The Sporting Transition Podcast

Charles Cousins: From Olympic Rower to Scuba Diver and Career Success

December 6th, 2024 45 mins

About This Episode:

Meet Charles Cousins – unquestionably, the coolest of my season 1 guests! ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿšฃโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšฃโ€โ™‚๏ธ

We covered some serious mileage in our conversation! ๐Ÿ˜… But nothing two endurance athletes couldn’t handle! ๐Ÿ’ช

Some of the topics ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ›น Dreaming of skateboarding.

๐Ÿ˜ฑ The anxiety generated by the all dreaded 2k rower test.

๐Ÿ›ท โ€˜Cool runningsโ€™ being the closest he got to watching anything to do with the Olympics.

๐Ÿคฟ Primary school dreams of zookeeping, beekeeping & scuba diving.

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ How the sacrifice that athletes make, is actually more about the sacrifice that friends and families have to make.

๐ŸŽฏ How the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was the catalyst to commit to rowing for a place in London 2012.

๐Ÿšซ Deleted instagram when Olympics were on this year.

โ˜€๏ธ How a trip to Mozambique and training as a scuba instructor brought a nicely needed distraction, and time to think.

๐Ÿคฉ How an intern opportunity with an awesome company (Passle!) turned into a permanent opportunity and an incredible work environment.

๐Ÿป Advice to future gens: Don’t party too hard, stay focused!

THANK YOU Charles Cousins, for being an awesome guest and sharing your story!