Paola Gianotti
4 Guinness World Records
Coach, writer and enviromental activist
Main Topics:
- Vision is the foundation of success
- Mental commitment is necessary to achieve goals
- Flexibility is the key to the success of any major project
- Planning in detail makes a difference
- It is necessary to be focused on the goal to find the right motivation
- Group work is essential for an excellent result
- Micro splitting goals helps manage obstacles
- Determination and resilience lead us to overcome our limits
Professional Profile:
Paola Gianotti is an endurance cyclist, motivational speaker, business coach, influencer, environmental activist and writer who broke 4 Guinness World Records including becoming the fastest woman in the world to have circumnavigated the globe by bike in 144 days. Paola is constantly and actively supporting the community and the environment by combining her sports achievements with charity and sustainability initiatives and influencing safety and green regulation.
Graduated in Economics and Commerce, traveler and sportswoman since she was born, in 2012 following the bankruptcy of her company, she decided to reinvent herself. In 2014 she embraced the world bike challenge and traveled 29,430 km beating the first Guinness World Record, during which she also suffered a serious accident that fractured her fifth cervical vertebra.
In January 2016 she was the testimonial of the Bike The Nobel campaign, promoted by Rai Radio 2, cycling from Milan to Oslo after collecting over 10,000 signatures to nominate the bike for the Nobel Peace Prize and in May 2016 Paola achieved a second Guinness World Record crossing all 48 states of the United States in 43 days and joining an important solidarity campaign for Africa through fundraising for the purchase of 73 bicycles that she donated to 73 women in the Karamoja area in Uganda..
In 2017 Paola broke a third Guinness World Record by crossing Japan in 9 days and carrying out the solidarity project in Uganda with the construction of a micro mechanical workshop and in May 2018 she completed the Italian men’s Giro d’Italia route one day before the professionals to carry out the awareness campaign on the respect of the cyclist on the road, followed by Rai television.
In May 2019 she completed her second Giro d’Italia and On April 18, 2020 she cycled for 12 hours for her Solidarity Record at home, beating a fourth Guinness World Record, to raise funds to buy 10,600 surgical masks to donate to the Regina Margherita children’s hospital in Turin and to the Ivrea hospital for Covid- 19.
In September 2021, Paola cycled from Rome to Milan for the All4Bike, an event sponsored by the Ministry of Ecological Transition to promote sustainable mobility and the safety of cyclists on the road and in February 2022 she cycled 2,200km from Stockholm to Milan in collaboration with Rai Radio 2, the Carabinieri Forestali and Ministry of Ecological Transition to plant 2,022 trees. In that occasion she met Greta Thunberg and the vice president of the European Parliament Pina Picierno..
Paola is involved in two social campaigns that she conceived and designed: respect for the cyclist on the road and Bike4Tree for environmental sustainability with the planting of thousands of trees.
She wrote 3 books, she is an ICF certified coach and combines each of her sports projects with an important solidarity campaign.
Principali Pubblicazioni:
LIBRI IN ITALIANO:
– “Sognando l’Infinito”, settembre 2015
Non è un semplice diario di viaggio di un giro del mondo in bicicletta da Guinness World Record ma il racconto di un percorso di vita nel quale tutti si possono rispecchiare dove dopo tante difficoltà, peripezie, sacrifici e scelte decisive, si puo’ arrivare a seguire quelli che sono i reali desideri della propria vita, perchè ognuno di noi è sempre il protagonista della propria esistenza. Il racconto di un cambio di vita importante dove con resilienza e determinazione Paola ha stravolto la sua vita in nome dei suoi sogni e delle sue passioni.
– “In fuga controvento”, settembre 2020
Realizzare i propri sogni, per quanto grandi, è possibile. Bisogna solo crederci ed essere pronti a lottare. Dopo aver capito di stare percorrendo una strada che non era la sua, Paola ha detto basta e con passione, sacrificio e determinazione è riuscita a cambiare vita. Si è messa sfidare il mondo in bicicletta, per portare avanti i suoi valori e il suo credo, finalmente protagonista della sua storia. In questo libro racconta le sue imprese sportive e solidali dopo il giro del mondo in bicicletta.
– “La svolta”, maggio 2021
Tutti vogliono cambiare vita e in pochissimi lo sanno fare. Le scuse sono sempre lì alla portata. Manca il coraggio. Ma soprattutto manca un metodo. In questo libro Paola e Lorenzo forniscono le tecniche più efficiente nel gestire un cambio di vita con efficacia, imparando un metodo per non demotivarsi e continuare a rimanere focalizzati, per superare gli ostacoli e reimpostare il nostro navigatore interiore se la strada obbliga a una deviazione.
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