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Emma Raducanu — Three Lessons We Can Already Learn From Her
Be inspired by her brilliance
Sport is a megaphone and a microscope at the same time. Break through at a major international tournament and you become a global superstar almost overnight.
Immediately the forensic examination begins. Who is this person? Why are they so good? What are they really like?
People begin to have opinions. And that can be a problem, especially when they stop winning (which everyone has to at some point) and social media gets involved.
Emma Raducanu is 18 and has just made it to the US Open Tennis semi-final. She was ranked in the low 300’s only a few weeks ago. Now she’s being hailed as a superstar of the game.
Here are three things she is already doing brilliantly, that can help us all, whatever we do…
Be Yourself
Yes, it’s a cliché, but it’s true. You will do your best work if you are yourself. The energy and stress it takes to pretend to be someone you’re not, drains you.
Emma seems to be enjoying her tennis on the major show courts of Flushing Meadows as much as you or I might enjoy a quick rally or two down the local park.
