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Nova – How did you handle going back to work?

Nova – How did you handle going back to work?

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I find commercials and personal appearances for star athletes. I was very lucky that I have a company that loved me, loves the history that I brought to them, knows the value that I brought to them. And they welcomed me with open arms, and they under... Show More

I find commercials and personal appearances for star athletes. I was very lucky that I have a company that loved me, loves the history that I brought to them, knows the value that I brought to them. And they welcomed me with open arms, and they understand that I can’t be in the office every day, but I’ve got my email groove down pat. In our business, the phone and writing is the most critical part of communication, and I’m able to do that. By the time—I mean really did not work in the literal sense for about a year and a half, but my colleagues were coming to the hospital, and I would go through a contract and sign it. And I was negotiating deals via my colleagues in the hospital. So nobody left me off the hook from the start, which was their way of contributing to my, you know, my staying sane around them

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Nova – How did you handle going back to work?

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Injured in 2008 at age 62, paraplegic
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I find commercials and personal appearances for star athletes. I was very lucky that I have a company that loved me, loves the history that I brought to them, knows the value that I brought to them. And they welcomed me with open arms, and they understand that I can’t be in the office every day, but I’ve got my email groove down pat. In our business, the phone and writing is the most critical part of communication, and I’m able to do that. By the time—I mean really did not work in the literal sense for about a year and a half, but my colleagues were coming to the hospital, and I would go through a contract and sign it. And I was negotiating deals via my colleagues in the hospital. So nobody left me off the hook from the start, which was their way of contributing to my, you know, my staying sane around them

Nova – How did you handle going back to work?
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