KNP427 - The Power of Belief - The Story of Jeff Griffin
The Brad Jensen Show
Brad Jensen
4.9 • 792 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On today's show, I was joined by author and motivational speaker, Jeff Griffin. His story is motivating, inspiring and moving. He talks a lot about the three D's which are dream, desire and do. You will love this episode and it will give you such perspective.
More about Jeff:
His mother named him Jeffrey, but his friends call him Griff. He is currently in a wheelchair, but not forever!
Jeff always dreamed of playing sports on the 'big stage'! As a kid he envisioned playing college football as a receiver. He was one step closer to fulfilling his dream when a construction accident left him broken and paralyzed from the waist down. His life and dreams were shattered but not defeated. During those dark days he had a decision to make: he could stay down and quit or get back up and succeed. He chose the latter.
As an ordinary man living life from a wheelchair, Jeff has accomplished some extraordinary things. He played in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece, and is a silver medalist for the USA men's wheelchair basketball team. Griff is a national champion who played for the Utah Wheelin' Jazz and is a four-time All-Star MVP. He was the number one men's wheelchair tennis player in the state of Utah, won the St. George Marathon, has two Guinness Book of World Records, and is the author of the award-winning book I'Mpossible: Desire. Dream. Do. He believes everyone has the power and potential to accomplish the impossible if they take the proper steps.
During his 16-year career, Griffin's teaching style, humor, and personality have made him one of the most liked and sought-after teachers. He earned his master's degree in education and curriculum and created a worldwide peer-to-peer leadership program for Third-World countries that was recognized at the United Nations in New York City. Griff considers publishing his book one of his greatest accomplishments since he got a D- in English and was told he would never be able to write a coherent sentence.
Griff started two successful businesses and created a nonprofit organization called the 'Road to Recovery', which impacts thousands of injured vets and physically disabled persons. He is passionate about progress, enjoys mentoring youth, distributing wheelchairs to those in need, and giving hope through his humanitarian efforts. Griff married his best friend Emily and together they have four beautiful children. He enjoys eating pizza, playing games, and exercising.
These successes, although impressive, do not define who Griff is. What really defines him is his ability to amplify your power and potential, as a Sherpa of sorts, by not only telling you how to turn the impossible into the possible, but by showing you – ONE STEP AT A TIME.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Key Nutrition Podcast. |
| 0:01.7 | You want to Top Chop for All Things Help, Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual. |
| 0:06.2 | On today's episode, I was joined by my man Jeff Griffin. |
| 0:10.3 | Jeff is a motivational speaker. |
| 0:12.4 | He's an author and just one badass dude. |
| 0:15.0 | If I had to sum him up, I met him at an event that I was at a mastermind in Phoenix, Arizona, and he was the keynote speaker |
| 0:22.2 | and just was so impressed from him and got to share a plane ride back with him, actually, |
| 0:28.9 | just coincidentally, and got to know him even more and just, just what a stud. |
| 0:33.6 | You know, Jeff, Jeff was a collegiate athlete, played college football. |
| 0:42.3 | And during a summer, he was painting a barn about 40 feet high and fell off a scaffold. |
| 0:45.1 | He said, if he was a gymnast, he would have nailed the landing. |
| 0:49.3 | Unfortunately, when that happens, it smashed all his vertebrae, his back, his health for everything. |
| 0:51.9 | And he immediately realized he was paralyzed from the waist down. |
| 0:54.4 | After only three weeks of getting the diagnosis, he's paralyzed from the waist down, had an awakening moment in the hospital that he |
| 0:59.1 | couldn't live in pity and he couldn't feel sorry for himself. And he is the most positive person |
| 1:04.1 | I've probably ever been around. The doctor told me he'd never walk again. And over the course of |
| 1:08.9 | the next 30 years almost, he's taught himself to walk, |
| 1:12.8 | I think about 10 or 15 feet. He might correct me when he listens to this on his own. And then he has to |
| 1:18.1 | stop. But he's going to make a full recovery, he says. And when he settled on the podcast, it gave me chills. |
| 1:23.2 | It got me emotional because he means it. The doctor told him, Jeff, you will never walk again. |
| 1:29.9 | He is literally living proof of the power of the mind. And when you believe you can do something, |
| 1:37.7 | damn it, you can do it. If you're not moved by the story, you might want to check your heart |
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