{"id":616190,"date":"2025-07-07T04:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=616190"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:43:58","slug":"alice-dearing-knows-fighting-through-mental-barriers-is-a-key-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alice-dearing-knows-fighting-through-mental-barriers-is-a-key-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Dearing Knows Fighting Through Mental Barriers is a Key to Success (Part III)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alice Dearing Knows Fighting Through Mental Barriers is a Key to Success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>This exclusive interview with\u00a0<\/i><i><u><a id=\"m_6872096043456941462OWA416f4baf-aea2-d88f-f306-6e97bf62ac22\" href=\"https:\/\/champions-speakers.co.uk\/speaker-agent\/alice-dearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/champions-speakers.co.uk\/speaker-agent\/alice-dearing&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751707032614000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2aDgl_43y0eqmitczj1PSd\">Alice Dearing<\/a><\/u><\/i><i>\u00a0was conducted by\u00a0<\/i><i><u><a id=\"m_6872096043456941462OWA187f3bb0-acaa-cd3f-fc68-ddcbe7c1d3ac\" href=\"https:\/\/motivationalspeakersagency.co.uk\/news\/author\/1413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/motivationalspeakersagency.co.uk\/news\/author\/1413&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751707032614000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2pk79U7xMStrDHop-6s7ae\">Chris Tompkins<\/a><\/u><\/i><i>\u00a0of The Motivational Speakers Agency.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In this third part of a three-part series with Olympian Alice Dearing, the British star discusses fighting through mental barriers and fighting one&#8217;s way to success. Dearing also touches on the topic of resilience and how it is important to maintain self belief and put forth effort in the pursuit of goals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/more-than-medals-alice-dearing-and-her-mission-to-diversify-the-future-of-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part I<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alice-dearing-on-olympic-discipline-and-what-it-takes-to-go-the-distance-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part II<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Drawing on your personal highs and lows, what internal mental barriers most often prevent talented individuals from fulfilling their potential?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alice Dearing<\/strong>: \u201cYeah, so, um, again speaking candidly\u2014for me, this was self-belief and, um, self-doubt. And the idea that, like, I really had to find a lot of courage in myself to know that I was good enough to do what I was doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd truthfully, I don\u2019t think that fully came to me at the end, in that sense. Um, there\u2019s still more that I was like, \u201cIf I\u2019d only just believed in myself a bit more, maybe I could have\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that was one thing that, when I finished my swimming career, I didn\u2019t want to have\u2014was too many regrets. Of course, there\u2019ll be little things where you\u2019re like, \u201cI wish that race had gone better, I wish this, I wish that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I didn\u2019t want to finish my swimming career and think, \u201cI wish I\u2019d tried harder at this point,\u201d or like, something like this. Because it just goes by so fast, and I was well aware of that. Like, growing up, the years keep ticking by and all of a sudden, you\u2019re a senior athlete or you\u2019re one of the oldest on the team. And it just happens so quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, um, I think it\u2019s one of those things where you have to be aware that your time is precious and you don\u2019t have that much of it. So, you need to take as much energy that you can muster and put it into it as you can\u2014if that makes sense\u2014without, like, obviously draining yourself or burning out or something like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut yeah, for me it was self-belief. And, um, in the moments where I swam my best was when my self-belief and confidence was the highest. So, when I qualified for the Olympic Games, I stood on the start line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs terrified as I was, I remember feeling like a sense of calm over me and just knowing that I\u2019d done the work. I\u2019d put in the effort in training, everything had gone well, I was fit, I was healthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just needed to get in and show what I can do and give the best performance I could. And it obviously went my way\u2014it went really well. I qualified for the Olympic Games. And then at the Olympics, it just didn\u2019t work out for me\u2014really unfortunate about that, but that\u2019s just how sport goes sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, um, yeah, I think a lot of&#8230; I\u2019ve seen so many amazing athletes who are incredibly talented and hardworking but have not been able to get over their self-doubts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd nine times out of ten, when you\u2019re talking to someone who puts in the work and has the capabilities to go further, they just won\u2019t believe in themselves. And you can see it. You can see it written across their face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think this can be especially true for businesses in the sense of\u2014you need to be able to back yourself. Like, if you\u2019re not backing yourself, how are your employees going to potentially be backing that?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow is someone who wants to give you a loan going to be backing you? So, um, having confidence and trusting in your ability to execute and to perform, I think, is a key thing which athletes and businesses both have to navigate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Based on your career challenges\u2014from funding setbacks to injury\u2014how has your understanding of true resilience evolved over time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alice Dearing<\/strong>: \u201cSo, I think my story personally has taught me about resilience\u2014that anybody can have resilience. I really do believe that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I didn\u2019t think I was a resilient person\u2014truly. Like, the things that I\u2019ve bounced back from\u2014like being kicked out of that training squad, being dropped off of funding, um, falling out of love with the sport, coming back into it, injury, all these things\u2014I never thought I had that in me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think sometimes, if you want something enough, you can go and find it and take it. And, um, sometimes it doesn\u2019t work out for you. But my mentality and approach to it always was\u2014at least I\u2019ll go try.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s go try. Let\u2019s give it a go. If it doesn\u2019t work out\u2014hey, at least I\u2019ve tried. Like, I won\u2019t be sat here thinking, \u201cWhat if? Why didn\u2019t I do that?\u201d And I think that\u2019s a big part of resilience in my personal way\u2014just getting in, giving it a go. Sometimes things fail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave your support network\u2014I think that\u2019s a real, real key thing. Whether that\u2019s inside of the business\/sport or outside of it, um, it\u2019s really important to have those people to be able to, like, pick you up but also keep you grounded at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd know that there are other things to life which you can explore and find yourself in. So, resilience has, um\u2014I think resilience found me. I don\u2019t think I found it, if that makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, it kind of brought me to a place where, as an athlete, if I wanted to swim, I didn\u2019t have a choice. 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