Journey to Jupiter: Discover the Life You'll Create23 Okt 2021

A Creative's Journey to the Olympics & Beyond: Meet Selim Nurudeen

Selim Nurudeen is the Owner and Creative Director at SinVista Creations, LLC, a graphic design and multimedia firm. He is a two-time Olympian who participated and was a semi-finalist in the 2008 (Beijing) and 2012 (London) Olympics in the Track and Field 110m hurdles representing his native country, Nigeria.

Selim earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Industrial and Product Design from the University of Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame, Selim was an NCAA All-American and four-time Notre Dame Monogram winner for Track and Field. He's earned a Master of Science in Design (MSD) degree from Arizona State University and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree in Corporate Finance from Florida International University.

In this episode, he shares:

Changes he made to his mindset and preparation to go from not making state finals in track to representing Nigeria in the 2008 & 2012 Olympics

What caused him to change his major from pre-medicine to industrial & product design

How having Attention Deficit Disorder served as his superpower in a way to enable him to be intensely focused on both his track performance and academics

How his design business started as a side hustle to earn money while he was training for the 2012 Olympics

Also mentioned in this episode:

Selim's new book (with Mike Brown from Journey to Jupiter Episode 44): Little Netta's Gift

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Produced by Ken Inge of Dead End Hip Hop

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