For Colombian race car driver, Tatiana Calderón, racing is genderless and all about resetting for the next corner.
knew she wanted to race cars. She and her family would go to the races on a regular basis, and kart racing became her favorite hobby. Today, the 26-year-old is the test driver for the
Training for a sport in which she believes men and women can compete on equal terms unlike other disciplines, is no small feat. In addition to her daily training at the gym for 2-4 hours, Tatiana sees a sport psychologist 1-2 times a week. While sitting next to her at dinner the night before the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco and hearing her story, I was struck by how many parallels there are between being a race car driver and building a business. Here are a few.
You can’t just focus on the results. I am doing this because I love the speed and I love the adrenaline. "I am living in the moment," she says."I don’t care what just happened because I need to reset for the next corner. And the next lap is totally different because maybe the wind changed, so I need to adapt and if you want to adapt you cannot have a plan. You are also racing against other guys and have a clear picture on what is happening. It is a bit of combining both depending on the skill you need at a certain time.
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