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Today's guest Chenthil Mohan is a photographer friend of mine who is amazing behind a camera. He became a cyclist and a runner as he fell in love with sport while shooting sport as a freelance photographer. On our last episode with him on this podcast in episode #36, we talked about his journey from a corporate job to becoming a full time photographer.
In this episode we talk about how his perspective about work, life and sport has changed post pandemic. We talk about how pursuing perfection can be a paralyzing trait to have as a photographer or as a sportsman. It need not be pursuing heroic feats of endurance or as Che puts it, Stupid feats of endurance or nothing. It need not be 100% or nothing. We talk about finding peace with just doing the work and not being too judgmental about it. Che always brings a refreshing perspective to things and this conversation was no different. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
0:00:00 Intro
0:04:16 Work and shooting sports
0:07:20 change of perspective from Covid , taking ego buster jobs, living for today
0:11:30 Getting mentally fit, doing more than thinking
0:14:10 80 percent is better than 100 percent, better than 0%
0:16:20 New avenues of work in sports photography
0:19:30 No heroic feats of endurance, cutting out intensity,
0:23:00 focus on strength and conditioning, RPE, Mobility
0:31:30 Crazy feats of endurance, sustainability,
0:36:30 Answering the why, how it helps, therapy, sleep
0:41:00 What next for him, shooting Olympics?
0:45:10 Closing remarks
About the Podcast
The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future.
Who is a working athlete? Someone working fulltime/part-time, entrepreneur or anyone who has to work to make ends meet and doesn't let being busy to stop him/her from pursuing an active lifestyle is a working athlete. I consider stay at home moms/dads who pursue a sport, as working athletes because homemaking is a full-time job.
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A bit about myself:
I'm Venkat/Venkateswara Rao in my work avatar, working as a Chief Data Analyst in the IT industry in Bangalore. I'm Venky/Bikeyvenky for my friends in the cycling community.
With 'The Working Athlete Podcast', I have a bit of a selfish motive. That is, it will provide me an opportunity for me to meet and talk to many people from all walks of life across different sports to learn how they manage an active lifestyle while doing well at work. I hope to share those learnings with all of you. That way, it will help both you and me to keep learning and keep growing.