Walsh - Blind ambition: how to envision your limitless potential and achieve the success you want

PRAISE FOR PATRICIA WALSH AND BLIND AMBITION

We all have purpose and potential beyond what we can see or even imagine. In Blind Ambition, Patricia Walsh inspires you to take action immediately. She shows you how to identify your most important goals and then equips you to achieve them with her unique goal-attainment framework. Lifes too short! Dont let another day pass without reading this book and beginning to apply her proven process.

JEFF BOOHER, founder and CEO of TriDot.com and elite triathlon coach

Blind Ambition demonstrates Patricia Walshs ability to personally and professionally persevere while motivating others along the way. She helps you to understand the steps required to move beyond your daily challenges, eliminate excuses, and become your personal best to reach the goals you desire. If you are ready to put your life on a new course, read this book.

JEREMY DRZAL, vice president of solutions management at Mozido

An inspirational true story molded into a motivational tool Patricia Walsh recognizes the heart of a champion in us all, and challenges readers to run through their limitations and toward their full potential.

MEL GONZALES, assistant director of marketing at EBOOST

Patricia Walsh is a transformational leader. Her distinct perspective, born of hard-won experience, is truly inspirational. This book is for those who want to be better leadersor simply, better human beings.

MICHAEL BISESI, professor at the Institute of Public Service at Seattle University

The struggles and triumphs that Patricia allows us to experience along with her in Blind Ambition are not just a testament to human potential, but a vision of what we are all capable of. There are few people in the world who can provide the motivation and vision of what is truly possible the way Patricia can. Regardless of what your goal may be or where you are headed, Blind Ambition will give you what you need to get there.

ALEX AND CADEY CHARFEN, founders of the Charfen Institute

People around Patricia Walsh always say that she ought to run around with a superhero cape around her shoulders, given everything that she manages to achieve. But as she shows in Blind Ambition, it is not some sort of innate ability that only a few people have (she wasnt born on the planet Krypton)it is having goals and a method for achieving them. Patricia shares this method, her fuel, fire, blaze framework, so that we can all run around with capes around our shoulders.

TIAGO SOROMENHO, founder of StickyStreet.com and technology futurist

For many people who are facing challenges in life or in business, it is easy to simply accept the reality that there are economic headwinds, that the competition is too tough, or that you just dont have what it takes to actually achieve success. Its ironic that Patricia Walshs book can help you see your way past the obstacles that are in your way and achieve anything and everything that you want in life. Why ironic? Because Patricia Walsh is blind, which is supposed to be one of lifes insurmountable obstacles. But when you read her book, it quickly becomes apparent that Patricia Walshs vision will help to make you great!

BOB BABBITT, cofounder of the Challenged Athletes Foundation, cofounder of Competitor magazine, creator and host of Competitor Radio, creator of the Muddy Buddy Ride and Run Series, and member of the USA Triathlon and IRONMAN Triathlon Halls of Fame

Patricia brings her passion and clarity to Blind Ambition to inspire and motivate readers. Dont wait. Read this book now and begin achieving your own life goals.

SHARRON RUSH, executive director of Knowbility.org

In Blind Ambition, Patricia Walsh shares her story and uses her unique experience, wit, and personality to show the reader that all goals are attainable if you have an action plan and a positive, can-do attitude. Her story will truly inspire you, and her action plan will challenge you to go after your own goalsno matter what the circumstances.

NATASHA VAN DER MERWE, TriDot triathlon coach and professional triathlete

At a time when the world is thirsting for people of deep and significant character, Patricia Walsh reminds us what a truly significant life looks like: fearlessly authentic and faithfully dedicated to improving the lives of others. In Blind Ambition, Walsh shares her fuel, fire, blaze framework, which has consistently placed her atop leaderboards. Her clear and actionable methodology will empower readers to be catalysts in their own lives.

ANDREW WALSH, president and COO of Paint Sundries Solutions, Inc.

In Blind Ambition, Ms. Walsh offers a fresh, powerful approach to attaining your goals. She encourages you to push beyond your perceived limitations, laying out an action plan that is both logical and approachable. Blind Ambition inspires and motivates you to forever change your perceptions of persons with disabilitiesand yourselves.

DR. GEORGEANNE FREEMAN, CEO of Downtown Doctor

Patricia Walsh is a perfect example of what is possible. In Blind Ambition, Patricia conveys beautifully how to target and achieve your goals with an intensity and a focus that creates lasting change. Her story of her blindness as a child and her response to achieve her dreams is what it means to be human at its core.

BEN SHOOK, PT, DPT, COMT, physical therapist

If you are struggling with how you can set goals or fully unlock your own personal potential, Blind Ambition not only provides the framework for goal setting, but will help you discover your own ambition. Her inspiring story of loss, personal sacrifice, and starting over will leave you motivated to find your own sense of empowerment and meaningful contribution to the world.

AMIE SMITH, owner of BlueDot Events

Copyright 2015 by Patricia Walsh and Peter Economy. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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