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Ben Harkin
Ben’s can-do spirit has taken him all over the world, and it’s the stories of his adventures that has turned him into one of the region’s most popular motivational speakers.
The youngest of four children, Ben was born with congenital bilateral malformation of the upper limbs.
Despite having ultrasounds during the pregnancy, it was never picked up. “They measured the length of the leg, heartbeat and brain activity. They didn’t look for 10 fingers and 10 toes, so if you’re not looking for something you don’t see it,” Ben said.
While it was a “bit of a shock” for everyone at the time, Ben never asks why. “It doesn’t matter. No point going back and looking for the why this has happened? It has happened,” he said. “You could go on and on about why things happen but I can’t change it. Why worry about things you can’t change?”
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