A decade since...
Marc W. Halpert
LinkedIn? laureate; 1:1 coach, group trainer, author, speaker, strategic marketing consultant, over 14+ years. I help serious professionals tell WHY they do what they do, making them "amazing-er" than their competitors!
10 years ago I broke my left leg. No, I didn’t trip. Or fall.
(Some of you who have knonw me for a long time may recall this. I certainly do. Well, parts of it…)
I was on the receiving end of a rock from under my lawnmower. 200 MPH. Compound fracture. Went into shock. Total blur until ER and OR and post-op.
New owner of a titanium rod and plates and screws to hold me together.
I gave up cutting my lawn. I try to know when it’s time to pull back on some tasks. I just found out sooner and in a harder way than I anticipated.
Once fully healed and stronger than ever, I looked back on that experience and was gratified at the learning experience and health wake-up to be actively participating in every day. I reflected on it in a LinkedIn article.
My family, clients, and friends were great in my healing process. No pressure. Fully rooting for me.
It took time to get past the physical and mental weakness of atrophy, rebuilding, relearning, and newly how to use a walker, then crutches, then a cane. Then how to pace myself to brave the impediments that curbs and slanted pavement and irregular sidewalks posed. And not to overdo it.
Isn’t that a metaphor for entrepreneurial life? You take the stumbles and the pain in stride, you strengthen and overcome, and you face every challenge with optimism that this too shall pass.
Even when it feels it might not. You persevere.
You may over stretch your abilities and find out later that was not the best idea. And you learn further about your capabilities as you mend. And keep testing yourself.
10 years. Wow. Still kicking butt, with both legs, but not both at once.
What's your story of redemption against the odds?
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I am?Marc W. Halpert . Call me Marc. Just don't call me to cut your grass.
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1 年Holy moly -- that hurts just to read! Great analogy to the entrepreneur's life.
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1 年I didn`t know that Marc W. Halpert , and you will be the last person I call for this job!!
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1 年Ken Novak and Dave Crysler - I'm sure this will resonate with your journeys.
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1 年Love your story and the analogy in regard to the learning journeys of life Marc W. Halpert
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1 年Celebrating this awesome (intense, actually,) story of redemption, Marc W. Halpert. Whew! It did remind me pretty quick of a smart-ass 14yo who was a bit of a daredevil skier in NE. It was ‘spring skiing’ in NH & I was going way too fast down slopes that were partially melted, hit a bare patch of sheer rock & went head over heels, breaking an ankle. The Ski Patroler assigned to ‘the accident’ turned out to be my brother, who tobogganed me to a waiting ambulance, delivering his strong guidance all the way about making choices. Have to admit, beyond the embarrassment I did smarten up a bit after that. I still make bad choices sometimes but have learned that there is a lesson to be gained from each action we take, good or bad. (And I still have great respect for my brother!)