![]() Action is the ability to ask ourselves ‘ what happens if I give a little bit more?’. The ‘secret sauce’, according to Scott, is taking doubt and fear – the feeling that you can’t – and turning it into action. Scott prides himself on living life to its fullest and encourages his audiences and clients to do the same. ![]() He has travelled the world - twice - giving motivational speeches. Today he is the proud father of two children: a daughter and a son. ![]() The doctor came to him with the results, utterly baffled, and told him that despite all scientific and medical probabilities, his chances of fathering children had risen from 2% to 55%. He successfully completed the fire-walk - on his hands, with someone holding up his legs.Ī couple of weeks after this transformative experience, Scott went back to the doctor for testing about his ability to father children. He imagined that his dreams - everything he’s worked for - lay at the other end of the fiery path of coals. He was told he couldn’t participate because he can’t walk.ĭon’t tell Scott he can’t do something, because it only fuels him to prove you’re wrong.ĭetermined to do the fire-walk, Scott elected to focus on what he could do, rather than what he couldn’t, and declared he would do the fire-walk. Scott describes a personal development seminar he attended with his wife, where on the last day they learned there would be a fire-walk. This news was, of course, devastating, but Scott remained positive. ![]() He had always dreamed of having children, and was told by doctors that he had a “less than 2% chance” of fathering his own children, and that the longer he was paralyzed the worse the odds would become. Scott speaks powerfully about some specific examples - miracles, some would say - that have come into his life through inspiration, motivation, action, and focusing on the possible. He chose to ignore the idea of ‘can’t’, and instead put his faith in the power of self-empowerment the power of choice. He understands the power of “can’t” because he’s heard that word about his disability over and over, and it hasn’t deterred him one bit. Thinking something is impossible causes you to emit energy that supports the idea of ‘I can’t’.” Scott, who has been in a wheelchair since his stroke, has changed the meaning of the word ‘impossible’ by adding an apostrophe to read, “I’mPossible.” This has been a game-changer and a life-changer for him, his audiences, and his clients.Īs Scott says, “Nothing is impossible, it just may take a little longer. It was a life-altering experience for Scott as well, but perhaps not in the way you think, because Scott Chesney doesn’t believe in limitations. He didn’t have an illness, or an accident, and doctors determined that during the night he had suffered a rare spinal stroke.įor anyone, this would be a life-altering experience, a challenge that seems insurmountable in many ways. Scott woke up on December 28, 1985, 15 years old and a sophomore in high school, to find he was paralyzed from his belly-button to his toes. We have a choice as to how we respond to challenges – we can roll our eyes and say ‘what do I have to do’, or we can rise up and say ‘ what’s next?’. Challenges will arise, and when this happens we have to work a little harder. Thriving doesn’t overlook that there are challenges, that things can be tough. You can make a choice to thrive, starting today. ![]() Disability is not synonymous with limitation. “With mediocrity I think of surviving, getting by, of coasting. “It’s about not settling for mediocrity,” says Scott Chesney, Speaker, Coach & Consultant, and Alliance Advocate, as he delivers a speech to an enthralled crowd from a stage.
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