Elite Performance with Chris Nikic - Lessons for Supporting Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities

Chris delivers an inspiring and compelling story of how he worked in pursuit of his dreams by achieving a goal of becoming the 1st person with Down Syndrome to do a 140.6 IRONMAN®

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Chris Nikic running a IRONMAN marathon.

1% Better: The Road to Full Potential

Join us as Chris shares the underlying principles of his success to achieve his full potential using the 1% Better Success Habit. Chris' speech takes you through a journey that touches on:

  • Overcoming personal, physical, intellectual, and external obstacles.
  • Dealing creatively with the external challenges amplified by the pandemic.
  • How using the 1% Better strategy helped him to develop a success habit to achieve the impossible.
  • An overview of the approach that helped Chris build a no quit grit and success mindset.
  • Finishing with the conclusion that helped him realize most of his dreams.

Chris’s speech is powerful because of the way he conveys his message and how he can make you feel. When he’s done, you will believe you can easily achieve much more in your life.

 

1% Better: Reaching my full potential and how you can too Book Cover

 


 

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