My Parkinson's story: lessons on optimism and opportunity | Mark Colo | TEDxStGeorge
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- Despite how well we plan things, life always knows how to throw a curveball. In this thought-provoking talk, Mark Colo provides the tools to combat fear, apathy, and doubt aka FAD when faced with life’s many unpredictable challenges, including his diagnosis with Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease, at age 48 while living in Newport Coast, CA with his wife, three children, all under age 10, and his dog Quincy. No pressure… right? Mark will leave you with five adaptive principles that will help you abolish FAD in your life. www.findneurohelp.org #Parkinson #Parkinson's #Neuroscience #TEDx #TEDTalk #TEDxStGeorge #Health #acceptance Mark is a Certified Relocation Professional and licensed California Real Estate Broker with extensive experience relocating more than 15,000 families, 300 businesses, 100 warehousing and distribution centers, and 100 science laboratories globally.
He relocated Focus on the Family and World Vision organizations, and 330,000 reels of Kodachrome film from UCLA Campus to Santa Clarita, CA. Mark is also an accomplished author of two books, "Peace with Parkinson's," and "The Noble and Great One's," which highlight stories of individuals who have overcome personal challenges and events that personified nobility and greatness. All proceeds from "Peace with Parkinson's" are distributed to individuals with neuro-diseases. He is a co-founder of the Foundation Institute for Neurological Diseases and a Parkinson's patient himself. Mark enjoys spending time with family, cycling, overseas travel, and reading. Learn more at findneurohelp.org. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Dear Lisa, I feel honored and grateful for these compliments coming from one so resilient and well grounded as you. May heavens blessings continue to shower upon you. 🙏
What a remarkable man. As a wife watching My husband and feel I shud be open to learning as I walk this road with him. Thank u for giving me hope
Bless you for your tenacity, courage, humor and generous sharing. My mother is suffering with Parkinson's - your talk is salve to a very raw wound.
Bless you for your compassion and love for your mom.
Everybody needs to hear your talk. What a remarkable story from one amazing human.
Thank you, Natalie it was an honor to participate..
Wow Mark you are really incredible. Thank you for these valuable tools. Fantastic talk.
THANK YOU TEDxCincinnati
I am so deeply moved by your talk and by your positivity Mark. Such value in your example and in your words here! Thank you so much!!
Thank you, Drew for your encouragement and support!
Mark is an old family friend who gave us a call today and mentioned he'd given this talk. More than a lifetime of lessons in 11 minutes. Life is unfair, complicated, and messy. 🙂 Exceptional job, Mark!
In trying to find something that my husband can relate to, I found Mark, whose dog shares the same name as ours, Quincy!
Thanks for sharing 🐕🐾
Excellent job Mark. It must have taken a lot of courage to get on that stage. But you had the audience with you from your first words. Congratulations.
What a remarkable talk! So inspiring! Your ability to create humor and lessons around Parkinson’s is courageous!
Thank you, Allison for your mentorship and encouragement.
Mark, you are so inspirational to me. I'm so grateful to have heard your message; it lives deep in my heart and soul now.
Chris, I will always remember the encouragement, optimism, and wisdom you exuded as we prepared for our talks. I am grateful for your friendship. “With gratitude, optimism becomes sustainable.” ― Michael J Fox
@@MarkColo123 You're easy to love, brother. Thank you for being my teacher.
Mark, I just loved hearing your story and about your amazing career. Your positive message is inspiring and so are you. Keep on inspiring us Mark. We love you!
Mark - amazing talk. It’s as powerful now as it was the night I saw it live!!!!
You have been my largest advocate since this journey began. Thank you for your friendship and advice.
Mark, this talk was fantastic. Thank you for sharing it with me and for sharing your deeply personal experiences. Very inspiring!
Don't have enough thumps up's to give this Great Man. Keep inspiring Sir!
I got to meet the legend Mark today! It was a pleasure
I loved this!! Thanks for sharing your story with such candor and compassion - I'm so excited to share this with my circle.
Beautiful life story shared by an incredible person!
Thank you, Mellanie for your kindness and appreciation.
This story is amazing ❤
Thank you, Elizabeth for your kindness.
Wow! This talk was amazing but mostly you are amazing. Thank you for sharing you insight and courage. I’m so thankful for meeting you this morning…. not a coincidence… a miracle. Stay well❤
Love all the Parkinsons jokes! Great talk, so incredible!
Thank you, Carly I'm going to be hard pressed to top these.
I was diagnosed in 2018, I hope this gentleman had dbs surgery. His tremor will be gone and he will get a better quality of life ❤ I was scheduled for dbs Dec 6th but it was cancelled.