What a privilege to have John Register as our keynote speaker for Disability Employment Awareness Month at Southwest Airlines! Not only did John candidly and powerfully share his own story, but he also challenged our employees to think critically about everything from the opportunity around employing People with Disabilities to the various ways to create mindset shift and advance the conversation. He is truly a change management expert in the space of disability
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Biography
John Register failed to clear a hurdle as he trained for the Olympic Games--a move that led to a tragic accident and altered his life forever. He shifted his mindset and embraced a "new normal." The decorated Persian Gulf War U.S. Army veteran world champion became a two-time Paralympic Games Silver Medalist, professional speaker, and global influencer.
Register "amputated his fears" and founded the U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Military Sports Program. He authored 10 Stories to Impact Any Leader: Journal Your Way to Leadership Success in Spring 2020 and works with business leaders to hurdle adversity, amputate fear, and embrace a new normal mindset to win life's medals.
The artificial leg he used to win the silver medal is displayed in the Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Hurdle Adversity
Amputate Fear and Embrace Your New Normal Mindset
Do you want to gain more clarity in crises? Do you desire more control in uncertain times? Well, get rid of
the perception that we overcome adversity and embrace the mindset that we create new normals.
SUMMARY:
John Register, Paralympic Silver Medalist, Gulf Veteran, and U.S. Department of State Sports Envoy, is a
maximizer. Register was an elite world-class athlete and on his way to Officer Candidate School, when a
training accident caused an above the knee amputation. This injury would cause many people to give up.
Still, Register Hurdled the Adversity by amputating his fear and embracing his new reality. Through grit and
determination, he went on to represent the United States at two-Paralympic Games, winning the silver
medal in Sydney Australia.
INSPIRING OTHERS:
John’s unique ability to help business leaders pinpoint what paralyzes employees and then move them
beyond fear by developing a resolve to release action has inspired and transformed lives across four
continents.
“It is all about building a championship mindset. You have to target the podium. If not, you will be just like
everyone else.” John Register
PRESENTATION OUTCOMES:
• The 10 Power Words to overcome any obstacle to put into action immediately.
• The framework to move from a deficit mindset to an owner “new normal” mindset.
• The ability to identify and overcome the most common hurdle to transformational results.
• A step-by-step process to shift from fear to freedom.
The adversity we think we have overcome is only a past reminder that we have lived through a traumatic
experience. That moment passed. We must embrace the new normal mindset, which is not a destination,
but a plateau to grow.
Hard times are going to come in our lives; how we control them is a direct reflection of our character.
Whether you are struggling to renew confidence in your sales team or implement effective inclusion
programs, John Register delivers solutions for business teams to reach the medal podium.
Amputate Fear
Embrace the New Normal Mindset
Reach Your Peak
Championship Business Strategies from the Mindset of an Olympian
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Featured Book
10 Power Stories to Impact Any Leader: Journal Your Way to Leadership Success
by John Register
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