Gold medal

Knowing how to ride those complex life waves rather than fight against them is what separates short-term achievers from truly impactful long-term leaders.

Today's guest, Joe Jacobi, an Olympic gold medalist in whitewater slalom canoeing, turned executive coach and author, Follow Your Flow.

We're going to have a great conversation.

Thank you so much for being here today, Joe.

Life stories and the journeys of our life is so unpredictable.

Just as you and I are talking on this podcast, there was months ago when I didn't know I'd be meeting anyone or having conversations with people like the way I am.

But over 100 episodes in, I'm having great conversations with leaders, gold medalists, CEOs, presidents, and it's just a fascinating space to be in.

Your story is inspiring, and I'm loving to be able to share this story with others as they dig in.

Absolutely, 100%.

You know, they say that no athlete wins a gold medal on game day.

You know, they win it on those early, cold Tuesday morning training sessions that no one sees.

And money is exactly the same.

Yeah, you know, I'd sort of look back, I've been very, very fortunate to be a part of some very strong Australian teams.

My first exposure was the Athens Games in 2004.

We fell agonisingly close to a gold medal, losing the gold medal game to Canada and I can confirm in that moment, it certainly doesn't feel like you win silver.

It feels like you lose gold, but that was, uh, that was the trigger that I guess sparked the fire in, in, in me and many of my teammates and were able to go one better in, in Beijing.

There's, I, I, I, there are ups and downs in all positions.

He also won a, a Gold Medal.

He was, yeah, he had one good game last year.

[laughs] It's a good time to have him.

This is a woman who joined choir... because it was the most relaxing CCA.

And this is a woman who now wears an Asian Games gold medal around her neck as a mixed martial arts champion.

This is our new sporting hero, Tiffany Chiu.

It is a sporting journey like no other.

We want to go back to the beginning, how she found MMA, what it took to build a career in a sport she never really imagined pursuing, and of course, what it's like to have your husband as your coach.

We have the two of them in the studio today.

Without further ado, let's welcome on to the show Tiffany Teo, gold medalist in the studio, MMA Asian Games gold medalist.

Hi.

... uh, in recent times.

Yeah, and the first gold medal that Singapore won at this, uh, Asian Games, lah, right?

Yeah.

It's pretty-

The first.

Yeah.

And first for the sport, uh, first for Singapore, uh, and that is Tiffany Teo, who is the gold medal-winning, uh, MMA fighter from the Asian Games and co-owner of Homeground MMA.

Yeah.

So there are, like, 40,000 ar- uh, photographers that submit to the SMBA from around the world.

Anyhow, long story short, I won the gold medal.

So the day before when they were, um, going to announce who were the medalists, and you're ...

I'm walking around in the Carrousel du Louvre.

And that following morning at 7:00 in the morning, Benedict called me in the hotel and she said, "Patricia, Patricia." "Yes, yes?" "Médaille d'or.

Médaille d'or." And I'm like, "Grand Prix?" "Médaille d'or." And I'm like, "My die...

You're at my door?" [laughs] And she goes, "The gold medal, you silly.

I won the gold medal." And then I'm like, "Oh my God, you gotta be kidding me." The most famous girl in all of Paris in that moment.