MEET JAKE
About Jake
Jake French is a dynamic speaker who is a living example of what’s POSSIBLE when the right ATTITUDE, MINDSET, and STRATEGIES are in place. Audiences are immediately engaged by his real-world story, empowering insights, and the kind of take-with-you-tools that allow them to leap forward and make a positive difference in their life.
What happened?
Fresh and eager as a recent University of Idaho graduate with a new Bachelor’s degree, Jake scored the job of his dreams as a forester in Oregon. After only working for three weeks, he went out for an evening of dinner, dancing and drinks with good friends. Late at night they stopped for gas and randomly came across an old childhood friend who Jake had lost touch with. The brief reunion took a fateful turn when the intoxicated bully decided to take Jake by surprise with a full-nelson headlock, rendering him defenseless. Jake wasn’t horsing around in any way, but their equilibrium was impaired by alcohol. The bully lost his balance and fell forward with Jake’s arms still pinned backwards. Without the ability to brace himself, the first thing to hit the pavement was his head. Jake’s neck took the full weight of the two men and snapped between the C6 and C7 vertebrae, leaving him completely paralyzed from the collar bone down.
What now?
While in the hospital, Jake and his family went through the full range of raw emotions. A breakthrough came when he looked around at the other patients and noticed the severity of injury did not have to dictate the outcome for each person. This light-bulb moment shaped every moment from that point forward, empowering Jake to live a life that he chooses and create a new definition of success.
Too often people get caught up. They concentrate on what’s wrong, past failures, toxic relationships, the stress of what they don’t have. What Jake found in his journey and what he teaches audiences today is we BECOME our EXPECTATIONS. So why not aim for the moon? Reach higher? Realize more? The truth is – life HAPPENS! And there will ALWAYS be circumstances beyond our control. But circumstances are temporary. How we CHOOSE to handle them makes all the difference in our SUCCESS. Our RELATIONSHIPS. Our reaction to CHANGE. That’s why as a motivational speaker, Jake French is PASSIONATE about sharing the tools, mindsets and strategies to help you use a “Life Happens – Live It” approach to accomplish your next goal!
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