Yes, my story is of "Sam" Cawthorn , 38 years, is an Australian motivational speaker, success coach, self-help author and entrepreneur. Sam is best known as the 2009 Young Australian of the Year for Tasmania and his work as a motivational speaker. Cawthorn was born in Perth, Western Australia to an Indian mother, Annie and Scottish father, Peter, in a family of 11 children. Rural Tasmania where he grew up on country farm outside of Hobart. Currently in Balmain, Sydney with his wife Kate Cawthorn and their three children. Previously Cawthorn worked in sales before discovering a passion for helping people. This inspired him to work as a trainer in Northern Tasmania and lead to his promotion as a training manager. He later established himself as a Regional Industry Careers Adviser and assisted local industry to identify skill shortages and provide solutions for youth entering the workforce. Cawthorn was also involved in numerous musical theatre productions and established his own music and dance studio.
In October 2006, Cawthorn was involved in a head-on collision with a semi-trailer, he was travelling at a speed of 210 km/h and needed to be resuscitated. He faced severe injuries including the amputation of his right arm above the elbow and severe damage to his right leg. Initially distraught
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Throughout 2009 Cawthorn travelled to India and held a series of motivational seminars for students and the Indian army. Under a campaign titled ‘Create2Change’ Cawthorn travelled around India with a film crew to find stories of individuals living with a disability in the most poverty stricken communities. Sam Cawthorn is a musician and one of the few people in the world able to play a guitar with an above elbow amputation. “Salute to this great