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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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Already an internationally-ranked swimmer in her native South Africa by the age of 14, du Toit seemed to be a rising star in international athletics. Be everything you want to be,” du Toit regularly reminds her fans during interviews. ‘Be everything you want to be’. This article was published in June 2009 and has been updated.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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Nine months after calling off her wedding, she was managing a remote hospital in Darfur, Sudan, that served internally displaced Sudanese refugees. Now, I am living my calling in ways I was unable to imagine in 2002. That knowledge emboldened her to pursue her dream of joining Doctors Without Borders. It was a huge undertaking.

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