One last breath - what freediving can teach leaders | Yamina Enedahl | TEDxStockholm

Sweden's first world record holder in freediving Yamina Enedahl, now a leadership- and organizational coach, surfaces and debunks three common myths of performance culture that make people afraid of failing and ultimately limit their capabilities, as well as the capabilities of organizations. Replacing them with three leadership ”piths”, Yamina teaches us how to help individuals and organizations to perform at their best and develop and grow in a healthy way.
Yamina Enedahl is Sweden’s first world record holder in free-diving and licensed mental trainer with more than ten years experience in coached individuals, groups and leaders at different levels and in all social groups. Though she could swim by the age of two, Yamina began swimming competitively at age of 5, and that is when she learned to swim with her head above the surface - a prelude of things to come.
After becoming dissatisfied with the authoritative nature of traditional coaching, Yamina ended her swimming career at the age of 14, but she continued to develop her mental techniques during her studies at the Scandinavian International University, where she became a Certified Mental Trainer Master. Yamina’s return to the world of aquatic competition came after befriending a colossal manta ray, during her trip to Indonesia. This is where Yamina discovered free-diving.
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[@mauricegingras2470]

As someone who used to swim competitively I could really relate to this. I am only now starting to develop. I stopped at the age of 13 because I broke down mentally and physically.

[@CTFreeman12]

Yamina's critique of the swim coaching system applies to all of education. More students are turned off to learning by the competitive, quantitative evaluation of students than anything else. When learning becomes a competitive duty rather than the natural state of living then it becomes a drudgery This is why many people want to quit learning as soon as they can get out of school. In the US it has been accentuated by the "No Child Left With Mind"...er...I mean "No Child Left Behind" federally mandated education standards. Teachers are so busy testing and evaluating they don't have time to teach anything. Rather than allowing individuals to develop unique abilities and performance levels the system seeks to mandate a standard performance level for everyone...which will by design be "standard". It is amazing that a few students manage to retain a love for learning and excel at something but it is more in spite of the system than because of it. I would have titled this talk"What swimming can teach Teachers".

[@kirstinetermansen7234]

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