World cup winning alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin has spoken about success in one of the most loved podcasts The School of Greatness hosted by Lewis Howes. Shiffrin has had a brilliant year. From her winning streak and her new YouTube series Beyond the Slopes to winning the best female athlete ESPY, Shiffrin has been on a roll. To top it all off, she recently also attended her favorite Taylor Swift concert.

Lewis Howes is giving space to several conversations with his podcast. He focuses on interviews with world-class game changers in entrepreneurship, health, mental strength, relationships, and so many more things. And keeping this summer in mind Mikaela Shiffrin is one of the best choices to be considered for the show.

Mikaela Shiffrin talks about tackling mental barriers for success

Episode 1470 of Howes’ podcast featured Shiffrin talking about removing the negativity to climb the stairs of success. The Olympic champion started the conversation by talking about her dreams to be in the Olympics. She spoke about how she manifested being the youngest Olympic gold medalist in history and was just 18 years old when she attained the title. Shiffrin also stated that she had developed her philosophy while she watched Miller handle the ups and downs.

Shiffrin admitted that she always admired Miller when it came to the Olympics, stating, “I think what maybe helped me sort of steer away from having the big, big Olympic dream was seeing some of what he experienced through the Olympics.”  She is completely aware of how talking about the process goes and she refuses to take the bait from individuals who desire a juicy, goal-driven narrative. Shiffrin only wants to focus on being a good skier and ski well and be the best in the world someday.

When Lewis asked about what is harder to tackle, failure or success, the 2x Olympic gold medalist answered the question by explaining the phases of her career. She had an injury in December 2015 and prior to that she had set the record for the largest margin of victory in a World Cup Slalom. After recovering from the injury, when she came back in February, she achieved three more slalom victories. After this she was taken aback by the narrative people were changing. She expressed, “I had never experienced a victory where people put such a negative spin on it.”

Mikaela Shiffrin’s family’s support in her skiing career

While in conversation with Lewis Howes, Shiffrin was asked about coaching. She praised her mother Eileen for fighting battles for her in her career. She expressed “Pretty early on, she and my dad kind of set this philosophy that like… it’s more fun to do things if you can do them well.” Her parents have been a huge support for her and have faced a lot of comments upon them as well very sportingly.

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Lastly, she was asked about the famous life lessons she has learned from Howes. The first lesson for Shiffrin was “Failure is not final”, then she added, “Everybody needs to compromise sometimes.” She stated, “Never forget where you are from.” Shiffrin added that the first 8 years of life usually teach people everything we need to know, without them knowing about it then.

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