The Advantage Of A Handicap w/ Mandy Harvey

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🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

I adore music. It moves me like few other things in existence. There was a time when my family and I watched America’s Got Talent, and it was the breakout singers that we most enjoyed. You may remember Mandy Harvey. Mandy was in college pursuing a vocal music education degree, then lost her hearing. She left the program to pursue other career options, but later returned to music. She ultimately landed on America’s Got Talent where she reached the finals and was Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer Winner. From there, CNN showcased Mandy on their Great Big Story and captured over 10 million hits on social media, Burt’s Bees signed her up for their “Remarkable Women” campaign, NBC Nightly News profiled her, and she went on to perform at the world’s most prestigious clubs, concert stages and festivals. Mandy then wrote a book titled, Sensing The Rhythm, Finding My Voice In a World Without Sound. The book landed on my desk and in it I found a message of helping others to realize their dreams and pursue their hopes, no matter what. I invited Mandy onto my show and following I bring back an incredibly inspiring conversation about pursuing your dreams, in spite of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, like being a singer…who goes deaf. Find her anywhere, just type in Mandy Harvey. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to start your free trial. Use my promo code WHATDRIVESYOU for 10% off on any CleanMyMac's subscription plans Join millions of Americans reaching their financial goals—starting at just $3/month! Get $25 towards your first stock purchase at get.stash.com/DRIVE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to what drives you. I'm Kevin Miller in this episode, The Advantage of a Handicap.
0:07.7	So I adore music. It moves me like few other things in existence. And there was a time when my
0:15.0	family and I used to watch America's Got Talent and it was the breakout singers that we most enjoyed. So you may remember
0:23.9	from, I don't know how many years back, Mandy Harvey, Mandy was in college pursuing a vocal
0:30.6	music education degree and she lost her hearing. So she left the program to pursue, you know, other career options, but later returned to music,
0:41.2	which is a significant story you'll hear about just a second.
0:44.8	She ultimately landed on America's Got Talent.
0:48.0	She reached the finals and she was Simon Cowell's Golden Buzzer winner, you know, the ultimate
0:53.7	winner there. Well, from there,
0:55.7	oh my gosh, so many things that CNN showcased her on their great big story and had like 10 million
1:01.1	hits on social media. Bert B's signed her up for their remarkable women campaign and NBC Nightly
1:07.6	News profiled her. She went on to perform at just, you know, all the prestigious
1:11.6	clubs and concert stages and festivals. Well, then she wrote a book ultimately to talk about
1:17.7	what happened. Books called Sensing the Rhythm, Finding My Voice in a World Without Sound. Well,
1:24.5	the book landed on my desk and in it I just found an incredible message of helping
1:30.8	others to realize their dreams and pursue their hopes no matter what, like going deaf as a musician.
1:36.7	So I invited Mandy on my show. This was a few years ago. I'm going it back to you. And just an
1:43.5	inspiring conversation about pursuing your dreams in spite of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
1:51.2	Like, again, being a singer who goes deaf.
1:53.8	You could find her anywhere.
1:55.7	Just type in Mandy Harvey.
1:58.0	She's in concert all the time everywhere. Hey, when I'm not having these conversations
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