of his recovery routine during his professional athletic career, and now teaching others to self-apply these techniques in live online sessions. One of two certified instructors of Warfare Combat System (martial arts) in the U.S. He has a Bachelor’s degree in International Business.

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