Apolo Ohno on Pursuing Excellence and How to Reinvent Yourself

Listen to Apolo Ohno, America's most decorated athlete from the Winter Olympics, in conversation with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa, exclusively on Intersections. Apolo is an eight-time medalist (two gold, two silver, four bronze) in short track speed skating, and was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2019. Since his retirement from sports, Apolo has been an entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, a highly sought-after speaker at global multinationals, and a television star, featuring in and winning the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars, the second most popular series on U.S. television.

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Intersections podcast advocates the idea of activating our best self by dissolving boundaries – between profit and purpose, theory and practice, east and west, science and spirituality, inner and outer, and more. I'm Hitendra Wadhwa, Adjunct Professor of Business at Columbia Business School and Founder of Mentora Institute and Mentora Foundation. I strive to bring a mathematician’s rigor and a truth-seeker’s spirit to some of today’s most vexing questions about authenticity, success, leadership and human potential. Welcome!