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Big Goals Hit Back!^TM: In a fencing match, the target not only moves, but hits back. Since you never know what challenge may be coming next, it is important to mentally arm yourself to push past any obstacle. Tim's road to an Olympic silver medal was full of unexpected challenges, including his lack of sponsorship while qualifying for the Olympics. Yet he managed to make the team while working full-time for Teach for America, in some of our country's most underserved schools. No matter how many setbacks he encountered, by thinking like an Olympian, Tim was able to overcome each barrier on the path toward achieving his goals.
 
In this presentation, Tim shares the lessons he learned on his Olympic journey and work in the classroom as a teacher and applies them to everyday life.

• Creating the Right "Culture" for Success: The Men's Saber team had the right mentality and set of habits, enabling the team to deliver much more than its individual parts. Tim speaks about the importance of building a successful internal mental culture, as well as a team culture, for achieving success.
• Embracing Your Unique Strengths: For years, Tim molded his fencing style to match everyone else and found himself struggling to qualify for the Olympic team. Only after embracing his unconventional fencing style was he finally able to break through to become one of the top-ranked fencers in the world. Tim demonstrates the importance of seeing your unique talents as strengths and leveraging them to reach your goals.
• Setting the Right Goal at the Right Height: From making the team in 2004, to winning a medal in 2008, to aiming for gold in 2012; Tim has always set his goals higher and higher. Tim teaches audiences how to set the right goal and pursue it with relentless focus.
• Mentally Arming Yourself: The higher the goal, the more obstacles there are to overcome. Despite the difficulties, keeping focus on your goals and learning from every challenge is an essential part of turning your setbacks into opportunities.
• Overcoming the Fear of Failure: Despite insurmountable odds, Tim was able to achieve his goal of making the Olympic team simply by not giving up when everyone else convinced themselves it was out of their reach. Tim tells you how staying positive and facing your fears will give you a leg up on the competition.

As one of the stars fueling the rising popularity of the sport of fencing, Tim Morehouse has broken the mold for the profile and possibilities for emerging-sport Olympic athletes. He has appeared on the Today Show, Oprah, and Happy Hour on Fox Business. He was the subject of an Emmy Award-winning television documentary, "My First Time: Competing at the Olympics," and has appeared in Esquire, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, Metro Sports New York, and Contributing Editor. Tim has made presentations to audiences across America, including General Electric and Google. He is also the National Spokesperson for Kid Fitness, an organization working to fight the issues of childhood obesity in America.
 
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