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Jim Abbott
James Anthony Abbott is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played despite having been born without a right hand. A living example of overcoming adversity, Jim Abbott brings the message into the hearts of the listener.
Major-league pitcher and Olympic gold medalist Jim Abbott explains just how to adopt the correct mental attitude to overcome any challenge. He explains, “There's a strength and a resiliency in all of us to respond to what comes our way; we have it within us to adapt."
Drawing on his own remarkable life in which he has overcome the disadvantage of being born without a right hand, Jim talks about how he made the extraordinary everyday in his life: "Newspaper owners and journalists came up with all sorts of flowery terms to describe my play, I was courageous, I was remarkable…for me I was just doing something I loved."
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Just want you to know what great feedback we got on Jim Abbott! Not only was his presentation inspiring and interesting, but he is such a humble, warm and genuine NICE GUY! Our group could not have been more thrilled to meet him.
-SEI Investments
ADAPT - Overcoming Challenges
Major League pitcher Jim Abbott was born with only one hand, but he adapted, overcame adversity and found excellence in his 10-year professional pitching career. Abbott knows that to continue to move towards our goals we must be willing to adapt, to change, and to mold ourselves in order to meet the obstacles in our own way. Using ADAPT as an acronym, Abbott strings together a powerful set of words that provide five incredible strategies to help audiences reach their fullest potential. A - AdjustabilityD - DeterminationA - AccountabilityP - PerseveranceT - Trust