{"id":3931,"date":"2018-08-31T21:20:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T02:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3931"},"modified":"2018-08-31T23:22:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T04:22:53","slug":"excelability-conversation-with-steve-walker-entrepreneur-who-happens-to-have-dyslexia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3931","title":{"rendered":"ExcelAbility: Conversation with Steve Walker, entrepreneur who happens to have dyslexia"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9713\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3931-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/EXCEL20Steve20Walker.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/EXCEL20Steve20Walker.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/EXCEL20Steve20Walker.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\">In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. A collection of podcasts from Jack Chen\u2019s ExcelAbility Team.<br \/>\nExcelAbility, empowering excellence and success for people with disabilities.<br \/>\nto learn more about ExcelAbility and to connect with the team, <span id=\"more-3510\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">check out ExcelAbility on the web at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TeamExcelAbility.com\">www.teamexcelability.com<\/a><br \/>\nJack Chen delivers talks and training for corporations and other organizations on empowering success for people with disabilities. Jack participates in Extreme Ultra Events, marathons, climbed Kilimanjaro, and was on the Sea To See Team in this years 2018 race Across America.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">ExcelAbility: Conversation with Steve Walker, Entrepreneur Who Happens to Have Dyslexia<\/h3>\n<h3>Podcast summary<\/h3>\n<p>In this episode we speak with businessman Steve Walker. In Steve\u2019s early years, he struggled with reading and writing and nearly failed out of school. After discovering how his unique approach to problems gave him an edge in manufacturing, Steve started several wildly successful companies. Join us to hear Steve\u2019s attitudes, techniques, and practices that enabled him to achieve incredible success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/excelability-episode-steve-walker-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for a transcript of this episode.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Key lessons<\/h3>\n<p>Steve will show us that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding work arounds in your disability to teach us about finding creative solutions for all areas of our lives,<\/li>\n<li>Not dwelling on the negatives but focusing on the positive, and<\/li>\n<li>Always looking for the unique advantage that you bring to the table<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>have led to his tremendous success.<\/p>\n<h3>Connect<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/team-excelability-dedicated-to-success-and-excellence-for-people-who-happen-to-have-a-disability\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Send us your comments, feedback, or tell us about your own story of success. We&#8217;d love to hear from you.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamXLAbility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow us on Twitter @TeamXLAbility<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Team-Excelability-2208345399390973\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Like Team Excelability on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamexcelability.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Team ExcelAbility on the web for more resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9715\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3931-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/EXCEL20Steve20Walker.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/EXCEL20Steve20Walker.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/EXCEL20Steve20Walker.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/EXCEL20Steve20Walker.mp3In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. A collection of podcasts from Jack Chen\u2019s ExcelAbility Team. ExcelAbility, empowering excellence and success for people with disabilities. to learn more about ExcelAbility and to connect with the team, check out ExcelAbility on the web at www.teamexcelability.com Jack Chen delivers talks and training for corporations and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,521,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-excelability","category-transcribed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ExcelAbilityLogo.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-11p","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3811,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3811","url_meta":{"origin":3931,"position":0},"title":"ExcelAbility: Conversation with Peter Denman, UX Designer who happens to have Dyslexia and quadriplegia","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"August 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. 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