June 10, 2021

USA 200m Elite Athlete: Mr200 - Curtis Mitchell, how to become an Elite Athelete

49 minutes

In today’s podcast, Kurt and Di are joined by USA 200m Olympic athlete, social media star and entrepreneur, Curtis Mitchell, who explains how he went from humble beginnings, to competing against Usain Bolt on the olympic stage and bagging himself a Bronze medal. Curtis discusses how to keep yourself focused, how to leverage your personal brand to take you to greater levels of success and why giving back to the community you came from is so important.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

We all have bad days. Sometimes you may feel low or anxious but you should always remember that you cannot bank that each day of your life is going to be great. You have to get comfortable, being uncomfortable. To keep yourself focused, understand that the reason you are working so hard is because you do not want to be average, you want to be great.

Money should not be your main motivator, use your idols as your motivation. If you want to be as good as someone, make it your aim to get into their league so that one day, you may even find yourself competing against them.

You have to continuously put the effort in when you want to create your own business. You have to be smart with yourself and put yourself out there. Be disciplined, focused, work on yourself and educate yourself to get to where you want to be. If you do not have any financial literacy, you are going to get taken advantage of, so educate yourself first to avoid this happening to you.

Continuously strive to put yourself out there, make new connections on social media platforms such as Clubhouse and leverage this to grow your brand. Once you do that, you will start to get in front of the right people that can help take you to the next level. Build a strong, reputable brand that, if done correctly you can leverage to take you on to bigger opportunities.

Giving back to the community you came from is really important. Sharing your personal stories and being a mentor to children who came from similar, humble beginnings like you did can help motivate and inspire them and will allow them to know and believe that they can reach similar levels of success.

BEST MOMENTS

“I am never going to quit on myself.”

“I took a chance.”

“It takes money to make money.”

“I want to continue to add more value.”

ABOUT THE GUEST

“Curtis was a 2008 & 2009 junior college 4 time outdoor all American and state champion in the 100 and 200 m at Southwestern College in San Diego. Mitchell had a successful collegiate career for Texas A&M University. At the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships he won the 200 m and was part of Texas A&M's winning team in the 4 × 400 m relay. His time in the 200 m was 20.38 s, the best indoor time in the world that year and a Texas A&M record. At the outdoor championships that year he placed second to Rondel Sorrillo in the 200 m, helping Texas A&M to their second consecutive NCAA team title. In 2010, Mitchell represented the United States at the NACAC Under-23 Championships in Miramar, Florida, winning gold in both 200 m and the 4 × 100 m relay. In the 200 m semi-finals he clocked a wind-legal personal best of 19.99 s, placing him seventh in the world that year. Mitchell turned professional in January 2011, forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility to sign with Adidas and join the training group of two-time World Champion Tyson Gay , Curtis Mitchell won Bronze at the 2013 IAAF World Championships behind Usain Bolt and Warren Weir in a time of 20.04 seconds.”

Instagram: @Mr._200

Twitter: MrMitchell200m

World Athletics Statistics: https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/curtis-mitchell-14246265

Clubhouse: MrMitchell200

ABOUT THE HOSTS

Kurt Wilson - Entrepreneur, Internet Veteran and Property Investor with multiple 7 figure businesses and property investments in the UK, GI, LT, BY and GR. CEO and founder of Advansys (www.advansys.com) a global eCommerce, web development and online marketing agency headquartered in the UK.

Di Forster - Entrepreneur, Property Investor and Mum with exceptional grit. Expert in all areas of Online Sales and Marketing (SEO, PPC and Conversion). Quit corporate life and now enjoys working with and helping others grow and scale their businesses.

CONTACT INFO

INSTAGRAM.COM/KURTWILSON.UK

INSTAGRAM.COM/DIFORSTER.UK

WWW.ADVANSYS.COM

[email protected]

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