Damage Control: A Brain Injury Survivor Helps You Beat the Odds - Softcover

Slott, Phil; Spears, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1503107485 ISBN 13: 9781503107489

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

It’s October of 1993 in Hawaii. A drunk driver hurtles toward a bend in the road. From the opposite direction, accomplished advertising creative and triathlete Phil Slott takes a routine drive. As he eases into the bend, he meets the drunk driver skidding into the wrong lane and, in one second, Phil’s life takes a dramatic turn.

As he struggles to stay alive in the ICU, Phil’s organs, bones, and much of his brain are broken. What he and everyone else come to realize is that his creative drive and passion remain intact. And these abilities serve as the foundation for his arduous yet inspiring road to recovery.

This is more than his story. Written in collaboration with his wife, Mary Spears, Damage Control: A Brain Injury Survivor Helps You Beat the Odds is a tough-love conversation and guide for those who have survived a traumatic brain injury (TBI) to help them regain hope and quality of life.

About this title

About the Author

Phil Slott is known for many high-profile slogans including Gillette's "Never let 'em see you sweat" and the US Navy's "It's not just a job, it's an adventure." He worked at several New York advertising agencies before finishing his career as chairman at BBDO/London and Tracy Locke. He was working as a consultant in Hawaii when he was hit by a drunk driver.

Mary Spears worked in the advertising business for many years before turning her attention full-time to her art. She works in oils, watercolor, collage, and print making and has had her work featured in galleries and magazines.

From the Back Cover

Phil Slott had a successful career on the creative side of advertising, but on an ordinary October morning a drunk driver changed everything for Phil. A collapsed lung, ruptured organs, broken bones, and traumatic brain injury leave him fighting for his life in an intensive care unit. The car crash seems to have stripped everything away from his existence--his mind, his body, his athletic abilities--everything except for his will and passion to live.

Damage Control: A Brain Injury Survivor Helps You Beat the Odds is a tough-love conversation and guide for those who have survived a traumatic brain injury to help them regain hope and quality of life. Interspersed with memories and feedback from his wife, Mary Spears, Damage Control provides strategies for transforming the challenges of brain injuries into positive methods of coping and recovery.

Phil Slott is known for many high-profile slogans, including Gillette's "Never let 'em see you sweat" and the US Navy's "It's not just a job, it's an adventure." He worked at several New York advertising agencies before finishing his career as chairman at BBDO/London and Tracy Locke. He was working as a consultant in Hawaii when he was hit by a drunk driver.

Mary Spears worked in the advertising business for many years before turning her attention full-time to her art work. She works in oils, watercolor, collage and print making and has had her work featured in galleries and magazines.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1503107485
• ISBN 13: 9781503107489
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190