The Nick Prefontaine Story

Happy By Mistake Podcast! Building an Abundant Mindset for Life and Business

In this episode I speak with author, speaker and entrepreneur Nick Prefontaine about the S.T.E.P. system he created. Nick is a survivor of a traumatic brain injury and the founder of the 'Common Goal' organization. His story is one of courage, will, and the mission to help others overcome their trauma.
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Find Nick's website here: https://nickprefontaine.com/ Here you will find information about the S.T.E.P. program as well as his Ted Talk.
00:00 Introduction

1:38 The Accident: Nick’s Life Starts

4:24 The Mystery of the Goggles

5:40 Coma, The Diagnosis, and Mom Draws the Line

6:50 Nick wakes up and treats recovery like any another challenge

8:20 The Origins of S.T.E.P. and Common Goal

10:15 You’re Going to Run Out of This Hospital!

10:52 The S.T.E.P. system explained

14:14 Mom and a moment of doubt

16:06 Nick runs out of the hospital

18:11 Support questions

20:39 No shame in asking for help

22:08 Trust Questions, Blind Faith, and Integrity

27:30 James Clear’s Identify and motivation

29:50 Energy Questions: Naturopathy, medication, and mentorship

36:28 My Introduction to stillness was a coma

37:40 Understanding meditation

39:22 Door Knocking and recovery

42:40 The Voice Problem

44:02 7 years of Botox and speech therapy

44:43 What kept you going Nick?

45:41 The voice of wisdom and Nick’s calling

52:42 Develop your inner voice through presence

54:55 combatting doubt

57:44 Nick: Failure doesn’t exist for me

58:25 Prototyping: there’s that word again

59:00 Nick’s next big goal

59:53 What is Nick most proud of?

122:08 Nick’s favorite book

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