First time doing a video interview so apologies for the poor audio, especially the wind and cellphone vibration interruptions. Let's chalk this up to experience : ). Hou is a sport psychologist who opened his private practice in Taipei after completing his studies in the field across Finland and Germany. For the full writeup see https://spmx.ca/hou. We first defined sport (0:39) and then discussed sport psychology in Taiwan (1:47), including its legal (2:30) and title (2:51) status. Hou then shared his own academic background (4:22), his current work with athletes and personal trainers (5:07), how he chose to study in Europe (5:23) and the uniqueness of Finnish education (5:52), including an interesting difficulty many foreigners have with it (6:30) and the hypothetical adoption of the this noncompetitive system to sport (6:56). We then talked of this same approach in Finnish athletics (7:48), and how it is successful in fostering a healthy population at the expense of elite success (9:23), in contrast with the current Taiwanese (10:00) and Spanish approaches (10:42). He then explained the Finnish concept of "sisu" (11:12), including a caution against its indiscriminate use (13:46) as well as the Finnish attitude of valuing contribution over status in general (15:02). Hou compared life in Finland to that in Germany (15:33), and then we discussed the stereotype of Finnish shyness (16:22) and helpfulness (17:29), and how to work with these (18:10) as compared to working with Germans where being open to criticism and explanation is key (20:00) or to working in Taiwan where asking "good" questions is encouraged (20:52), and where different strategies need to be employed (21:44). Hou then shared how the power of choice builds motivation (23:38) and his surprise in discovering how different worldviews people can sometimes hold (25:00) and his approach of connecting these with his own (25:58). We discussed his regret at not having access to a sport psychologist during his own basketball career (27:15) and a good criticism of the vagueness many young athletes experience at the hands of well-meaning phrases (28:24) as well as how to "make yourself lucky" with access to the right resources as an athlete (29:32) and the importance of making sport fun (30:08). We then dove deeper into his work with personal trainers (31:05), including details of how this career works in Taiwan (32:07) as well as how he starts work with a client (33:38), a unique, counterintuitive technique for working with young athletes (38:12), and differences between working with an individual (39:56) versus with a group (40:19). We closed the interview with recommendations for a film (40:40), additional resources (42:11), and two books (43:34), with Hou's best practical advice (46:57) and his own personal motto (48:09). Video clips in this interview: Olympics (0:10): https://youtube.com/watch?v=78b_SSFE0O4 Sisu (11:19): https://youtube.com/watch?v=y50JVgMEgxo Hou's slam dunk (27:32): https://youtube.com/watch?v=ufAperEnd8o ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRZipBEaf4