I’m looking forward to becoming 64 years old after watching this TED talk! At 64, most people have taken up knitting or gardening. Diana Nyad chose to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. She became the first person, of any age and gender, to accomplish the feat. Respect came not only from the incredible feat of 53 hours of swimming that left her vomiting, badly sunburned and swollen from absorbing saltwater, but because it was her fifth attempt since 1978, when she was 29. After her failed fourth attempt, she admitted the swim may be impossible. But that didn’t stop her. Diana took the unrealistic goal, added her impossible age and achieved the unthinkable. An unrelenting perseverance, and unforgiving attitude against the impossible is great recipe for success.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:43:41 +0000