Overcoming Adversity

While preparing to deploy with the U.S. Army Marcus suffered a severe spinal injury that left him paralyzed. After dying on the operating table twice, the surgeons saved his life, but told him he'd never walk again. Having no other option, Marcus started doing some brutally honest soul searching, looking for the lesson to be learned from his injury. Once he started seeing his Adversity as a gift instead of a curse, something miraculous began to happen…

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The Gift of Adversity

This TEDx talk discusses how we as Citizens can use the Adversity that we face every day as a way to change the world in which we all live for the better.

His message is that Adversity is a gift that demands our greatest efforts to rise above our current obstacles and to become better citizens and leaders.

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