#360 Nick Santonastasso - From Adversity To Victory

Real Talk with Zuby

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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Nick Santonastasso is an American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and social media personality. He was born with Hanhart Syndrome, a rare genetic condition resulting in him being born with no legs and one arm. In this compelling conversation, Nick joins Zuby to discuss his recent move from the USA to the UAE and how new environments shape mindset and behaviour. They explore Nick’s approach to confronting mortality, the pivotal childhood experiences that forged his resilience, and the unique dynamics of his family. Nick reveals his greatest life lessons and shares powerful strategies for staying positive and thriving in the face of life’s toughest challenges.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(07:38) Moving from the US to UAE

(13:10) Information flows & cultural impacts

(18:42) Dealing with death

(25:46) Nick’s childhood

(32:39) Nick’s family dynamic

(39:23) Overcoming human conflict

(45:22) Greatest lesson Nick has learned

(59:35) Human progress vs regress

(1:11:42) What’s next for Nick

(1:13:32) Outro

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0:00.0	Welcome aboard the Turkish Airlines podcast channel.
0:07.2	Are you ready for a new adventure?
0:11.0	Merhabah passengers, this is your captain speaking.
0:13.6	Welcome aboard the inaugural episode of the Wideen Your World podcast, part of the Turkish Airlines series.
0:31.6	Thank you. podcast part of the Turkish airline series I was born with a super rare genetic disorder I had about a 30% chance to live grew up difficult life bullying body image all this different type of stuff, self-worth, inadequacy, and found my purpose
0:40.3	when I found sports, when I found wrestling. And so I wrestled from wrestling, I became a prankster.
0:47.2	From prankster, became a bodybuilder. From bodybuilding, I became a speaker. And now, at this point,
0:53.0	at 28 years old, you get all versions of Nick and so instead of me
0:57.2	killing off specific versions of myself because I think I need to be a specific type of person to get
1:02.7	acceptance and love I think I'm coming full circle to just being me I am the man sick with the, sick and I'm destined for fame,
1:13.3	dude for the fan, not for the grand, stunking you're destined for pain.
1:16.7	I do not frown, I do not scam, put some respect on my name.
1:20.0	Sick like a rain, click and a bang, y'all gonna remember the name.
1:24.2	What's up, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls around the world?
1:26.5	I'd like to welcome you back to The Real Talk with Zubi podcast.
1:29.6	On today's episode, we are back in Dubai, and I'm very excited about today's conversation.
1:35.5	I'm going to be talking to a public speaker, an entertainer, and an all-around, incredibly inspiring man.
1:42.9	And this is Nick Santinastaso.
1:44.8	Welcome to the show, bro.
1:45.6	Let's go.
1:46.4	That was a crush.
1:47.6	We've done some interviews.
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