The speaker's friend Sean was born with a severe disorder that caused over 200 bone fractures by age 18, yet he worked in the White House and shared stages with the Dalai Lama and Tony Robbins. Sean lived to 40 and taught him one thing: to be a great partner, just be a great human being.
This is my good friend Sean. Sean was born with a disorder that he would never walk a day in his life. See how Sean is? That's a full-grown 38-year-old man in that picture. When he was born, if his leg just tapped a chair, it would break his femur. So by the age of 18, he'd had over 200 bone breaks. He wasn't supposed to live past months. He lived to the age of 40 before a fall unfortunately took Sean's life. Sean, who was never going to be able to walk, they said shouldn't live, went on to work in the White House, went on to share the stage with the Dalai Lama, Tony Robbins, and live an astronomically amazing life. We were close friends. Friends. We started speaking at the same time. We helped each other's businesses grow. And Sean would say this: the key to being a great partner— it's a very simple concept— is to be a great human being.
