Jim Gavin interview: 'My wife asked me, "Is this the price you're paying to be in public life?"'
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Jim Gavin interview: 'My wife asked me, "Is this the price you're paying to be in public life?"'
"Presidential hopeful on web rumours, family sacrifices, losing property in the crash and the secret to his winners' mindset"
"Jim Gavin's father used to shout at him from the sidelines of the football field: "That's not good [enough].... You need to do better." He was, he tells the ­Sunday Independent, "hard, very hard" on him. "He demanded ­standards.""
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Jim Gavin's father frequently shouted from the sidelines of the football field, telling him "That's not good [enough].... You need to do better." The father was hard on him and demanded standards. The subject encountered web rumours while pursuing a public role as a presidential hopeful. The family made sacrifices during the course of his career and he experienced losing property in a crash. The combination of strict upbringing, family sacrifices, personal loss and public scrutiny contributed to the development of a competitive, winners' mindset founded on discipline and high standards.
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