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Olympic athlete, Lauren Gibbs, shares how giving up old dreams can allow new ones to soar. Late in life, at thirty-years-old and knowing nothing about the sport, she risked it all, by walking away from a lucrative corporate job and dedicating her life to bobsledding. With a surprise ending, Lauren encourages all of us to ponder, “What can we accomplish when we follow our hearts and commit fully to our dreams?”
Having been an athlete for most of her life, Lauren Gibbs pursued a career in sales after graduating from college. But when she was presented with the opportunity to attend a tryout session for the U.S. National Bobsled Team, Lauren made the decision to leave her six-figure job to pursue a different dream, to become an Olympian.Three months later, she was selected to represent Team USA as a rookie member of the 2015 Women’s National Bobsled Team. Thrust into a sport she had never competed in or even watched, Lauren transformed herself into an elite-level bobsledder in just four years’ time. In January 2018, Lauren was named to her first Olympic Team to compete in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. With her teammate, Elana Meyers Taylor, Lauren earned a silver medal helping Team USA continue the trend of success for the Women’s Bobsled program. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx