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In Conversation with Lord Chris Holmes – Overcoming the odds to achieve our goals
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Lord Chris Holmes, Great Britain's most successful Paralympic swimmer, explains how he has achieved his goals despite losing his sight as a teenager. In conversation with Future Talent Learning's Mary Appleton, he highlights the importance of self-determination and self-belief and emphasises the potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Episode timestamps
- Lord Chris Holmes talks about his working-class upbringing in the West Midlands and losing his sight at the age of 14, which led to him having to relearn everything [00:01:32]
- Distinct ambitions [00:02:49]
- Achieving his goals through self-determination, self-belief and hard work [00:05:04]
- Overcoming hurdles [00:06:09]
- Winning the London 2012 Olympics bid [00:08:24]
- The Games Makers strategy [00:11:50] L
- Moving on from the Paralympic Games – joining the House of Lords [00:13:10]
- The potential of the fourth industrial revolution to empower and enable talent [00:16:23]
- Leadership for inclusion in the Fourth Industrial Revolution [00:19:31]
- Humans will always win out over the robots [00:20:57]
- Innovation, inclusion and social mobility [00:25:08]
- Staying motivated, included and making a difference [00:28:08]
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