Book 12 // Thomas Lurz and „Hard & True Recommendations“

Chapters Of My Life Podcast

„Always take very small steps to the big goal.” - Thomas Lurz Be authentic and humble, are his words... a world champion swimmer, a silver winner from London Olympics and 7 times world champion in long-distance swimming and now an entrepreneur. Excited to have Thomas Lurz on my Chapters Of My Life Podcast. Thomas is from my hometown Würzburg. He is well known worldwide for his world-class athlete achievements, though many are not aware of his social engagement and after retiring from professional career a few years ago, he emphasizes on giving back even more to young people. Always show respect is what he learned from a young age, which led him to be the person he is today, in sport and career wise but also in his private life, indeed down to earth. Thomas choose 4 chapters in his Chapters Of My Life Podcast Book called “Hard & True Recommendations”. Chapter 1 called "Happy Memories” where Thomas gives us a glimpse into his early childhood years growing up in Würzburg till the age of 7. Thankful to his whole family, with this support he got first in touch with swimming from age 7. He learned from his parents early to “never give up” but also to give back to society and to always respect others. “Hard Years” called Chapter 2 and it’s about his first years in his teens taking swimming as a professional sport. Finding the balance between sport and school wasn’t easy for him. Tough times in school though taught him to find a balance but at the same time to learn to focus on a daily routine of what really matters for him to achieve his bigger goal. He loved in his young age till today also to motivate young people which brought him to become a social worker and support young people with disabilities in his early 20s. Chapter 3 is about his professional career as world champion swimmer. But this time we less looked into all the successful competitions or participated Olympic Games. Thomas highlighting some aspects about the life of being an athlete. In his early 20s, he had to make a shift in his career after recognizing that his small and slim body wouldn’t bring him to world class for short distance swims. He adjusted and became world champion in long distance. Change and never giving up has always been part of Thomas life till today. And last but not least in his Chapter 4 “leading people”, he focuses to empower cooperate teams, young people and as an entrepreneur to never give up, as he says - it all takes patience. Truly excited to finally release this podcast. World champion swimmer and his life behind the sport ...let‘s start the talk. Enjoy Never give up ?, always look up? —————————————————- CHAPTERS OF MY LIFE BOOK TITLE: Hard & True Recommendations CHAPTERS: 1 Happy memories 2 Hard Times 3 Professional Career 4 Leading People —————————————————— You can find more about Thomas Lurz on his website http://www.thomas-lurz.de/ If you are interested to know more about S.Oliver fashion brand from Würzburg, do check out https://soliver.de