I am Vichin Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.

You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers and

thought leaders on the planet to discuss the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit and work.

Hi everyone, so I'm bringing you an oldie but goodie. This was a talk that was recorded at the very first A-Fests. It happened in Costa Rica

way back in December 2010. And the man I put on stage is a brilliant guy by the name of Sean Stevenson. If we don't

know Sean, Google Sean Stevenson. Sean is a world-renowned speaker. He has this

incredible ability to inspire, but it comes because he was born with a rare genetic disease called

brittle bone disease. You see, before Sean was even a teenager, he had broken

some 300 bones in his body. The slightest

touch, the slightest fall could cause his bones to break and so Sean is confined

to a wheelchair and he is pretty much no more than three feet high but Sean has been able to do

incredible things with his life he has shared the stage with US presidents, billionaire,

businessman and even his holiness the 14 Dalai Lama.

In fact, that's where Sean and I met.

We were both speaking on stage with the Dalai Lama in Calgary

around 10 years ago and we became friends.

So I asked Sean to speak at Afest and he took the stage in his beautiful majestic style

and then proceeded to blow all our minds and this is why I wanted to bring back this talk to share it with you.

Now this is Sean's magic ability. Sean's going to break down the elements of

connection based on what he's learned from interacting and connecting with truly remarkable people including

President of the United States, Richard Branson, and the Dalai Lama. Now I've

witnessed this in person. Sean and I and a group of other entrepreneurs once got a private

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