About Our Founder

"I strongly believe in three basic Lessons of Life: belief in oneself, appreciation, chosen responses, forgiveness, and enjoy life.

1. Belief; anyone can overcome great adversity, but only if the individual  believes in the outcome.  

2. Appreciation; enjoy what you have before it is no longer there.

3. Responses; what happens to us is not as important as what we think in response to that action.  We can choose another perspective on how to look at situations and circumstances that can empower us instead of weakening us.

4. Forgiveness; we must forgive ourselves and others without blame.

5. Enjoy; there is no path to happiness, happiness itself is the way. 

    -John    Battistoni

John was devastated when he was told by professionals that he will become blind and that he should retire from life at the age of 28 and not to expect too much out of his existence.

John was diagnosed as having Retinitis Pigmentosa, a slow degenerative eye disorder that eventually causes blindness. As his vision slowly diminished, he found courage and strength to cope with the anger, frustration and disappointments that accompany severe vision loss.

While experiencing sight deterioration, a potentially demoralizing  circumstance, John eventually overcame all facets of vision loss from not being able to drive, not being able to read, using the white cane, not recognizing faces to dealing with family issues.

During his ongoing vision loss and while working full time for a government agency, he was determined to continue his education and received his BA in Psychology and a MA in Speech and Communications from California State University at San Francisco. He has been training individuals and groups in speechmaking, job interviews, stress management, personal development, wealth enhancement and ballroom dancing for several years.

Now he has four lovely daughters and a growing crop of grandchildren, has traveled extensively, has his own business and is known to be successful.  He recalls with a smile what myopic thinking professionals suggested over 30 years ago-to retire from life.

This extraordinary individual took the lessons of life as tools to develop, sculpt and hone the principles of optimism and fortitude. He challenges overwhelming odds and continually rallies. From his unique experiences, he has gained special GIFTS. He shares a special way of seeing life with thousands of people who embrace him with enthusiasm. They are brought to a new level of understanding.

"Coping with vision loss has been my greatest challenge. Now, I challenge others to be blind to mental myopia, (a limiting near-sighted and poorly developed belief system) and to focus on possibilities in all areas of life." says John Battistoni.

 For special occasions and if you don’t mind being on a waiting list, he would be honored to speak at your function. Please contact us for further details.

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