About the Author

Jim Stovall is among the most sought-after motivational speakers anywhere. Despite failing eyesight and eventual blindness, Jim Stovall has been a national champion Olympic weight lifter, a successful investment broker, and an entrepreneur. He is the cofounder and president of the Narrative Television Network, which makes movies and television accessible for America’s 13 million blind and visually impaired people and their families. Although NTN was originally designed for the blind and visually impaired, more than 60 percent of its nationwide audience is made up of fully sighted people who simply enjoy the programming. The network’s programming is also available free of charge, 24 hours a day, via the Internet at www.NarrativeTV.com.

Jim Stovall hosts the network’s talk show, NTN Showcase. His guests have included Katharine Hepburn, Jack Lemmon, Carol Channing, Steve Allen, and Eddie Albert, as well as many others. The Narrative Television Network has received an Emmy Award and an International Film and Video Award among its many industry honors. It has grown to include more than 1,200 cable systems and broadcast stations, reaching more than 35 million homes in the United States, and it is shown in eleven foreign countries.

Jim Stovall joined the ranks of Walt Disney, Orson Welles, and four U.S. presidents when he was selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1994. He has appeared on Good Morning America and CNN and has been featured in Reader’s Digest, TV Guide, and Time magazines. He is the author of previous books titled You Don’t Have to Be Blind to See, Success Secrets of Super Achievers, The Way I See the World, and the prequel to this book entitled The Ultimate Gift. The Ultimate Gift has sold in excess of 2 million copies in more than a dozen languages and has been made into a major motion picture starring James Garner, Lee Meriwether, Brian Dennehy, and Abigail Breslin. The President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity selected Jim Stovall as the 1997 Entrepreneur of the Year. In June 2000, Jim Stovall joined notables such as President Jimmy Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Mother Teresa when he received the International Humanitarian Award.

Jim Stovall can be reached at 918-627-1000.