Hey Reader,

I watched the Paris-Roubaix race, and I was almost moved to tears.

Six hours of racing across some of the most brutal cobblestones in northern France.

The winner takes home a literal cobblestone as a trophy.

There’s a Belgian rider called Wout Van Aert.

He’s been trying to win this race for seven years.

But every attempt ended up in crashes and injuries.

Just as he’d start finding form again, another crash happens, and another season is gone.

While all of that was happening, other guys kept winning.

Van der Poel. Pogacar. Race after race.

Then, in January this year, he broke his ankle months before the race.

He still showed up for the race and beat Pogacar in a sprint on the velodrome.

When he crossed the finish line, he broke down, and that really touched me.

What got me most was that the whole peloton was happy for him.

Everyone out there knew exactly how that felt.

In his words after the race: “There were moments when I thought it might never happen for me. But giving up was never an option. This is the culmination of a lifetime’s work.”

🧠 The gap is the story

That stretch between his first attempt in 2018 and 2026 really stuck with me.

Most of us know what it feels like to experience that gap of trying and failing before the win.

So much momentum, hard work, and effort, but something keeps getting in the way.

And somewhere in that stretch, some elite performers lose trust in themselves to try again.

The sense of self-disappointment can spiral into self-sabotage.

And at that point, life will give you every logical reason to let go.

But what if you can still do it?

What if you could still nail that goal?

It’s never really over until you say so.

🎯 Live through the gap

There’s always a gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Failing doesn’t mean you can’t achieve it.

I like to think of failure as a stepping stone.

But the only person who can make you achieve your dream, or not, is YOU.

The crazy art of not letting go is that you never let go, no matter how impossible it looks.

As Steve Jobs once said: "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

So what’s that passionate goal you’ve been chasing for weeks, months, or years?

Do you still want it?

Hell yes, you do.

So keep chasing it.

Some things take longer than you planned.

But it's not a sign to let go.

With appreciation,

Huw

Huw Edwards Founder & CEO, h3.xyz​

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We talked abiut the Paris-Roubaix race in this week's episode, but we covered a lot more fun topics.

We also shared the values and red flags of hiring a coach.

And more.

Worth a listen.

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