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Hiding disabilities vs standing out, life of a professional speaker, diabetes as a catalyst for change, how to impact type 2 diabetes with fitness and nutrition, and more with Chris Ruden. He is also the author of The Upper Hand and a keynote speaker.
About Chris Ruden
“Chris Ruden is an amputee, Type 1 diabetic record-holding powerlifter, motivational keynote speaker, author, and disabled model who was featured on The Rock’s hit TV show “Titan Games”. From being humiliated and labeled broken because of his disability to struggling with mental health and living in a non disabled-inclusive world, Chris learned to turn his obstacles into opportunities, now using his badass bionic arm, diabetes technology, and message of “creating your world without limits” to impact people around the world.”
Chris Links
NRG FOODS: https://nrg-foods.com/collections/all-products
The Upper Hand: Leveraging Limitations to Turn Adversity Into Advantage
About the show
The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.
Learning with lowell links
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Website: https://www.learningwithlowell.com/
Podcast email: lowell@learningwithlowell.com
shownotes
01:19 what Chris Ruden doesn’t normally get to speak about
03:00 diabetes as the catalyst for change in Chris Ruden’s life
04:40 what kept Chris Ruden feeling like he should stay hidden
06:35 middle school and early years with a disability.
08:30 impact of physical fitness
11:00 discipline vs motivation (going to gym, etc)
13:45 how long until he felt confident that things work out
15:35 social dynamics in his success / benefit of google
17:55 love of libraries / self taught
19:00 going from 30 unpaid keynotes to actually getting paid
21:10 the words unlocked this transition into paid keynotes
24:55 how to listen for what people really want
27:35 masterclass / books / libraries
30:00 voice training / speaking training
31:15 preparation before giving keynote
33:05 Smalltalk weakness!
35:00 carl jung / archetypes & how to speak to people
37:15 parts of his book – The Upper Hand: Leveraging Limitations to Turn Adversity Into Advantage – he pulls from
38:45 death and adversity
40:45 being present / stop negative thoughts
43:30 value of doing the audiobook in his own voice
45:10 bar company – thoughts on vegan, plant based
46:00 mrbeast and feastables
46:35 onshoring / supply chain issues
50:45 ahmed khan cellagri and Chris ruden’s thoughts on cell ag.
51:45 secret guilty pleasure
54:00 diet and fitness on diabetes
58:45 what people get wrong with diets
1:02:15 how to get the most out of experts
1:09:00 what he could have done to improve his performance on The Rock’s The Titan Games
1:10:00 sandman, dealth, and what to do when you hit your goals
1:17:00 how he’d love to re-interview Steve Sims author of Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen
1:19:00 diversity without inclusion is a scam
1:23:00 books!!
1:24:10 upcoming!