Summary: Marcus Aurelius Anderson is an author, TEDx speaker, Keynote Speaker and executive Mindset Coach. 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.<br><br>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...<br><br>Marcus now speaks, writes, inspires and teaches others to overcome their own Adversity and actualize their personal definition of success.<br><br>His TEDx talk "The Gift of Adversity" tells of how we can use our Adversity to make us into better leaders, citizens and human beings.<br><br>- <a href="https://www.marcusaureliusanderson.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.marcusaureliusanderson.com/</a><br><br>Catch my book - Screw Being Shy, on my website markmetry.com<br><br>Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me for any reason on LinkedIn, Instagram, via email <a href="mailto:mark@vudream.com">mark@vudream.com</a>, text me 508-925-0261!<br><br>LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/" rel="noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/</a><br>Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/" rel="noopener">https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/</a><br>Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/markymetry" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/markymetry</a><br>Medium - <a href="https://medium.com/" rel="noopener">https://medium.com/</a>@markymetry<br>Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.Podcast" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.Podcast</a><br><br>Mark Metry - <a href="https://www.markmetry.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.markmetry.com/</a><br><br>Humans 2.0 Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast</a>
