"Growing up, Fergus Farrell had tapped into the power of visualisation to improve his rugby and went on to become a high-level player, lining out for the Irish Youths team and Galwegians. Later on, he used it to start his own successful transport business. But it was in 2018, lying in a bed at the Mater Hospital in Dublin, at one of the lowest moments in his life, that the technique took on a whole new meaning."
"The motivational speaker on coping with the end of his marriage, losing himself in drink and his failed attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean for charity Fergus was left paralysed after a freak back injury sustained while lifting a heavy metal bench. Doctors had spoken to him of the faint prospect of regaining "some movement". There was no talk of him ever walking again. The prognosis, he says, was "devastating"."
Fergus Farrell used visualisation from childhood to improve his rugby and later to found a successful transport business. He reached high-level rugby, lining out for the Irish Youths team and Galwegians. In 2018 he was left paralysed after a freak back injury sustained while lifting a heavy metal bench. Doctors offered only a faint prospect of regaining "some movement" and gave no expectation of walking again; the prognosis was devastating. He is a motivational speaker who coped with the end of his marriage, lost himself in drink, and mounted a failed attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean for charity.
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