The Pursuit of Perfection, with Jonathan Horton - a podcast by Dan Reed

Olympian Gymnast, American Ninja Warrior star and all-round nice guy Jonathan Horton joins me to share his story of getting to the Olympics, and why it's so important to set goals and visualise them.

Jonathan Horton is a retired American gymnast who has 2 Olympic medals to his name. When Jonathan was just 4 years old his mum lost him in a department stores.

He was found quickly, albeit 25 feet up a support beam he’d climbed up. The next day he was enrolled into a gymnastics class.

Contents

• 1m 29s: An unconventional route to gymnastics
• 5m 54s: Patience and determination in parenthood
• 8m 16s: 12 years of losing (and what kept me going)
• 11m 58s: What holds us back?
• 15m 02s: Trying Brazilian JuJitsu
• 17m 03s: Path to the Olympics
• 21m 07s: The Pursuit of Perfection
• 25m 01s: Goal setting, and big picture goals
• 28m 15s: Why I believe in visualisation
• 32m 30s: 6 years of America Ninja Warrior
• 34m 50s: Being dad

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