Turning Setbacks into Comebacks: An Interview with Olympic Gold Medalist Leah Amico

Turning Setbacks into Comebacks: An Interview with Olympic Gold Medalist Leah Amico

Author: Jim Harshaw, Jr. February 6, 2023 Duration: 39:04

#390 Turning Setbacks into Comebacks: An Interview with Olympic Gold Medalist Leah Amico

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You may know Leah Amico as an elite softball player— having bagged three Olympic gold medals— but behind her accolades is a success through failure journey like no other.   

Leah Amico is a 3x Olympic gold medalist, a 2x World Champion, and a 3x NCAA Champion softball player.

Known for being one of the most clutch hitters of all time, Leah still holds the record for highest batting average in the Women’s College World Series. 

Leah is also a college softball analyst for ESPN and Westwood One Sports, where she imparts her love and knowledge of the game to fans across the world. 

Truly, she’s a world-class performer in every sense of the word. 

In this episode of the Success Through Failure podcast, Leah walks us through her journey to the top of her sport and through an epic collapse that she, and the US softball team, used as their catalyst for a historic success. Don’t miss it!

If you don’t have time to listen to the entire episode or if you hear something that you like but don’t have time to write it down, be sure to grab your free copy of the Action Plan from this episode— as well as get access to action plans from EVERY episode— at http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.  

 

 

 


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