Dorsey Ross shares with Mighty Pete and the Fire in the Belly audience about what it’s like to live with a visible birth defect and facial deformity. His parents’ miracle baby, born in 1977 -- 21 years after their first child and 16 years after their second – he was quickly diagnosed with Apert’s Syndrome. Rather than institutionalize him as was recommended, his parents brought him home and raised him like they would anyone else. He found community early on in church youth groups: in the church he was never bullied like he was elsewhere; people accepted him for who he was and supported the vision for his life. This experience instilled a deep bedrock of faith in him and started him on the path of becoming a travelling minister. He is a proud public speaker and aims to inspire everyone he meets to doggedly pursue the life of their dreams.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• You can do anything you want in life if you allow yourself to figure out your own way of approaching your goals.
• Determination and faith are the foundation of a successful life.
• If you uncover your true self, the people who are meant to love and support you will find you.
• Being of service to others takes the guesswork out of having a good, fulfilled life.

BEST MOMENTS

• “My parents always encouraged me to try and figure out what are the things Dorsey can do and what are the things that Dorsey can’t do. From that I learned…that there weren’t many things I wouldn’t be able to do, even if I had to adapt.”
• “(God) created me for a reason and a purpose.”
• “My gift is to encourage people…to inspire people to do what it is that God wants them to do… to push on in their life circumstances, in their life trials, the barriers that people put in front of them that they can overcome.”
• (Regarding what he’d like his legacy to be) “(Dorsey was) one of those people (who) never gave up, (who) who kept going on, (who) kept persevering in his life.”

ABOUT THE GUEST

Dorsey Ross was never meant to survive. Born in 1977 with a rare birth defect called Apert’s Syndrome, doctors initially told his parents that he was brain dead and that they should institutionalize him. His parents, though, wanted to see what he could do, and with their encouragement, Dorsey realized that he could do anything he wanted. After finding Christianity in his childhood, graduating high school, and taking college courses, he realized his true destiny was in ministry. He began calling different churches, asking if he could speak at their services. Decades later, Dorsey is still a “travelling minister” and a motivational speaker, as well as podcaster and tech aficionado. A person of devout faith who puts that faith into action, Dorsey is currently based in Pennsylvania.

CONTACT METHOD

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dorsey.ross/

Website: https://dorseyrossministries.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DorseyRoss

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dorsey-ross-show/id1495921329?uo=4

ABOUT THE HOST

The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire in The Belly’.

Pete is an entrepreneur, mentor, coach, property Investor, and father of three beau98tiful girls. Pete’s background is in project management and property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire in the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others.

Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire in The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions section.

The ‘Fire in The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development courses, and rapid results mentoring.

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.facebook.com/mightypetelonton/

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