You know what it feels like to win a gold medal

When a clearly defined goal is set and subsequently achieved, the sense of satisfaction is immense.

Reaching an accomplishment can take a matter of days, months or even years but many know what it takes. Tying your shoe laces for the first time as a young child is an achievement, playing your first note on a guitar, getting those grades to get into college or delivering a knockout presentation to seal a deal. We’ve all been there.

Many perceive picking up an Olympic gold medal as the ultimate achievement, but for Dorian van Rijsselberge of the Netherlands, we’ve all achieved something great.

During a World Sailing interview, the Dutchman was asked, “What does it feel like to win an Olympic gold medal? I’ve never done it, so I don’t know what it feels like, just explain it.”

Without hesitation the Dutchman replied, “It’s funny that you say you don’t know what it feels like. But you actually do know what it feels like because it’s the satisfaction of achieving a goal that you set a couple of years before.

“Everybody can know what it feels like to win a gold medal but it’s just called something different. It’s a really nice feeling and intense satisfaction.”