Larry's Open Road
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Larry Colbert Highlight (0:52)
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Interview (7:14)
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Define Yourself (1:01)
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Formula For Life (0:56)
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Accept Gifts (1:26)
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Seek Information (1:19)
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Definition of Success (0:35)
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Big Mouth Gets You There (2:20)
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It's My Life (0:28)
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Take An Adventure (1:37)
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INTERVIEWED BY:
Team Crazy Babbling Sunshine
LARRY COLBERT
Author/Speaker
Driving Vision, Inc.
“If you go through life, just touching one or two people every now and then, and you make a difference in their life, then you're a success.”
INTERESTS:
THEMES DISCUSSED:
Fear Struggle Confidence Individualism Goals Support & Encouragement Determination Exploration Success Perseverance Courage Family
FOUNDATION:
BIOGRAPHY:
- Was told he was going blind when he was 28 years old.
- Had many fears, among them, "How am I going to take care of my kids?" and "Who's going to want to date a blind man?"
- Went back to college at age 40; by then, he was completely blind.
- Realized he would have to work two or three times as hard as other students in order to get by.
- He couldn't write, so he'd tape his lectures, then go home, listen to them again, and transcribe them on his computer.
- After graduating, he'd still run into instances where people would assume he couldn't do something.
- Became a motivational speaker to promote awareness of his disability; says he wanted to be accepted as a person, not just as a "blind person."
- When he heard his first "success story"-a man who'd turned his life around after hearing one of Larry's speeches-he knew he'd found his passion.