Julianne Sitch made history in 2022 as the first female to coach a men’s soccer team to a NCAA championship. Not only that, but she did it in her first season on the job at the University of Chicago proving you don’t have to be a man to coach men’s sports. On the show she shares her advice for mastering a winning mindset, how dreaming big can set you up for success, and what she learned about managing disappointments that enabled her to bounce back after being cut from the team as a professional women’s soccer player. In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why Julianne thinks positivity and timing are so important to achieving success
- If she always knew she would make it big someday
- How to navigate obstacles and disappointment on the journey to achieving your dreams
- How to recognize and accept when you need to adjust your goal
- How Julianne knew she wanted to become a coach
- The sacrifices she made to make it big
- Navigating public disappointments
- How Julianne maintains her positive outlook
- The best piece of advice Julianne has received
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https://www.instagram.com/sitch38/
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