Ascent Code | Episode 3 | Manasi Joshi

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Most people try to rebuild their life after a setback.

Champions redesign the system.

Manasi Joshi was a software engineer in Mumbai when a road accident forced doctors to amputate her leg. The shock of the injury could have ended her sporting ambitions.

Instead, she approached recovery like an engineer.

She studied balance.
She rebuilt her movement.
She redesigned her game.

Years later, that mindset helped her become the 2019 Para Badminton World Champion.

The Ascent Code:
When circumstances change the system, excellence comes from redesigning the system.

In this episode of The Ascent Code, I explore how Manasi turned constraint into advantage and what her journey teaches us about resilience and adaptation.

Read the full story here

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