Apolo Anton Ohno shares his "five golden principles" for overcoming challenges with resilience, creativity, and purpose. In speed skating, a hard pivot is an aggressive shift of direction that requires courage, practice, and split-second timing. "In life," says Apolo Anton Ohno, "we all face moments when we must make a hard pivot--times when we must adapt, reinvent, and find renewed purpose in the face of profound changes." With Hard Pivot, this Olympic gold medalist and bestselling author offers an invaluable guide to anyone facing uncertainty, hardship, and loss of identity in the ever-shifting landscape of our lives. The world sees Ohno as an athletic superstar. "But inside," he writes, "I faced challenges like anyone else. The inner voice that once motivated me became toxic, amplifying my fears and insecurities." Through each crisis--in his athletic career and beyond--he developed new habits and practices that helped him restore inner balance and overcome the odds. Now he shares
When your life takes a sudden turn into unknown territory, what do you do? Apolo Ohno was faced with that challenge when his Olympic career ended. Here he shares the Five Golden Principles he developed for building resilience, overcoming self-doubt, reinventing ourselves, and pivoting gracefully into new opportunities for success.
“Zero regrets. It’s a philosophy not just about sport but about life. School, business, academics, love—anything and everything. It’s complicated and yet not. You have to figure out who it is you want
