About this episode

Derek Champagne interviews Terry Healey about his book 'The Resilience Mindset' and the principles of overcoming adversity.

Derek Champagne talks with Terry Healey, author of The Resilience Mindset: How Adversity Can Strengthen, Individuals, Teams, & Leaders. A survivor of a permanent facial difference and life-threatening cancer, Terry Healey is an author, keynote speaker, and business strategist. Healey challenges audiences to face their adversities and apply his framework of four key principles to gain confidence, build resilience, and find joy in their personal and professional lives. Having endured more than thirty surgical procedures to reconstruct his face while in his early twenties, Healey discovered tools that could help him transform his changed life. He shares ways to take control, overcome challenges, build trust and teams, embrace change, and learn the value of acceptance and tolerance. He views the lessons he learned as gifts, and believes his greatest reward is being able to teach others how to overcome any kind of adversity and celebrate life. His experience led him to a successful thirty-five-year career as a high-tech sales and marketing executive, including being on the founding team of a company that had a successful initial public offering. His popular programs are presented…

People in this episode

Host: Derek Champagne

Guest: Terry Healey

Topics covered

• resilience
• adversity
• personal development
• leadership
• team building
• acceptance
• change management

Keywords

• resilience mindset
• adversity
• confidence
• teamwork
• leadership
• personal growth
• acceptance
• change
• overcoming challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cisco Systems, Inc., Charles Schwab, University of California Berkeley, Santa Clara University, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Genomic Health, Perkin Elmer, Stanford University

Books & works: The Resilience Mindset

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