# The Mindset That Turned Losing Both Legs Into a Paralympic Medal | Amy Purdy

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Podcast: [The School of Greatness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-school-of-greatness-745252)
Published: 2026-04-22T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://lewishowes.com/1918
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Duration seconds: 4006

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At 19, Amy Purdy lost both legs, a kidney, her spleen, and the hearing in her left ear overnight, and she made a choice in that operating room that changed everything. This conversation will show you how to stop seeing your hardest moments as detours and start using them as the path to a life you never could have planned.

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