How training for failure brought me success | Tanji Johnson Bridgeman | TEDxPine Lake Youth

Before becoming an 11-time Fitness champion, Tanji faced her own mindset battles with the fear of failure in critical moments of competition. In this captivating talk, Tanji courageously shares her transformative experience of overcoming this fear and empowers us to redefine our view of failure. Tanji sheds light on the detrimental impact of our negative perceptions of failure, emphasizing how these views fuel pre-performance anxiety and often sabotage our competitive edge. She introduces an actionable strategy designed to empower individuals to retrain their minds, replacing fear with excitement and thriving under pressure. Tanji Johnson Bridgeman is a military veteran, 11 time fitness champion, entrepreneur, leader. Tanji has always been passionate about empowering others to champion for themselves and their goals starting with herself. Tanji competed as a high level fitness professional for 18 years earning 11 champion titles and coached over 700 athletes through fitness transformations using positive psychology continues to stay involved in the fitness industry as an event promoter and judge.

Tanji is most passionate about leading people to discovering their strengths and leveraging a champion mindset to live a life of self-efficacy and empowerment through her transformational speaking business. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx