Snapshot · The Mel Robbins Podcast
Shelly-Ann was scheduled for surgery in January 2018 on her fractured sesamoid toe until she discovered she was pregnant — rest during pregnancy allowed natural recovery and preserved her block power.
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With Mel raising the topic of pressure — noting that the number one word listeners use to describe their current state is 'exhausted' — Shelly-Ann offers a reframe that reorients the entire concept [1] — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce "Pressure expands when you're living in the past and the future simultaneously. But if you shift your frame — pressure means someone believe…" 1:15:30 . Pressure is a privilege. It means someone, including yourself, believes you have more to give. And then the proverb: nobody throws stones at green mangoes. You are being targeted because you have ripened into something people want. Pressure only expands, she explains, when you try to occupy two time zones at once: the past (where the mistakes and regrets live) and the future (where the anxiety about what comes next lives). Your feet are here, in the present — compete where your feet are. The past is information; it is not your current address. You cannot go back and change it, so stop paying rent on a place you've already left. The future is where you're headed, and the only preparation that serves it is what you do right now, in this moment, at this starting line.
Shelly-Ann was scheduled for surgery in January 2018 to remove the fractured sesamoid bones from her toe — bones essential for block power. Then she found out she was pregnant. The surgery was cancelled. Rest during pregnancy healed the toe. She went on to win two more world titles. Her son didn't end her career. He saved it.
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