RAW - Real Absolute Wisdom

Steven Dowd committed to get fit and agreed to compete in a charity cycling event. He bought a bike, started training and rode to work like thousands of others.Early one June morning he was headed to a friend’s flat to do the daily commute together, but never arrived…A freak accident left him paralysed from the neck down.With candour and humour in keynote talks for international corporate audiences, Steven shares his story, the highest highs and the lowest lows of an against-all-odds recovery journey and how he approached the situation to achieve his greatest successes to date.“There are always lessons to be learned in challenging situations. Every situation can be useful no matter how uncomfortable. I didn’t always appreciate that.” -Steven DowdAn ‘Everyman’ with a long corporate career himself, Steven genuinely understands the corporate audience and is highly relatable. He clearly underlines that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things with the right toolkit.The insights and take-aways are specifically aimed at benefitting anyone going through personal or professional challenges, facing significant events or forced change.“There’s no hierarchy around challenge. We will all face our biggest challenges at home or at work at some point. The good news is you don’t need to break your neck to learn a thing or two beforehand that just might help.”-Steven DowdGet in contact today to discuss how Steven can inspire and motivate your business.Steven@StevenDowd.com+44 (0)7401 411704Testimonials:“As a valued Friend of Wings for Life, I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Steven speak many times at various events. Steven shares his story with impact, and his delivery is both inspiring and thought-provoking. What would you do if you were told you’d never walk again? I would recommend Steven to anyone as he demonstrates not only how to overcome great adversity but also how to positively respond to circumstances and help others.” -Emma Harris | CEO | Wings for Life“Steven Dowd is an inspiring and engaging speaker who has fantastic business acumen and a personal story of going from being paralysed to achieving goals that most able bodied people could not achieve. I could not recommend him highly enough as a guest inspirational speaker.” -Colm Hannon | CEO | Rugby Business Network“I booked Steven to speak at the Sales offsite and he was great! His story is powerful as a stand-alone but the way he wove in our key messaging around Growth Mindset was excellent and subtly reinforced what we’d been speaking about at the offsite.” -Ceri Rees | Head of Sales | Red Bull

AMAZING!!! AMAZING!!! AMAZING!!! Did I say AMAZING?? Let me say AWESOME!!! AWESOME!! AWESOME!!! Grant Rawlinson, you are a rockstar. Great practical insight into being antifragile rather than just being resilient. Giving us real-life examples of applying being antifragile into our lives, work, business and relationship were just outstanding. Totally love your way of making it easy for the people out there to take this on-board. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.#resilient #antifragile #resilienceisnotenough #grantaxerawlinson #rohitbassi #rawlive #keynotespeaker

Freda Liu is a vivacious persona who has lived and breathed business in the past decade with Malaysia's only business radio station and has conducted over 5000 interviews and some prominent names include Martin Cooper, author Stephen Covey, motivational speaker Nick Vijucic, former GE CEO Jack Welch, the Duke of York HRH Prince Andrew to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.RAW: In Your Skin - Freda Liu - Real Absolute Wisdom with Rohit Bassi https://www.roitalks.com/Website https://www.fredaliu.com/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/thefredaliuInstagram:www.instagram.com/thefredaliuFacebook:www.facebook.com/thefredaliuTwitter:www.twitter.com/thefredaliuAt BFM, her show Enterprise provides the tools to help businesses succeed covering topics with the startup scene, personal development, technology to organizational development. While HerVantage talks about women of leadership and influence to showcase women representation in all strata of society from sports, the arts & sciences to entrepreneurship.Freda has authored five books called "PR Yourself" and “Shake & Spear Your Business: The Romeo & Juliet Way,” and "Everybody Loves Ray" (biography) “Bursting Fixed Mindsets” and her latest “In Your Skin”. She also contributes to The Star, one of the leading English newspapers.She was recently awarded the ASEAN Rice Bowl Awards for Malaysia Startup Journalist Of The Year and a nominee for MaGIC’s Social Enterprise journalist. Freda is a member of the National Association of Women Entrepreneurs Malaysia (NAWEM) and the Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers (MAS). She started her Lean In Circle called Think and the Malaysian chapter and has over 100 members in her group.

RAW: Heart. Beauty. Brain. From The Philippines - Elisa Fausto Iossifidis- Real Absolute Wisdom with Rohit Bassi https://www.roitalks.com/Elisa Fausto Iossifidis is an accomplished event organiser and passionate yoga, Pilates, and fitness instructor; she is qualified in Hot, Yin, Swing, and Hatha yoga; Pilates Mat 1, Mat 1 Small Apparatus, and Mat 2; and is a Les Mills BodyBalance™ instructor. She is currently completing her Booty Barre™ qualifications.Connect with Elisa atWebsite - http://inspiremeyoga.net/YoutTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYHzE...Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspireyoga...Twitter - https://twitter.com/inspiremeypfFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspiremeyog...Elisa is from the Philippines. Formally trained as a pharmacist, her love for travel and people led to 13 years around the globe with an international airline honing her leadership and customer service skills. She believes that caring for one’s mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being is essential to living a happy and fulfilling life.Together with husband, partner, and fellow fitness enthusiast John Iossifidis—these days, it’s her passion for wellness that soars, the excitement she shares with everyone at Inspire.Cultivating balance is about responding to what your mind and body need at this moment. People aren’t static. We aren’t all one way or another, and our health and well-being is the sum total of little decisions we make every day.Yes to dessert, no to another glass, in bed by nine, dancing ’till dawn, all that. Living. What we’re doing at INSPIRE – evening up the situations, stresses, and little indulgences that are simply part of enjoying life. Tipping the scales back to that sweet spot where we’re feeling fit, healthy, and capable we’re inspired every day. We can’t wait to begin.

RAW: Quantum Transformational Life Coaching - Arjun Aiyar - Real Absolute Wisdom . Rohit Bassi https://www.roitalks.com/• Arjun Aiyar is an MBA from Bond University, Australia.• He worked in Corporate and Retail Banking with the ANZ bank and ING bank.• In 1998, Arjun stepped out on faith, and became an Entrepreneur. • Over the last 21 years, Arjun has immersed himself into Self-Education. He has read hundreds of books, participated in scores of learning events and interacted with thousands of people from across the globe.• He has lived in Dubai for 11 years now, and adds value to the community in three different areas: (1) Soft Skills & Behavioral Training for Corporates (2) One on one Life Coaching & Psychotherapy for individuals and families (3) Motivational Seminars for larger audiences. • Arjun attributes much of his accomplishments to his mentor and guide - Basil Harris. Basil & Leonie Harris are self made millionaires who live in Sydney, Australia. Over the last two decades, Arjun's thinking and philosophy has been shaped by Basil.• Arjun's approach to Coaching, Training & Speaking can best be described as 'Multi - Dimensional'. His approach is an amalgamation of N.L.P., Basil's philosophies, Tao ideology, Meta Physics, Spiritual tenets, et al• Arjun espouses Expansiveness, Freedom, Growth & Joy. Links: (1) Website: www.stepupuae.com (2) Profile & Articles on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunaiyar/

RAW: Sounds of Success - Zarine Dadachanji - Real Absolute WisdomZarine is a facilitator for guided, sound and Gong Meditations. She is an energy intuitive and facilitates her Golden Energy Healings and Space Clearings. She has facilitated these sessions all over the UAE and in England, France, San Diego, Karachi and Kuwait. She can be reached at - goldenenergyhealings@gmail.com- +971 50 6509954- Facebook: Gong Bath Meditation-Dubai. - On Instagram zarinedadachanji.#gratitude #love #gong

RAW (Real Absolute Wisdom): A Miner's Son's Success - Paul Micheal Gledhill - RAW PODCASTHaving worked in the travel industry in some of the world’s most exotic locations, Paul returned to the UK to continue his training career and development studies. He worked for the UK Government asBusiness and Training Advisor and received several awards from the Training and Development Lead Body (TDLB), and Lincoln and Durham Business Schools for Business and Training Counseling. As a professional trainer and an excellent presenter with a keen interest in emerging technologies, Paul started looking into the booming e-Learning industry. Paul is the Co-founder of XpertLearning FZ-LLC, an Online Learning, Talent and Performance Consultancy, based in Dubai and founded in April 2003. XpertLearning www.xpertlearning.com works with the leading corporate, government and educational establishments throughout the Middle East and are an award-winning business listed and ranked in the top 100 SME’s. He sits as a member of the Board of Directors of the Middle East e-Learning Association MEEA http://www.me-ea.org/ and is Chairman of the not for profit social HR and L&D network and media publisher, Chief Learning Officer-Middle East www.clo-me.com Paul is an advocate of technology solutions that provide affordances in the learning and performance support provision A contributor to many online and print publications, Paul shares knowledge and best practice through an array of networks including thousands of IT Learning and HR professionals.Over the past 18 years, Paul has been actively conducting round tables and has been hosting many conferences, most of which he was appointed Master of Ceremonies. Through these high-profile events, he has enthusiastically engaged participation and opened the minds and hearts of people wishing to enhance their knowledge using technology. The main impact to the region of Paul’s highly avid initiatives has been the 100+ leading organizations that, year on year, continue to work with Paul to enhance the working lives and knowledge base of workers throughout the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). All in all, Paul is a very enthusiastic individual who is committed to promoting lifelong learning for people from different cultures within the Middle East and Globally.