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Joscelin Yeo

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The Silverfox Hustle Podcast

Athlete's Grit: From Sports to Life

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My guest today is Joscelin Yeo, Olympian, former National Swimmer, former Nominated Member of Parliament, Mother, and Sports Administrator. I have known Joscelin’s brother since secondary school days when we were playing water polo as rival in different schools, but I never really had a chance to get to meet and know Joscelin on a personal level. But I believe that it’s never too late for things to happen, and in fact this podcast interview could not have happened at a better time. Joscelin talks about how sport is a lifestyle choice and not a sacrifice; the ability to understand one's internal drive to push pass the most physical, emotional and psychologically difficult times; and about growth and how community is key to making that happen. Welcoming Joscelin Yeo.  0.05 Joscelin introduces himself 1.50 How she handled a full-time intense routine all 17 years she was swimming for Singapore 2.40 The golden girl of the 1980s 3.00 Journey of pushing pass the many times of giving up 3.30 Growth came from having to juggle so much at a time 6.00 Desire from within and fire in your belly 6.20 Her first retirement at 12 years old 8.55 Go out there and enjoy what you’re doing 9.10 How a coach helped her change her mindset 9.50 Dealing with media was a key resilience building exercise 11.00 Swimming is a one-shot-one-kill sport 11.54 How to get into the right mindset pre-race? 14.18 Learning to deal with unplanned things on the spot 15.00 Prep work is all done way before the competition 16.15 How should parents motivate their children in high performance sport? 17.17 How a parent can help their children push through a difficult period of wanting to give up to build resilience? 18.58 Is a child doing the sport because they enjoy it or because that’s what the parent enforces? 19.18 Internal drive to have longevity in sport 20.00 What was her internal drive? 20.38 You have to enjoy what you’re doing. From the training to the racing. And having different motivations at different life stages. 21.26 Progression builds confidence 22.09 She was a student of the sport 22.40 Sport helped her also apply skills to school work 26.00 Most significant sporting high 28.30 Most significant sporting low 32.29 Everything she planned and trained for could not happen due to unforeseen externalities 33.17 The need to re-evaluate why she was swimming and what for 35.14 Trying for the next Olympics with the transition of graduating from college to finding work and being a semi-pro athlete 37.52 Retiring after the 2006 Asian Games 38.25 Having the self-awareness to know that she didn’t have the internal drive to keep at the same intensity to give 110% 40.39 How she decided to move on because she knew that her internal drive would not take her for another 2 years to the next Olympics 41.30 Being an athlete is not about sacrificing something else for sport but its about choosing one lifestyle over another 44.15 Most enjoyable phase of 17 years in high performance swimming 45.40 How even though swimming is an individual sport, she leant more about teamwork when training in the US 46.00 Learning the culture and power of competing with each other and not against one another 48.00 How she has taken this skill and applying it as an Exco with the Singapore Swimming Association 50.20 Have fun, go out there and enjoy yourself and don’t be too concerned about what others think about you--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/athletesgrit/message

My guest today is Joscelin Yeo, Olympian, former National Swimmer, former Nominated Member of Parliament, Mother, and Sports Administrator. I have known Joscelin’s brother since secondary school days when we were playing water polo as rival in different schools, but I never really had a chance to get to meet and know Joscelin on a personal level. But I believe that it’s never too late for things to happen, and in fact this podcast interview could not have happened at a better time. Joscelin talks about how sport is a lifestyle choice and not a sacrifice; the ability to understand one's internal drive to push pass the most physical, emotional and psychologically difficult times; and about growth and how community is key to making that happen. Welcoming Joscelin Yeo. <ul> <li>0.05 Joscelin introduces himself</li> <li>1.50 How she handled a full-time intense routine all 17 years she was swimming for Singapore</li> <li>2.40 The golden girl of the 1980s</li> <li>3.00 Journey of pushing pass the many times of giving up</li> <li>3.30 Growth came from having to juggle so much at a time</li> <li>6.00 Desire from within and fire in your belly</li> <li>6.20 Her first retirement at 12 years old</li> <li>8.55 Go out there and enjoy what you’re doing</li> <li>9.10 How a coach helped her change her mindset</li> <li>9.50 Dealing with media was a key resilience building exercise</li> <li>11.00 Swimming is a one-shot-one-kill sport</li> <li>11.54 How to get into the right mindset pre-race?</li> <li>14.18 Learning to deal with unplanned things on the spot</li> <li>15.00 Prep work is all done way before the competition</li> <li>16.15 How should parents motivate their children in high performance sport?</li> <li>17.17 How a parent can help their children push through a difficult period of wanting to give up to build resilience?</li> <li>18.58 Is a child doing the sport because they enjoy it or because that’s what the parent enforces?</li> <li>19.18 Internal drive to have longevity in sport</li> <li>20.00 What was her internal drive?</li> <li>20.38 You have to enjoy what you’re doing. From the training to the racing. And having different motivations at different life stages.</li> <li>21.26 Progression builds confidence</li> <li>22.09 She was a student of the sport</li> <li>22.40 Sport helped her also apply skills to school work</li> <li>26.00 Most significant sporting high</li> <li>28.30 Most significant sporting low</li> <li>32.29 Everything she planned and trained for could not happen due to unforeseen externalities</li> <li>33.17 The need to re-evaluate why she was swimming and what for</li> <li>35.14 Trying for the next Olympics with the transition of graduating from college to finding work and being a semi-pro athlete</li> <li>37.52 Retiring after the 2006 Asian Games</li> <li>38.25 Having the self-awareness to know that she didn’t have the internal drive to keep at the same intensity to give 110%</li> <li>40.39 How she decided to move on because she knew that her internal drive would not take her for another 2 years to the next Olympics</li> <li>41.30 Being an athlete is not about sacrificing something else for sport but its about choosing one lifestyle over another</li> <li>44.15 Most enjoyable phase of 17 years in high performance swimming</li> <li>45.40 How even though swimming is an individual sport, she leant more about teamwork when training in the US</li> <li>46.00 Learning the culture and power of competing with each other and not against one another</li> <li>48.00 How she has taken this skill and applying it as an Exco with the Singapore Swimming Association</li> <li>50.20 Have fun, go out there and enjoy yourself and don’t be too concerned about what others think about you</li></ul>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/athletesgrit/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/athletesgrit/message</a>

Season 1  - Ep 9 - Athlete's Grit with Joscelin Yeo

Introducing the Golden Girl of Singapore Sports, Joscelin Yeo. It was an absolute pleasure and I had a great time having a chat with the 40 times Gold Medal winner in the SEA Games, 4 times Olympian, Asian Games Bronze medalist and former Nominated Member of Parliament.Jos shares all, from her time learning water safety to getting spotted, her experience as an 11 year old in the National Swim team, her decision to choose swimming competitively and reminiscing the competitions she participated in.Join us in our conversation as Jos also reveals her struggles coping with stardom, why she almost quit at age 12, her own internal fight and disappointment during the  2000 Sydney Olympics, her take on NOT being inducted into the Singapore Sport Hall of Fame (Really?!!) and what it really takes to be an athlete!Jos is so down to earth and candid as we went from serious talk to fixing washing machines (what?), mountain biking and her 4 beautiful children! There’s so much of inspiration and lessons to learn from the current Vice-President of the Singapore Swimming Association. You don’t wanna miss the Golden Girl Of Singapore Sports in Episode 34! Enjoy!

Introducing the Golden Girl of Singapore Sports, Joscelin Yeo. It was an absolute pleasure and I had a great time having a chat with the 40 times Gold Medal winner in the SEA Games, 4 times Olympian, Asian Games Bronze medalist and former Nominated Member of Parliament. Jos shares all, from her time learning water safety to getting spotted, her experience as an 11 year old in the National Swim team, her decision to choose swimming competitively and reminiscing the competitions she participated in. Join us in our conversation as Jos also reveals her struggles coping with stardom, why she almost quit at age 12, her own internal fight and disappointment during the  2000 Sydney Olympics, her take on NOT being inducted into the Singapore Sport Hall of Fame (Really?!!) and what it really takes to be an athlete! Jos is so down to earth and candid as we went from serious talk to fixing washing machines (what?), mountain biking and her 4 beautiful children! There’s so much of inspiration and lessons to learn from the current Vice-President of the Singapore Swimming Association.  You don’t wanna miss the Golden Girl Of Singapore Sports in Episode 34! Enjoy!

Silverfox Hustle #34 - Joscelin Yeo - The Golden Girl of Singapore Sport

Former national swimmer, Joscelin Yeo on the darkest moments of her career, why she doesn't miss competitive swimming and the lessons she's learnt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former national swimmer, Joscelin Yeo on the darkest moments of her career, why she doesn't miss competitive swimming and the lessons she's learnt. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Former national swimmer, Joscelin Yeo