Topics: International Speakers Bureau, Inc. |
Fee Range: $5,001 to $10,000 (fee note) |
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 Biography: Marc had his left leg amputated because of cancer when he was seventeen. The day after he had his stitches out he went swimming and within a year he was swimming quicker with one leg then he did when he had two. His dream was to simply be the best that he could be and just 18 months after he finished his chemotherapy he was selected to represent Great Britain. He has now competed internationally for 17 years, winning 12 Paralympic medals and a further 21 from either World or European Championships. He is a member of the team that held the World Record for the 4 x 100m Freestyle and has also held world records for 200m, 400m and 1500m Freestyle. Marc has presented his speech - Path To Gold - to companies all over the world. He works closely with his clients to assure the emphasis of his speech compliments the issues currently being faced in the work place. Drawing from the themes of his personal experience and from his book, "Personal Best", Marc inspires audiences to constantly set goals, deal with setbacks, routinely reassess goals, what it means to work as a team and what success looks like. |
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Programs: Path to Gold "I love to read and listen to inspirational stories, but sometimes it is difficult to apply any of their content to your own life. In writing "Personal Best", and in my speech, "Path to Gold", I wanted to share my life experiences, to relate how I dealt with, and overcame, the different challenges that I faced and then went on to achieve success. But, more importantly, I wanted to do it in a way that might be useful to others. In beating cancer as a teenager, I may have lost a leg, but I gained a new respect for life and a second chance. My experience taught me to approach life in a different way. It taught me to measure myself against my potential and not against others. It taught me about personal responsibility. It taught me that life is about being the best person you can be. If you are lucky, life teaches you what you don't learn at school. I've been very lucky. I've learnt some tough, but invaluable lessons about life on my journey. I'd like to share those lessons with you." |
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