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10/12/2017 12:01 AMThe Madison Happiness Club together with MADE in Madison will present speaker Adam Greenberg, author of the book Get Up: The Art of Perseverance, at the meeting Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Greenberg, a former Major League Baseball player and current CEO of nutrition and fitness company Lurong Living, will be discussing his personal story from 7 to 9 p.m. at a new location, Hubley Hall at the First Congregational Church, 26 Meeting House Lane, Madison.
Get Up: The Art of Perseverance describes Greenberg’s epic ascent to the Major Leagues and how on the first pitch of his first Major League plate appearance, he was struck in the back of the head by a 92-mph fastball. His dream-come-true became a nightmare in that three-tenths of a second. A relentless competitor whose no-excuses work ethic propelled him to the heights of the Major Leagues, he found himself struggling with a traumatic head injury, depression, vertigo, and countless other challenges, in the pre-concussion era of professional sports.
Greenberg didn’t know it at the time, but he now says that 92-mph fastball was a gift. His experience allows him to give the gift of perseverance to others. More than simply a book about an athlete or sports, Get Up provides an empowering experience to any person committed to overcoming their personal challenges. Readers from all professions, backgrounds, and experiences can benefit from the lessons in this book.
Greenberg shares his most trying moments, and details how some of the most influential people in baseball, medicine, and business intervened to transform one of the most traumatic moments in all of baseball history into a demonstration of what is possible when we never give up. It is an invitation and an encouragement to anyone who has ever faced adversity to keep powering forward into a future that may be even more spectacular than what we could envision on our own.
For more information, email Tina Garrity at ting45@aol.com.