With the Olympic Games just wrapped up, we’ve been inspired by all those incredible athletes going for gold and we’ve got our own champions to celebrate, our cleaning team at Heathrow!
These unsung heroes might not be running 100 metres in under 10 seconds, but they sure know how to make a train sparkle in record time!
Whether it’s turning around a spotless carriage faster than a relay team or litter picking like it’s an Olympic sport, their dedication deserves a standing ovation.
What a great team supplied to our MTR Elizabeth Line service ensuring safe and clean trains are delivered for every journey leg. The Airport turnaround clean operations are also fast paced & our timetable is an 19hr sprint beginning with the 05.04am arrival and ending just after midnight!
#People Drive Performance
Retired Transgender Gateline Attendant. She was diagrammed at Woking, South Western Railway.
She is now London Trains and is on a project to visit Every Oyster Station in London, from Abbey Road to Worcester Park.
🚵🏽 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗚𝗕 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 36𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 🥇
I love the Olympics, every 4 years there are always stories of human sacrifice alongside the rollercoaster 🎢 of emotions and fine margins as athletes compete to win gold. 🏆
💪🏽Despite the puncture, Team GB Mountain Biker Tom Pidcock showed remarkable belief and composure to work his way back through the field and win the gold medal.
😌 His support team also did not appear to be in a panic when they had to replace his front tyre as quickly as possible. There was an element of luck (sometimes we need this too) as he was close to his "pit" when he got the puncture.
What is even more impressive is that the race leader was a Frenchmen who was getting incredible support from the home crowd.
This has been one of the most inspiring stories so far at the Olympics outside of the more publicised stories of athletes overcoming their demons such as that of Simone Biles and Adam Peaty (also just as inspiring!)
The pressure and expectation to perform at a single event every 4 years is an achievement in itself for these athletes.
Athletes show us the required magic formula of both 👟 physical and 🧠 mental wellbeing that underpins elite performance.
❤️ The other thing to mention here is even though these are "individual" sports they are really all team sports. There team consisting with engineers, medical staff etc. and of course families; all playing their part.
So much to think about and learn from these athletes in our own careers and personal lives. Well done Tom Pidcock! 🙌🏽
🫵🏽 What Olympic 2024 stories have inspired you so far?
#performance#teamGB#mentalheath#wellbeing#team#olympics
👉History doesn't remember the first that tried - only the first that succeeded
The first to invent a motorized airplane are the Wright brothers - but the first to try is Clément Ader. Have you ever heard of him?
👉Initial failure is not fatal - as long as you stay in the race.
Michael Phelps didn't win even a single bronze in his first Olympics in 2000. But he stayed on track and won 6 gold medals at the next Olympics in 2004.
👉Rest is a fundamental part of the race.
Slow down every once in a while. Marathon racers slow down or come to a complete stop to drink water. Would any of them have finished their races dehydrated?
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Here's one insight to get more results in 2024:
"Every Olympian wants to win a gold medal. Every candidate wants to get the job. And if successful and unsuccessful people share the same goals, then the goal cannot be what differentiates the winners from the losers. It wasn’t the goal of winning the Tour de France that propelled the British cyclists to the top of the sport. Presumably, they had wanted to win the race every year before—just like every other professional team. The goal had always been there. It was only when they implemented a system of continuous small improvements that they achieved a different outcome."
James Clear
#2024Results#SuccessInsights#ContinuousImprovement#GoalsVsSystems#WinningMindset#SmallImprovements#AchievementJourneyDanny Desmond
Michael Phelps 2008 Olympic game performance is by far the one of the greatest achievement in sports ever, period. What very few people know are the number of challenges and obstacles he faced and tackled throughout that week...However, the reflection i am making here is not about swimming but the lessons one can extract from such endeavour.
First Gold Medal - Start with your right foot
400 IM - Set the right course from the beginning, conquers milestones build momentum and acknowledge that you are still far from your destination.
Second Gold Medal - Making the impossible.
4x100 Free -Greatness can be accomplish individually. Making history however, requires teams greatness driven by turning the goals of a particular one into group ones, thus unlocking individuals beyond their own limits.
Third Gold Medal - Aim for perfection.
200 Free - Hammer and refine your craft to deliver nothing but your absolute best.
Fourth Gold Medal - Prepare for the worst
200 Fly - Focus on the planning, leverage on past experience and never allow the surrounding circumstances determine the outcome, rule yourself.
Fifth Gold Medal - Breaking mental barriers
4x200 Free - Positive drives and high goals build upon each other, creating virtuoso cycles inside teams. When you deliver your best, you enable and empower those around you to do the same.
Sixth Gold Medal - Competition is there to keep pushing you, embrace it.
200 IM - It doesn't matter the number of times you have done something, you can always do it better.
Seventh Gold Medal - Ain't over till you touch the wall
100 Fly - You can be down and behind your competitors throughout the entire race, the only thing that matter is to out touch everyone else. Do not waste time looking to the sides, is what you do that puts you upfront.
Eighth Gold Medal - Bring it home.
4x100 IM - Even if you think things seems done, the devil is in the details.
It took 36 years, careful planning and constant correction, an extensive support team and full commitment from all parties to over perform Mark's Spitz Munich 72', how long will it take to see something like this repeating itself, not sure if we'll ever witness this level of greatness in sport in this life time. In the mean time i leave you with the Bowman-Phelps 8Th Symphony:
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Intensity vs Consistency
"Intensity wins the game, but consistency wins the championship"
This highlights the idea that intense effort can lead to short-term successes, however sustained and regular effort is what leads to long-term achievements.
I couldn’t write a post about consistency without mentioning Phelps…
Michael Phelps arguably the most decorated Olympian, famously trained for 5 to 6 hours a day, every day, even including holidays. Leading up to the Olympics, he apparently maintained a streak of swimming for 4 years without taking a single day off. This incredible consistency contributed significantly to his record-breaking achievements in the sport. What a legend 🙌
Start stacking those daily wins ….
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Lewis Clareburt has closed out our most successful World Aquatics Championships with a gold medal in the Men's 400m Individual Medley on the final day in Doha
The Power of Resilience: Lessons from Femke Bol
Femke Bol’s journey from the 2023 World Championships to the 2024 Paris Olympics is a powerful testament to the strength of resilience and determination. At the 2023 Championships, Bol fell just before the finish line in the mixed 4x400m relay, and her team missed out on a medal. A devastating setback. But she didn't let it define her.
- Turning Setbacks into Motivation: Bol didn’t let disappointment break her spirit - instead, she channelled it into her training and preparation for the next challenge.
- The Comeback: Fast forward to the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a stunning performance, Bol anchored the Dutch team and bolted them into gold medal position in the mixed 4x400m relay, overcoming incredible pressure and fierce competition.
This is resilience in action. Bol's victory is a testament to her physical abilities, but also to her mental strength. When we see a performance like this we should be reminded that setbacks are a part of life and it's how we respond to them that both creates and defines success.
Resilience, determination, and the refusal to give up are key to overcoming life’s obstacles. Let athletes like Bol inspire you to keep pushing forward, no matter the setbacks.
#Resilience#NeverGiveUp#OlympicSpirit
5 state championships, U18 world champions, National Coach of the Year AND 5 hall of fames! Check out this episode about the remarkable Coach Phil Clark on Memphis Mike and Friends!
Head of Train Presentation at MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited
2moWhat a great team supplied to our MTR Elizabeth Line service ensuring safe and clean trains are delivered for every journey leg. The Airport turnaround clean operations are also fast paced & our timetable is an 19hr sprint beginning with the 05.04am arrival and ending just after midnight! #People Drive Performance