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In this episode we speak withJenny Lay Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft. Jenny experienced increasing deafness as a child but never let it prevent her from pursuing her dreams.

Join to hear Jenny’s attitudes, techniques, and practices that enabled her to achieve incredible success.

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Key lessons
Jenny will show us that

* Not hesitating to self advocate to get what you need,
* not seeing yourself as different
* Embracing all of life as developing problem solving and innovation skills
* Identifying your own board of directors to serve as mentors

have led to her tremendous success.
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In this episode we speak with CEO Jim Gibbons. Jim has served in an executive role at several prominent organizations including Good Will and National Industries for the Blind Jim was the first student who was blind to graduate from the Harvard Business School. Join us to hear Jim’s attitudes, techniques, and practices that enabled him to achieve incredible success.

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Key lessons
Jim will show us that

* Leveraging technology to gain access to the world around him,
* Continuously exhibiting tenacity and sticktoitiveness, and
* Building influence with others by learning to trust them

have led to his tremendous success.
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In this episode we speak with businessman Steve Walker. In Steve’s early years, he struggled with reading and writing and nearly failed out of school. After discovering how his unique approach to problems gave him an edge in manufacturing, Steve started several wildly successful companies. Join us to hear Steve’s attitudes, techniques, and practices that enabled him to achieve incredible success.

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Key lessons
Steve will show us that

* Finding work arounds in your disability to teach us about finding creative solutions for all areas of our lives,
* Not dwelling on the negatives but focusing on the positive, and
* Always looking for the unique advantage that you bring to the table

have led to his tremendous success.
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In this episode we speak with user experience designer Peter Denman. As a young man, Peter suffered a spinal chord injury which resulted in his quadriplegia. Peter has learned to leverage that experience, as well as his dyslexia, to work on the most incredible design projects. Peter assisted in the development of the computer interface used by the late Stephen Hawking. Join us to hear Peter’s attitudes, techniques, and practices that enabled him to achieve incredible success.

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Key lessons
Peter will show us that

* never giving up and pressing forward for the opportunity that will come,
* finding creative solutions to overcome challenges, and
* always saying yes, even if you are not sure you can do the thing you’ve been asked to do

have led to his tremendous success.
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In this episode we speak with Dan Berlin, founder and owner of the RodelleFood Company. Rodelle produces fine baking products and spices, including vanilla bean and extracts. Rodelle’s vanilla products can be found in many of your local grocery stores in the U.S. Dan also regularly tackles epoch adventures such as hiking the Inca Trail in one day, running rim to rim to rim in the Grand Canyon, and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in the dark to raise awareness and funds for various international causes. Tune in to hear about how Dan turned the hard lessons of vision loss to make him a better business man, adventurist, and person.

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Key lessons
Dan will show us that

* Using his daily experiences as a person with a disability to make him a effective risk taker,
* Using the challenges of disability to catalyze his true strengths, and
* Working harder and smarter,

have led to his tremendous success.
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In this episode we speak with marketing executive Sander Flaum. Sander has run a number of pharmaceutical marketing firms, including bringing the firm of RSCG Becker to number two in the world and starting his own consultancy, Flaum Navigators. At one point in Sander’s career, he failed to receive a promotion to run Lederley Labs (now part of Pfiser) because members of the board thought that Sander’s stutter was a form of mental illness. Sander set out to be more successful than any of them. Join us to hear Sander’s attitudes, techniques, and practices that enabled him to achieve incredible success.

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Key lessons
Sander will show us that

* Hard work and demonstrating that you are better than the competition,
* Engaging quality mentors,
* Discussing your disability as a way to take the pressure off, and
* When discussing your disability, talking about how it has taught you to work harder and smarter than the next guy

have led to his tremendous success.
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In this episode we speak with film composer Steve Letnes. Pioneer and trail blazer, Steve is the only visually impaired film composer in the industry. Steve has scored dozens of films, including one from Sony Pictures called

In this episode we speak with Vint Cerf, the father of the internet. Tune in to find out how Vint’s hearing impairment drove him to a career in computers and directed him to create the internet.

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Key lessons
Vint will show us that

* Feeling comfortable with his disability,
* Asking for help when needed,
* Relying on technology to clear away obstacles, and,
* Leveraging his disability to drive his career direction

have led to his tremendous success.
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