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Quad Amputee to International DJ: The Unbelievable Story of Tom Nash


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Tom Nash, aka DJ Hookie, despite surviving a life-threatening illness and becoming a quadruple amputee at nineteen, has managed to thrive and mesmerize audiences around the world as a keynote speaker and DJ. Then again, failure has never been his favourite F-word.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 Airplane seat etiquette

00:04:12 Introducing Tom Nash aka DJ Hookie

00:05:53 Tom on aeroplane etiquette

00:11:06 Life prior to the bad news

00:12:41 Meningococcal and the aftermath

00:14:20 Coming out of the coma and rehab

00:16:15 Did you maintain a positive attitude?

00:18:41 Did things get clearer after discharge and DJing

00:21:07 Starting starfuckers and headlining

00:21:55 Losing limbs process

00:24:23 Did you have a choice to lose limbs?

00:25:35 How did you manage to DJ?

00:28:57 Diminishing returns as a DJ

00:30:35 Where did DJing take Tom around the world?

00:34:15 Difference between Sydney and Melbourne nightlife

00:35:20 How did the keynote speaking start?

00:37:27 First TED talk

00:39:47 Why Little Fish doesn’t take sponsors yet

00:44:28 Will you always have the hooks?

00:45:53 How did people treat you?

00:49:30 Why do you go to Paris?

00:50:20 Why Little Fish wanted Tom on the pod

00:51:40 Explaining what Little Fish Property Development does

00:54:25 Talk us through a typical day

00:57:30 How did your parents cope?

00:59:50 Finding a way to be happy and anti-fragility

01:02:22 Diversifying and dealing with adversity

01:05:01 Tough times and pulling through

01:08:19 One piece of advice to the listeners

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