American legend Venus Williams is a phoenix. Despite ruling the tennis court for two decades, Williams is hardly in the mood for retirement at 44. Instead, she has extended her talent to multiple fields like beauty and knowledge. No matter how glamorous her life seemed, Venus Williams fought battles like any other. Speaking about such a heartbreaking challenge in her life, Venus Williams leaves the fraternity inspired with zeal.

Williams hasn’t retired from tennis like her younger sister Serena Williams. However, like her younger sister, she is engaged in multiple ventures, parallel to her professional career. For example, this WTA star has a beauty line called EleVen partnered with Credo Beauty. She also wrote the book Come to Win which was published in 2010.

Fourteen years after her first publication, Venus  published her second book Strive, inspired by her journey. This Olympic gold-medalist said, “I wanted to create something that could empower others to embrace their own challenges, set ambitious goals, and find fulfillment in the process,” through her book.

Williams attended an interview with ABC News where she talked about her life and her new book. In this conversation, Venus had interesting revelations about her autoimmune disease, Sjögren’s syndrome, and talked about how this physical setback changed her life. “I just spend my whole life just pushing myself and if you work hard enough, you’ll get what you want. Guess what? now that’s all out of the window. So I had to learn to overcome fear,” she said.

Venus Williams’ revelations inspired people showing how life delivers unexpected turns for people. While the majority would fear dealing with it, this WTA star showed her indomitable spirit to fight back and return victorious. Her concluding statement left her followers with a great lesson when she said, “sometimes it’s day by day thing, I am reminding myself that every day. And I think it made me stronger and better and opened new ways of thinking for me. So its kind of like, we don’t ask for less challenges, we ask for more skills.”

Venus’ revelations helped people to learn how to take things positively in life. A big part of this Grand Slam winner’s motivation to write her second book relied on her goal to empower people with her life lessons.

Venus Williams wanted others “to embrace their own challenges” with Strive

Williams’ new release Strive has a strong motivation behind its journey. This motivation lies in the WTA star’s wish to help people. In an interview with Elle Magazine, Venus spoke about what pushed her to take this initiative. “I’ve always believed that success is not just about personal achievements—it’s about lifting each other up and sharing what we’ve learned along the way to inspire confidence and growth in others,” Williams said.

Her revelations expressed her desire to selflessly work for people who supported her career and believed in her potential. With Strive, she tried to give back something to them with the lessons that helped her make it big.

Venus Williams’ new book Strive is a testament to her life’s challenge. However, it also offers a zeal for its readers helping them navigate through life’s problems with positivity. Speaking about her autoimmune disease in detail, Venus inspired people and guided them to take challenges as blessings and continue to shine without fearing any hurdles.