Perspective, Perception, Perseverance: How to Understand and Navigate Life?s Challenges

Obstacles, setbacks and change are a natural part of life. As the fifth overall pick in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft and the first high school player drafted that year, John Patterson stepped right into the plan he created for himself. The biggest flaw in building dreams is believing we can control the outcome. Sometimes our biggest lessons come when what we planned falls just out of reach.

Injuries and setbacks turned into the loss of John’s baseball career resulting in depression, anxiety and addiction. Failure isn’t what holds you back. Believing you can never recover is. Despite the loss of his dream, John’s journey through Perspective, Perception and Perseverance changed his failures into a new future. Navigating life’s challenges can be difficult, but through his life lessons you will find the courage to understand and use your own challenges as fuel to build a better life. You are more than broken dreams and it is time to take back your life and move into a happier and successful future.

John Patterson is a former Major League Baseball player, author, speaker and entrepreneur. His company, Orange Tree Capital Investments, was built to encourage others to create more stable financial futures. John mentors and coaches young players as they prepare for their own journey into baseball. John is a native Texan, and he and his wife Shannon support many local non-profits and special needs charities including Night of Superstars.