The Pursuit of Perfection, with Jonathan Horton

Olympian Gymnast, American Ninja Warrior star and all-round nice guy Jonathan Horton joins me to share his story of getting to the Olympics, and why it's so important to set goals and visualise them. Jonathan Horton is a retired American gymnast who has 2 Olympic medals to his name. When Jonathan was just 4 years old his mum lost him in a department stores. He was found quickly, albeit 25 feet up a support beam he’d climbed up. The next day he was enrolled into a gymnastics class. Contents 1m 29s: An unconventional route to gymnastics 5m 54s: Patience and determination in parenthood 8m 16s: 12 years of losing (and what kept me going) 11m 58s: What holds us back? 15m 02s: Trying Brazilian JuJitsu 17m 03s: Path to the Olympics 21m 07s: The Pursuit of Perfection 25m 01s: Goal setting, and big picture goals 28m 15s: Why I believe in visualisation 32m 30s: 6 years of America Ninja Warrior 34m 50s: Being dad Support the show

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The Pursuit of Perfection, with Jonathan Horton is an episode from The Career Dad Show by Dan Reed.

This episode is 39:27 long.

This episode was published on Oct 26, 2020.

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