BONUS: Ego, Stubbornness and the Competitive Mindset | LITP: Chronicles

About this episode

Mitch Docker and Svein Tuft discuss the impact of ego and stubbornness on athletes and personal growth.

This is a cheeky bonus excerpt from the full episode. To listen to the whole thing — and get access to future Chronicles — become a PODIUM Member (our foundling tier) via our Substack. 👉 https://lifeinthepeloton.substack.com/about Guys welcome back to the Life In The Peloton Chronicles - exclusively for you Pelo members who go that extra mile supporting me. I love getting the chance to sit down and have a yarn with old Sveino, and this month’s episode is a real banger. It’s a long one, but well worth it. Svein and I were both professional athletes for a bloody long time - about 30 combined years experience between us. One thing you really need to be in control of when you’re an athlete is your ego, and when you retire, it’s something you need to learn all over again; keeping the old ego in check and not getting too big for your boots. Ego is one thing, stubbornness is another - and the two are different sides of the same coin. If you’ve read Sveino’s book ‘We Will Never Be Here Again’, you’ll know about his absolutely epic, totally crazy trips up into the Alaskan wilderness when he was a younger man before his career as a bike rider. Living in cabins, having run ins with grizzly…

People in this episode

Host: Mitch Docker

Guest: Svein Tuft

Topics covered

• ego
• stubbornness
• competitive mindset
• athletics
• personal growth

Keywords

• ego
• stubbornness
• competitive mindset
• athlete
• personal growth
• Alaskan wilderness
• training

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: We Will Never Be Here Again

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