In this episode:
Originally from Washington, DC, and today based in Singapore, Gregory Burns is a world-class athlete and internationally recognized fine artist. He has won gold, silver and bronze medals and set four world records in swimming during three consecutive Paralympic Games. 

Having been in Asia for the last 35 years, Gregory shares his unique perspective on how this pandemic might affect the future of travel and what it means to be resilient no matter your limitations. 

About Gregory:
Gregory contracted Polio when he was one year old in Israel, one of many countries he lived with parents, who were in the United States Foreign Service. He has also lived in France, Germany, The Holland, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and on a boat in the South Pacific before Singapore. Despite significant mobility limitation from the waist down, Gregory completed the 2006 Korea Iron Man, four half Iron Mans and a marathon in Hawaii. 

After 30 years of painting, he has received critical acclaim in a dozen countries and was awarded the 2016 Sports Artist of the Year by US Sports Academy. He and his wife have also done 24 Artist in Residence programs, creating beautiful murals while living in some of the world’s finest luxury hotels for months at a time. He has written three books, two in English and one in Mandarin, and, not surprisingly is a motivational speaker with a TEDx talk titled: The Motivation of Limitation.

If there is anyone who knows how to persevere through a crisis and say, “Of course I can,” when the rest of the world says, “There’s no way you can,” Gregory Burns is this person. I had the pleasure of speaking with him at his Singapore studio.