Training for the Olympics Taught Me the Secret to Life

Graduating from Brown University in May 2015, I thought I had worked hard. As a member of the varsity men’s crew team, I had rowed more than 50 competitive races, run more than 1,000 loops of Providence’s steepest hill and put in more than 2,000 hours of training at the boathouse. I had competed next to incredibly talented athletes on a daily basis. But it wasn’t until I was cut from the U.S.