Athlete's Grit: From Sports to Life

My guest today is Yip Ren Kai, ex-National Water Polo Vice-Captain and multiple SEA Games Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur, and Grassroots Contributor. One of the best centreback specialist and all-rounded player I have ever known. I knew Ren Kai since he was a young player and he donned National Colours only after I retired from the sport. But very privileged to have played with him in many other competitions as a teammate and also against him as a competitor. A great leader and highly respected, in and outside of the pool. I hope you enjoy the session as much as I did. Timestamp: * 0.30 Renkai introduces himself and his businesses * 3.00 2009 was his last SEA Games * 4.45 Contributing back to the sports industry * 5.30 Was being involved in work that involved sports something he always knew he wanted to do? * 7.30 Signing up for the organizing committee for the Youth Olympics Games (YOG) 2010 * 8.00 Sports brings everyone together * 9.00 Reason for retirement * 10.00 Stepping aside to let the younger ones take it further * 10.30 How do you know that you’re at your peak? * 11.30 Be a contributor and not a liability * 13.00 Setting goals for sport are the same as setting goals for work * 14.00 Moving on too next phase of life for the shift in priorities * 17.00 Most memorable highs in Water Polo career * 21.00 What were the sort of emotions that came out of that? * 23.45 Water Polo was the bond and nationalities and medal colour didn’t matter * 25.25 Making rivals in the pool but becoming buddies outside of it * 28.00 Most difficult period in Water Polo * 30.55 Lowest points in life in sport happened at the young age of 13 * 32.45 Bouncing back after 12 months of preparation work * 34.30 Visualisation on risk management of multiple scenarios used outside of Water Polo * 36.40 How high performance sport has influenced his professional and personal life currently? * 37.00 Learning to work with different personalities * 38.18 Goalsetting and time management * 39.00 Task oriented and setting priorities for maximum productivity * 41.20 Complimenting business partner with different skillsets * 44.00 What would he tell his younger self --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athletesgrit/message

My guest today is Yip Ren Kai, ex-National Water Polo Vice-Captain and multiple SEA Games Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur, and Grassroots Contributor. One of the best centreback specialist and all-rounded player I have ever known. I knew Ren Kai since he was a young player and he donned National Colours only after I retired from the sport. But very privileged to have played with him in many other competitions as a teammate and also against him as a competitor. A great leader and highly respected, in and outside of the pool. I hope you enjoy the session as much as I did. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athletesgrit/message

My guest today is Yip Ren Kai, ex-National Water Polo Vice-Captain and multiple SEA Games Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur, and Grassroots Contributor. One of the best centreback specialist and all-rounded player I have ever known. I knew Ren Kai since he was a young player and he donned National Colours only after I retired from the sport. But very privileged to have played with him in many other competitions as a teammate and also against him as a competitor. A great leader and highly respected, in and outside of the pool. I hope you enjoy the session as much as I did. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athletesgrit/message

My guest today is Yip Ren Kai, ex-National Water Polo Vice-Captain and multiple SEA Games Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur, and Grassroots Contributor. One of the best centreback specialist and all-rounded player I have ever known. I knew Ren Kai since he was a young player and he donned National Colours only after I retired from the sport. But very privileged to have played with him in many other competitions as a teammate and also against him as a competitor. A great leader and highly respected, in and outside of the pool. I hope you enjoy the session as much as I did. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athletesgrit/message

My guest today is Yip Ren Kai, ex-National Water Polo Vice-Captain and multiple SEA Games Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur, and Grassroots Contributor. One of the best centreback specialist and all-rounded player I have ever known. I knew Ren Kai since he was a young player and he donned National Colours only after I retired from the sport. But very privileged to have played with him in many other competitions as a teammate and also against him as a competitor. A great leader and highly respected, in and outside of the pool. I hope you enjoy the session as much as I did. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athletesgrit/message