From the age of three, Sunny Choi dreamt of going to the Olympics. She thought that it would be for gymnastics, but she made the difficult decision to forgo that in favor of more stability. At business school at Penn, she first tried break dancing, and ultimately fell in love. In 2022, after making a name for herself on the world stage, Choi made the big decision to walk away from her six-figure salary as the director of global creative operations at Estée Lauder to pursue her lifetime dream of becoming an Olympian. The rest? Well, now it's part of the history books.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
(8:38) How Sunny uses deep breathing to relax and survey what's going on in her body.
(12:50) What it was like succeeding at gymnastics from a young age
(17:50) Sunny learns what breaking is in high school from her younger brother, then tries it for the first time at Penn
(20:18) Sunny talks about the self confidence that she garnered from dancing
(33:20) Sunny talk about sharing her love for breaking with her family, and what it was like to expose them to the sport.
(36:48) What it was like to tell her employer about her break dancing, and how she was able to work full-time while traveling internationally to compete
(40:32) Sunny shares why breaking is diverse and accessible to so many people, and why it was worthy of an Olympic spot
(45:48) Why it's important for Sunny to write about her Olympic experience to process how the moment made her feel
(49:15) Sunny talks about the Olympics comedown and how she managed to pull herself out of a funk
(52:30) Sunny talks about what her life looks like these days, and why she doesn't think she'd be able to go back into corporate America
(57:12) What Sunny sees in the mirror
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