Jim Abbott – Baseball Player Without Right Hand

Jim Abbott – Role Model for Baseball Player “I have learned that it’s not the disability that defines you…it’s how you deal with what the disability presents you with…I have never felt slighted.” – Jim Abbott James Anthony Abbott (born September 19, 1967 in Flint, Michigan) – Abbott is best known for playing despite having [...]

Why “Normal” People Do Not Achieve Their Goals, Dreams and Ambitions?

How can you actually motivate yourself? Are there two parts of us – one that is the motivator and the other which needs to be motivated? Why does research suggests that most so-called “normal” people do not achieve their goals, dreams and ambitions? Why do the majority of people continue to do work that they [...]

Disabled People’s Champion – Lorraine Gradwell

Disabled People’s Champion and Chief Executive of Breakthrough UK Awarded MBE Lorraine Gradwell, one of Manchester’s most prominent disabled women has been recognised in the Queen’s Honours list. She has been awarded an MBE. Having been disabled since childhood, Lorraine successfully completed her education at Hollings College, Manchester, and since that time has been a [...]

Vail Horton – Disabled CEO

An entrepreneur teaches his team to overcome obstacles… Vail Horton, the co-founder and CEO of Keen Mobility (keenmobility.com), likes to glide along the hallway of his headquarters in Portland, Ore., on his wooden skateboard, checking in with employees who might need an extra jolt of encouragement or a laugh with their morning coffee. Wearing Dragon [...]

Amar Latif and Traveleyes

He Walk By Faith and Not By Sight! Amar Latif (born December 4th 1974) is a blind entrepreneur, television actor, director, motivational speaker and world traveller. Traveleyes is an amazing business, not because it is groundbreaking, not because its founder is blind, but because it makes money by transforming customers’ lives. On paper, Amar Latif [...]

Success Is A Journey, And Not A Destination

Success Is A Journey, And Not A Destination..Success Is A Process, And Not An Event! Success is very much achievable to everybody. Believe that and you have taken the first step. If you do not believe in yourself, then tackling that self esteem is your first task. However, initial belief in your ability to achieve [...]

Don’t Fear Your Own Success

What You Believe Will Become Your Reality… Some of the key characteristics you will find in those who are successful are: • perseverance, • prepared to research and plan, • willing to work hard, • practice a lot even when things do not seem to be going well, • and an ability to recover and [...]

Kurt Fearnley – Be Involved

Be Involved Born without the lower portion of his spine, in the small western nsw town of Carcoar. Kurt Fearnley took up wheelchair racing when he was 14. From pushing his everyday wheelchair as fast as he could down the grass track at school athletics carnivals, to pushing his chair the last five kilometres on [...]

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