#81 "Failures and Injuries Have Taught Me More Than Successes" - Bhagyashree Sawant on Failing to Summit Everest twice, Coming back from Two Knee Surgeries and Riding 20000km Across India!

<p>Bhagyashree Sawant is a phycologist who is working in the field of sports with Decathlon. She represented her state in school nationals for cycling and is trained in self defense with Karate. She attempted to scale Mount Everest at the age of 18 years and got to within 800m of the summit. But failures never stopped her from pursuing anything. When a serious injury resulted in a knee surgery she celebrated that by cutting a cake with her surgeons and followed it up by riding into Guinness book of records by riding 20,000km across India once she recovered from the injury.</p> <p>In this episode, we talked about how she looks at failures and how she came back from not one but two knee surgeries to stay active and achieve what some would consider impossible. We talk about her goals and triathlon aspirations as well as some tips for building mental resilience.</p> <p>0:00:00 &nbsp;Intro</p> <p>0:04:45 &nbsp;What is work for her</p> <p>0:07:26 &nbsp;Sports in early school life etc</p> <p>0:10:10 &nbsp;Mount Everest expedition as an 18 old</p> <p>0:18:10 &nbsp;Rugby injury, Cutting a cake to celebrating surgery</p> <p>0:21:20 &nbsp;Cycling across the country to spread awareness about polio; Memories from cycling across India</p> <p>0:32:25 &nbsp;Logistics for the ride across India</p> <p>0:36:00 &nbsp;The second ACL surgery and getting back from it to become super Randonnée</p> <p>0:41:05 &nbsp;Getting back to running, taking up Duathlon and winning, Triathlon aspirations</p> <p>0:48:25 &nbsp;Tips for working athletes; plan for sport first, self talk, and doing it for self;</p> <p>0:51:20 &nbsp;Tips for improving mental resilience; visualization, self talk and positive affirmations help</p> <p>0:56:40 &nbsp;Closing remarks!</p> <p>Givingback donation page: <a href="https://www.givingback.co.in/giving-back/"><u>https://www.givingback.co.in/giving-back/</u></a></p> <p>Some Links Below:</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/334744737743027/">Working Athlete Community</a> on FB.</p> <p><a href="https://anchor.f