Mark is a Heart & Double-Lung Transplant Recipient - turned - 4-Time Marathon Runner. Adversity is something everyone has to deal with. It is not WHAT we have to face, but HOW we face it, that ultimately matters. Mark's journey dealing with adversity, including a rare and life-saving Heart and Double-Lung Transplant, have armed him with knowledge and insight to help you through your journey.
Mark has been speaking professionally for nearly a decade and has now had the opportunity to touch the lives of more than 100,000 people. Some of Mark's past clients include: Sun Life Financial, AstraZeneca, Amway, the International Association of Administrative Professionals, and hundreds of high schools and colleges around North America.
"Our primary objective was to offer an inspirational message to the audience... to ignite meaning in their everyday work. Simply hearing your story would have done that, but the fact that you made the effort to draw the connections between your experience and the message we wanted to convey, took it to another level."
- Astra-Zeneca
Our primary objective was to offer an inspirational message to the audience... to ignite meaning in their everyday work. Simply hearing your story would have done that, but the fact that you made the effort to draw the connections between your experience and the message we wanted to convey, took it to another level.
Talks:
Live Life from the Heart - Jesus said "I came that you would have life, and have it abundantly." In this presentation, Mark shares 4 key insights learned while laying in a hospital bed waiting for a life-saving transplant he wasn't sure would come. During this time of trial, Mark learned some key lessons about how we can live our lives here and now, to make the best use of the time God has given us.
The Resiliene Roadmap: We all face challenges in this life. The question is not how to avoid them, but how to best deal with them when they inevitably arise. The key is to develop resilience. Resilience is the quality that allows us to bounce back after difficulties, and rebound after failures. It is the thing we exercise each time we go to confession and are given a fresh start.
In this talk, Mark will share key strategies to avoid the common pitfalls we encounter when facing adversity, and ultimately transform adversity into sometihng something we can profit from.
