Larry Colbert
Driving Vision, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ USA
"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."
Career Roadmap
Larry's work combines: Education, Writing, and Accomplishing Goals
See more careers and stories that connect to your interests.
Take Roadmap Quiz
Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Arizona State University
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
Was told he was going blind when he was 28 years old.
2.
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?"
3.
Went back to college at age 40; by then, he was completely blind.
4.
Realized he would have to work two or three times as hard as other students in order to get by.
5.
He couldn't write, so he'd tape his lectures, then go home, listen to them again, and transcribe them on his computer.
6.
After graduating, he'd still run into instances where people would assume he couldn't do something.
7.
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."
8.
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.
Defining Moments
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
In the 70s I was a single parent raising a female child, which was totally unheard of. And then I was riding my motorcycle to the eye doctor one and he told me I was going blind. I was 28.