Christine Perkett's 2014 Bold Talk at INBOUND shared her experiences overcoming extreme trials and tribulations, and offered advice for others to move through life's more trying times. An inspirational speech given in Boston, Mass.

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Battered, Not Beat
Living a Life of Resilience
Christine Perkett
CEO, SeeDepth, Inc.

2. 1 My Story: what the heck do I know about resilience?
2 You can persevere
3 A few amazingly resilient people

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My Story

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1 in 5.

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“Girls Don’t Need Math”

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“You’ll Never Make It In Boston”

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2 You can persevere

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Acknowledge

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- Anne Frank

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Hell. No.

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Talk to me

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Physical
Emotional
Spiritual
Mental

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Don’t let NEGATIVE and TOXIC
people rent space in your head. Raise
the rent and kick them out!
~ Robert Tew

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HARDSHIPS OFTEN PREPARE
ORDINARY PEOPLE FOR AN
EXTRAORDINARY DESTINY…
~C.S. LEWIS

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Be like a shark – they can only move forward

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3 A few amazingly resilient people

23. FEAR:
Fear Everything And Run
Or
Face Everything And Rise
The choice is yours
Meet Eric:
8/16/03 diagnosed with Ewing’s
Sarcoma (age: 15)
8/16/2009 fractured 5th cervical
vertebrae in a dive; paralyzed from
chest down (age: 21)

24. Meet Jennifer & sons:
Sept 2011: son diagnosed with
PANDAS
Jan 2012: second son diagnosed
Feb 2012: youngest son diagnosed
with immune deficiency disorder
Sept 2012: third son diagnosed with
7th human case of EEE, with 30%
chance to live, & Chiari 1 Brain
Malformation – requiring surgery in
July 2014
Helping others
Faith and spirituality
Focus on the good: childhood

25. Ask for help.
Discover solo happiness
Focus on the good
NEVER. QUIT.
Meet Ken:
27 years in the Army – deployments:
Iraq 2004-2005; Desert Storm,
Afghanistan
20 years, Michigan State Police
Trooper
Divorced (recently happily
remarried)

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Thank You!