It's Never Too Late | Jeffrey Weiss

Do you think audacity is something that we can all culture and nurture? I think we all get what it means, but I think maybe some people feel it's not gonna be for me.

I, I, I really can't reach those, those pinnacles in terms of ambition, whether it's career or athletic.

Do you think audacity can be cultivated?

I do.

I think certainly for me, I felt like looking back in many ways, I was-- autopilot may be too strong a word, but I was going through life without a lot of intention, without a lot of thoughtfulness about what I wanted from life, what I wanted to achieve, what I, you know, could expect for myself, that kind of thing.

And once I got into that mindset of really asking myself, "What's possible for me? What's possible for me as an athlete? What's possible for me as a professional?" It got me definitely into a mode of thinking, um, for-- looking for new challenges.

Now, look, I think we're all different.

I think that, you know, for me, getting involved with, with extreme endurance sports was a great experience, um, enriched my life in countless ways.

But I'm not really an evangelist for Ironman or for, um, ultramarathons.

What I am-- What I do definitely think people will benefit from is make fitness a regular part, um, of your life, working out multiple ti- times a week with, with regularity.

I think that will enrich pretty much any person's life.

I think to that extent, we have a tremendous influence over our, over our health span.

Um, and I think if we do the work, we are virtually certain to, to live a healthier life for longer, to be able to do things that we enjoy.

They can be, you know, walking in the park, hiking, playing with grandchildren, putting [chuckles] putting your own suitcase in the overhead bin on the, uh, on the airplane, skiing.

There's a million different things.

And so I think it's incredibly enriching, and I think it behooves all of us to control the things that are within, within our control, and certainly fitness is, is at the top of that list, I think.

think.Yeah, and I think that's a great point to make, that you don't need to run marathons.

Uh, I, I've certainly run marathons, triathlons as well, peaking probably in my 40s and, and early 50s.

But I've, I've eased off a little bit now, and now I'm a huge fan of a, a long daily hike with the dogs.

It takes me for maybe three or four miles every morning before 9:00 AM.

And I think, and it, it serves me well, and I, I feel good about that.

And I think often when I have conversations like this, I'm always acutely aware that when I'm talking to someone who's achieved what 99.9% of the population isn't going to achieve, that, that that isn't the only way, that exercise comes in lots of, of different formats.

That's it exactly.

I think what you're doing to me just sounds, sounds ideal.

Um, you're getting out in nature, you're... you know, which, which has al- also all sorts of positive benefits for us.