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Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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Coping With Retirement From Sport
Stuart Hayes, a 2012 Olympic triathlete, shares his personal experience and advice on transitioning from professional athlete to retirement and coaching. The blog covers the emotional challenges of leaving competition, the physical toll of aging in sport, and how finding new passions like coaching and magic can ease the transition.
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Summary
Stuart Hayes, a 2012 Olympic triathlete, shares his personal experience and advice on transitioning from professional athlete to retirement and coaching. The blog covers the emotional challenges of leaving competition, the physical toll of aging in sport, and how finding new passions like coaching and magic can ease the transition.
Tags
retirement · athlete-transition · triathlon · coaching · sports-career · mental-health · personal-experience
Key entities
Stuart Hayes (person, 0.99) · Emma Pallant (person, 0.95) · Michelle Dillon (person, 0.93) · Sarah Lewis (person, 0.88) · Team Dillon Coaching (organization, 0.92) · 2012 Olympics (event, 0.95) · athlete retirement transition (concept, 0.97) · triathlon coaching (concept, 0.9)
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notes · language en · status final
Provenance
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