UX Fest 2018 Paul Wylie, Olympic Medalist, Keynote Speaker, Performance Coach Paul’s riveting personal story reaches a wide range of audiences with a winsome message of resilience, hope, humor and health. Beginning with his legendary 35-Day turnaround before the Olympics, his narrative underlines the key factors behind transformative Olympic performances that turned him from Dark Horse to Silver Medalist. A Survivor of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, he also eloquently describes re-focusing on life’s greater purposes after being revived by two workout buddies performing CPR on him in 2015.

1. PATHETIC TO PODIUM:
TRANSFORMING A BROKEN PERFORMER IN 35 DAYS
(LESSONS LEARNED FROM BOUNCING BACK)
UXFEST
SESSION,
BOSTON,
MA
PAUL
WYLIE
JUNE
4,
2018

2. WILE E. COYOTE
Dreamer
Perseverance
Clever

3. A DREAM IN THE DITCH
Dreams
–
Hard
Work
–
Success
…DISASTER
Soul
searching
Once
more?

4. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?”

5.
ONE LAST CHANCE
!
1/10TH OF A POINT

6. TURNAROUND IN 35 DAYS
WHAT CAN YOU REALLY DO?
Jan
12
LP-­‐
Na2onals
Team
Named
Jan
13
Return
to
BOS
Jan
14
Jan
15
Jan
16
Jan
17
Jan
18
Jan
19
Jan
20
Jan
21
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22
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25
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26
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27
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28
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29
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30
Jan
31
Feb
1
Feb
2
Feb
3
Travel
to
FRA
Feb
4
Feb
5
Feb
6
Feb
7
Feb
8
Opening
Ceremony
Feb
9
Feb
10
Feb
11
Feb
12
Feb
13
SP
–
Olympics
Feb
14
Day
Off
Feb
15
LP
–
Olympics

7. UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM WELL…
• FIGURE
SKATING
IS
90%
MENTAL
(and
the
other
“half”
is
PHYSICAL):
• INTERNAL:
• Can’t
SEE
Triple
Axel
• Ambivalence
• Doubt
• Stories
• EXTERNAL:
• Distraceons
• Relaeonships

8. MARCHING ORDERS (THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION)
Change-­‐up
psych
rouene
• Visualize,
Relax,
Rehearse
• Script,
affirmaeons
• Biofeedback
and
breathing
Olympic
Shape
• HIIT
• Back-­‐to-­‐back
run-­‐throughs,
jump
reps
• Meals,
sleep

9. VOICES, STORIES
…aker
Naeonals
“The
biggest
disappointment
of
the
round
was
the
27-­‐year
old
Wylie,
who
has
become
almost
a
pathe2c
figure
at
the
naeonal
level.”
-­‐Michael
Janofsky,
NY
Times
“You
could
win.”
-­‐
Evy
Scotvold,
my
coach
“Send
Mark
Mitchell,
he’s
our
future.
Paul
had
his
chance.”
-­‐
Scon
Hamilton,
quoeng
the
chorus
of
voices
following
the
seleceon
comminee’s
decision
…at
the
Olympics
“You
are
dangerous
man.”
-­‐
Alexei
Mishin,
Coach
of
Olympic
Champions
Alexei
Urmanov
and
Evgeni
Plushenko
“I
don’t
owe
you,
you
owe
me.”
-­‐
Again,
Evy

10. VOICES, STORIES
• “He’s
been
brilliant
all
week
in
praceces,
the
most
consistent
of
the
American
skaters.”
-­‐
-­‐
Verne
Lundquist,
CBS
• Paul
Wylie
is
highly
suscepeble
to
the
pressures
of
major
events.
-­‐
Michael
Janofsky,
NYT
I’m
skaeng
the
best
of
the
Americans.
An
American
is
usually
on
the
podium.
I
could
be
on
the
podium.
-­‐
Me

11. SHOULD YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY?
“The
biggest
disappointment
of
the
round
was
the
27-­‐year
old
Wylie,
who
has
become
almost
a
pathe2c
figure
at
the
naeonal
level.”
-­‐Michael
Janofsky,
NY
Times

12. 2/8/1992
ALBERTVILLE

13. 24 YEARS
.8 SECONDS
GRAVITAS
Wylie
seemed
headed
for
disaster
-­‐
as
usual.
While
anempeng
a
triple
Axel
in
warm
up,
he
hurtled
off
his
axis
—
he
looked
like
a
man
leaping
into
a
bed
—
and
took
the
hardest
fall
he’d
taken
all
week.
-­‐-­‐
E.M.
Swik,
SI
TRUST

14. VIDEO #1

15. FINAL
• Blue
Skies
• Push
through
imperfect
• Finish
well

16. VIDEO #2

18. GOING PRO
• STARS
ON
ICE
• Back
to
School
• Real
World
• Family

19. FOCUS ON WELLNESS…

20. EARLY MORNING WORKOUT

21. FIRST RESPONDERS

25. BOUNCE
back

26. GETTING BACK TO IT…

27. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO ?