Know Who You Are - Transformation Triathlon
Know Who You Are
On Sunday, instead of going for a long ride on my motorcycle, Betsy III, that I had planned, I stayed home to support Amy, who was not feeling well. I rested and read the book No One Succeeds Alone. It is only 132 pages from cover to cover, and I enjoyed it very much. It is a memoir of the transformation the author, Lois Tiedemann, experienced while training for, and competing in, the Ironman Triathlon in Arizona in 2005.
This is not a book about how to run the Triathlon: It is a story of what the author learned about herself, as she looked back at how she got to the finish line. In looking back she realized who she is, what guides her gut decisions and is content with herself. The subtitle of the book is Memoir of Transformation.
When I finished reading, the first thought I had was my Dad's words to me at the age of 14 or 15: "You will not be a man until you know who you are and are happy with yourself." There is great wisdom in those words. Until we know who we are and have fully accepted that reality. we will not know contentment, and we cannot really succeed within society.
I thought I knew who I was before I went into the Air Corps at age 19, but the experiences in the service made me very aware of it. Lois knew who she was before the Ironman Triathlon, completing it made her very aware of it. Few of us take the time to look back and see how it happened, and far fewer ever share this with anyone else. Lois has done a service for everyone that reads her book. It is an easy, interesting read, and I will recommend it to my children.
It isn't in bookstores, so few of the many really worthwhile books seem to be these days, so go to the website www.transformationtrisystems.com to order it.
Wes Zimmerman
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