Life Book 12 // Thomas Lurz and “Hard & True Recommendations”

“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. I’m 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. A few years ago, after retiring from a professional career, he emphasized 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, sport and career-wise and in his private life, indeed down to earth.

Thomas chose 4 chapters in his Chapters Of My Life Podcast Book called “Hard & True Recommendations”.

Chapter 1 is called “Happy Memories” where Thomas gives us a glimpse into his early childhood years, growing up in Würzburg until age 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” and give back to society and 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 taught him to find a balance and learn to focus on a daily routine of what matters for him to achieve his bigger goal. He loved to motivate young people at his young age, 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 a world champion swimmer. But this time, we less looked into all the successful competitions or participated in Olympic Games. Thomas is highlighting some aspects of the life of being an athlete. In his early 20s, he had to shift 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 a world champion in long-distance discipline. Change and Never giving up have always been part of Thoma’s life until today, wherein his current Chapter 4 “leading people” focuses on empowering cooperate teams and young people. As an entrepreneur, he never gives up. It all takes patience.

Genuinely 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 lookup👆

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CHAPTERS OF MY LIFE BOOK TITLE:

Hard & True Recommendations

CHAPTERS:

1 Happy Memories

2 Hard Times

3 Professional Career

4 Leading People

NEXT CHAPTER

4 Awareness

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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