The Woman Who Redefined Inspiration
You might call it tenacity, or you might call it sheer bloody-mindedness, but one defining characteristic — probably the defining characteristic — of an entrepreneur is the way they simply refuse to take “no” for an answer. No you can’t do that. Really, well just watch me.
If so, then by that definition Caroline Casey must be the ultimate entrepreneur.
No you can’t drive. So she raced five laps around a Malaysian race track at nearly 200kph (125mph). No you can’t go round the world. So not only did she go round the world, but did it in a contest where she had to use 80 different forms of transport (Around the world in 80 … ways). No you can’t be a management consultant. No you’ll never get a masters degree. No you can’t trek for 1000km on the back of an elephant. No. No. No.
Well she has done all of those things, which would ordinarily make her a reasonably interesting person.
What makes her extraordinary is that Caroline Casey is blind.
via The Woman Who Re-defined Inspiration – Tech Europe – WSJ.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.