Stop Telling Us Everything Happens for a Reason with Anti-Victim Tom Nash

Are you going to treat adversity like the conversation stopper or is it a puzzle to be solved? Right. Your case is extreme and it's different than this adversity that most people will struggle in a day, but I like extreme cases because the lessons are easier to discern. For me, losing four limbs sounds like a bit of a shit sandwich to almost anyone who reads that story, but when I sit here and tell you it's the best thing that ever happened to me and even you identify it as a gift, all of a sudden it becomes a really good story.

Most of us have experienced some sort of adversity in our lives, and whether it's from well-intentioned friends or our own attempts to deal with our struggle, we often try to downplay how bad it is. Things could be worse, we tell ourselves. You still have your health, But what if there was another way, a better way to deal with stress? That's why I was excited to have Tom Nash on the show.

At nineteen he caught a bacterial infection which has a two percent chance of survival, but that's not the story. Because of the infection, he had to have both his legs and both his arms amputated. And how did he deal with it? He decided it was the best thing that ever happened to him. He went on to become one of Australia's most popular DJs and a highly acclaimed speaker.

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