Screw The Naysayers Podcast

Marcus Aurelius Anderson turned 40 years old broke, divorced, bedridden, and paralyzed from the neck down.Today Marcus is a TEDx Speaker, Peak Performance Mindset Coach, and the Best Selling author of “The Gift of Adversity.” Oh yea, he also studies martial arts under one of Bruce Lee’s proteges and is in the best shape of his entire life. If Marcus wants to talk to the world about the gift of adversity, we should listen. His story began when he was preparing to serve overseas with the U.S. infantry and suffered a serious spinal injury. After dying on the operating table... twice, the surgeons saved his life, but told him he'd never walk again. Resignation turned to anger with everyone around him, then anger he directed at himself for being so complacent about life. Fueled by a desire to get a second chance Marcus now found that the biggest naysayers came from the medical community. In this show Marcus explains how he used the gift of adversity to overcome paralysis and pain and to ultimately find his p