Etching your imprint of impact in the sand is often influenced by lived life experiences. It often forms what your passionate about and how you elect to disperse your energy. For international motivational speaker Adam Brooks:  As a creative, educator, mentor and coach with a passion for helping people to discover their purpose and fight their fears, my desire is to empower people to live happy and fulfilled lives and, in my own words 'level up'.

I survived a knife attack, which took place within a church service, where I was stabbed three times, including twice in my neck. Doctors called me a walking miracle, but the truth is, the incident that could have killed me, ended up giving me a completely new lease of life that I can't imagine living my life without now. He joined me this week, to tell me more.

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