It Never Gets Easier, You Just Go Faster
Entrepreneurship Is An Endurance Sport And An Uphill Climb
Greg LeMond is considered to be the greatest American cyclist of all time. His life, which is chronicled in The Comeback, details a journey to victory — catastrophic falls from grace and the heroic climb back to the top. The book, written by Daniel de Vise, gives a glimpse into an athlete’s whirlwind life. The book’s description encapsulates it all:
In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the world’s pre-eminent bicycle race, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his life in peril after a hunting accident, his career as a bicycle racer seemingly over. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted a comeback almost without parallel in professional sports. In summer 1989, he again won the Tour―arguably the world’s most grueling athletic contest―by the almost impossibly narrow margin of 8 seconds over another French legend, Laurent Fignon. It remains the closest Tour de France in history.
The lesson I take away most from LeMond and all the tribulations he faced is that challenges never go away, which parallels the lives of most successful entrepreneurs. While scars are more visible in the…
