Relentless IQ → #8 [2026] →Life’s Too Short…
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Quote
“We take risks in life. We dream. We love. We jump. And sometimes we fall. Sometimes our hearts are broken. Sometimes we don’t achieve the dreams we know we could have. But that is the also the beauty of life; we can try.
I tried. I dreamt. I jumped.
I hope if you take away anything from my journey it’s that you all have the courage to dare greatly. Life is too short not to take chances on yourself. Because the only failure in life is not trying.”
-Lindsey Vonn after her Olympic crash
Insight
Leading up to the Olympics, I was honestly kind of obsessed with Lindsey Vonn.
I’ve followed her for years, but watching her train this past season really fired me up. The work. The discipline. The grit. And then hearing her speak in interviews- the belief she has in herself, the competitiveness, the refusal to be done. FIRE. ME. UP.
At 41 after countless injuries chasing another Olympic run.
That’s not normal- that’s courage and it’s so damn badass.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know what happened next. A crash a week out from the Olympics. Most people would probably have shut it down right there- protected their legacy and played it safe.
She didn’t.
She doubled down on the work and lined up anyway. And most importantly, she believed in herself and what she was still capable of.
And then- it didn’t go the way anyone wanted. She crashed again on the Olympic stage.
No storybook ending or fairytale finish.
But her words afterward were solid gold.
Because the point was never the perfect outcome. The point was having the courage to try. To jump. To take the risk knowing it might not work out- and doing it anyway.
That’s what daring greatly actually looks like.
It’s not avoiding failure at all costs. Or only doing something if you know the result is guaranteed. It’s not it playing safe to protect your ego or what other people think about you.
It’s choosing to go after the thing that matters to you, even when the risk is real and the outcome is unknown.
Life is too short not to take chances on yourself. And as Lindsey reminds us- the only real failure is never trying.
Question
What chance are you avoiding because the outcome isn’t guaranteed?
Workout
21-18-15-12-9
Devil’s Press
*400m Run after each
Coaches Notes:
Two dumbbells. Choose a weight that you can move with.
After each set of Devil’s Press run 400m (so five runs total)
Stay composed on the dumbbells and use the run to reset before the next round. Commit to the work and keep showing up.
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