Host April DeMille interviews author and Motivational Check LLC founder Terry Tucker, whose varied background includes athlete, corporate and hospital work, police officer and SWAT hostage negotiator, and long-term cancer survivor. Terry describes being diagnosed in 2012 with rare melanoma, enduring years of interferon, amputation of his foot (2018) and leg above the knee, lung tumors, and finding hope in a newer TIL therapy that appears to be holding the cancer at bay. They discuss advocating for yourself in medicine, living through despair, and seeking deeper human connection. Terry outlines his book “Four Truths and a Lie”: control your mind, embrace pain to build resilience, leave a legacy in others’ hearts, and never quit; the “lie” is defining worth by status, wealth, and image. He shares stories about purpose, service, and influencing others, including a nurse who stayed in nursing after witnessing his perseverance.
Terry Tucker is an author, speaker, and podcast guest. He has a Bachelor’s degree from the Citadel (where he played NCAA Division I college basketball) and a Masters degree from Boston University. Terry has been a marketing executive with Wendy’s International, a hospital administrator with Riverside Methodist Hospital, a Cincinnati, Ohio police officer, where he was an undercover narcotics investigator, and SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, a high school basketball coach, a business owner, and for the past thirteen years, a cancer warrior. He and his wife have lived all over the United States and currently reside in the Rocky Mountains with their Wheaten Terrier, Maggie. In 2019, Terry started Motivational Check LLC to help others find and lead their uncommon and extraordinary lives. His first book, Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles To Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life, was published in 2020. His most recent book, Four Truths and a Lie was published in September.
Website: motivationalcheck.com
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