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The School of Greatness

733 The World’s Greatest Athlete: Katrín Davíðsdóttir

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2018

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

There’s hard work, and then there’s HARD WORK. Some people may be smarter than you. They may have more resources at their disposal. They might even have more natural talent. But the one thing you can do is WORK HARD. You can only control a certain number of factors. As long as you focus on those, you will become the best version of yourself. When you get to the end, you need to know that you did everything you could to accomplish your goal. On today’s episode of The School of Greatness, I talk with an athlete who works tirelessly to be the fittest woman in the world: Katrín Davíðsdóttir. Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic CrossFit athlete known for her four appearances at the CrossFit Games. She is the women's champion of the 2015 and 2016 CrossFit Games, becoming the second woman to win twice. Katrin didn’t become Olympic gymnast like she originally wanted. But she went on to become a world-renowned CrossFit champion. You can’t always be anything you want, but you can be all that you are. So get ready to learn all about what goes into becoming the Fittest Woman on Earth on Episode 733. Some Questions I Ask: Where do you think you’d be if you had qualified for the games in 2014? (22:00) What does it take to be the best in the world? (23:15) Do you ever take a day off? (24:00) What’s your biggest physical weakness right now? (25:00) What about your mindset do you think still needs work? (43:00) Do you think intimate partnerships support someone’s drive to be the best in the world or could it hold you back? (48:30) What are your thoughts on body image and femininity? (51:30) What’s the biggest lesson your grandmother taught you (55:00) In This Episode You Will Learn: Why not qualifying for the CrossFit Games was the best thing to happen to Katrin (6:00) What Katrin would do if she wasn’t an athlete (23:00) About the concept of balance when pursuing your goals (24:00) Katrin’s hardest workout (42:00) The three lessons Katrin’s coach has taught her (56:30) Katrin’s greatest fear (59:00) What caused Katrin to be someone who works hard (1:04:30)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is episode number 733 with the world's greatest athlete and CrossFit Champion,

0:06.6

Catrin, David's daughter.

0:09.8

Welcome to the School of Greatness.

0:13.0

My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete, Turn Lifestyle Entrepreneur.

0:17.1

In each week, we bring you an inspiring person or message

0:20.8

to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.

0:25.1

Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin.

0:30.0

It doesn't matter how much talent you have.

0:38.1

The only way that you're going to be successful as one of the greatest in the world

0:43.5

is if you have talent and you have so much hard work that you back that talent

0:49.3

with consistent dedicated effort.

0:52.3

That will set you up for the chance of being great.

0:56.6

That's what our guest today has done.

0:58.8

Catrin, David's daughter, is a legend in the fitness and CrossFit world.

1:05.3

She is an Icelandic CrossFit athlete known for her four appearances at the CrossFit Games.

1:10.6

Took 30th and her first games appearance in 2012,

1:14.1

after less than a year of doing CrossFit,

1:17.4

approving to 24th in the Games in 2013.

1:21.6

Now, 2014, she was sidelined from the Games that year.

1:26.0

She didn't qualify, but she returned with a fierce dedication to be great in 2015

1:33.8

and improved her focus and took the title of the fittest woman on Earth.

1:40.3

She then proved that it was no fluke with a repeat victory in 2016,

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