Work With What You Got with Zion Clark
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Zion Clark is an elite wheelchair racer, wrestler, and mixed martial artist. What makes Zion so inspiring is the simple fact he was born without legs. Zion's inspirational story shows us if we train hard and stay focused, anything is possible.
By focusing on what he could control, Zion was able to make something of himself and impact the world meaningfully.
His autobiography is a fascinating look into how resilience can turn tragedy into triumph. Today, he shares his best examples and insights into how you can rise above trauma and live legendary
Show Notes
Links
Zion's book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723557/work-with-what-you-got-a-memoir-by-zion-clark-and-james-s-hirsch/
https://www.instagram.com/bigz97/
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| 0:00.0 | do what you can with what you have and where you are. That is a quote from Theodore Roosevelt |
| 0:04.7 | and totally appropriate for today's podcast. Today my amazing guest comes on to talk about how our |
| 0:10.4 | past doesn't have to define our future, how we can work with what we have versus focusing on the |
| 0:16.6 | things that we don't have and how to stay motivated when everything seems to be challenging us. |
| 0:22.8 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, |
| 0:29.6 | leaders of families and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of fathers |
| 0:36.0 | but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and odds stacked |
| 0:41.8 | in their favor because of the amazing example that their fathers emulated for them. |
| 0:46.8 | We are here to change the world. We are here to change relationships. We are here to |
| 0:52.2 | positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their grave with regrets. |
| 0:58.1 | We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention, passion, |
| 1:04.0 | purpose and direction. We are the Dad Edge and we're here to change the game. |
| 1:16.6 | What's up gentlemen? Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder |
| 1:29.2 | of this podcast. This show and movement. Hope you guys are having an amazing week and I've got |
| 1:35.2 | an incredible, incredible, unique guest for you guys today. His name is Zion Clark. Many of you |
| 1:42.6 | guys might know who Zion is, but he was born on September 29th, 1997 in Columbus, Ohio, |
| 1:49.2 | but he had a very rare birth defect known as Codal Regression Syndrome, which actually caused |
| 1:55.2 | him to be born without legs. He was given up for adoption and at birth with a mother who |
| 2:01.6 | is not fit to take care of him and no father, Zion had to fend for himself at a young age. |
| 2:07.1 | His childhood was absolutely a recipe for disaster, bouncing around between the foster care system |
| 2:13.6 | and being labeled as a problem child caused the system to give him up early. Zion didn't let |
| 2:19.2 | this stop him from learning new skills. He picked up wrestling and music at a young age and |
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