Defining Success with Seattle Kraken's Senior Manager of Player Development Katelyn Parker

Madam Athlete

On today’s episode, I’m talking to the Senior Manager of Player Development at the Seattle Kraken Katelyn Parker about defining success.
Katelyn is currently with the Kraken handling everything youth hockey and player development for this young franchise. Her background as a former DI hockey player on a quickly growing team set her up well to work in this environment that looks more like a tech startup some days. While it may seem that Katelyn always knew she wanted to work in sports, it wasn’t until after she experienced working outside of athletics that she realized that the part of her day devoted to hockey was what she really looked forward to. Katelyn shares how defining success is different for everyone and how that definition should be free to change throughout our careers.
We talk about:

• Starting new roles without firm expectations in order to take advantage of all of the opportunities.
• The athlete mentality of being all-in, and how this is both a strength and a weakness in other parts of life.
• Taking time to appreciate success and how extraordinary some experiences are.

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