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Tim Wotton
Resilience
Mental Health
Growth Mindset
Transform organisational resilience with Tim Wotton, one of the UK’s longest-surviving Cystic Fibrosis patients. Tim equips teams with practical strategies for developing a growth mindset as well as a new perspective on disability in the workplace. Award-winning author of How Have I Cheated Death? and international speaker on mental resilience.
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Self Improvement
Personal Wellbeing
Mindset
Author
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Personal Development
Mental Health Awareness
Motivational
Tim Wotton is a resilience specialist who transforms mindsets through his extraordinary journey of surviving cystic fibrosis for over 50 years, despite being told he wouldn't live past 17.
Tim has shared his message through his award-winning memoir How Have I Cheated Death? which won the 2015 UK People's Book Prize. He also hosts the podcast, The Gift of Resilience, Calm & Joy.
Today, Tim helps organisations navigate uncertainty by demonstrating how his "holy trinity" approach - physical exercise, medical compliance, and mental resilience - applies to business challenges. His presentations reveal how embracing mortality creates clarity, showing companies how to cultivate purpose-driven cultures where teams develop grit and maintain performance under pressure. Tim has connected with teams across both public and private sectors, having presented at Shell, Roche, Vertex, ReCode Therapeutics, Literary festivals, Cystic Fibrosis charities and at the Houses of Parliament.
Audiences leave Tim's talks with practical strategies for building daily resilience habits, techniques for finding "moments worth living for" amid workplace stress, and actionable methods to harness post-traumatic growth for innovation and problem-solving.
Book Tim Wotton to inspire your team with authentic wisdom from someone who transforms life's greatest challenges into profound opportunities for growth.
Topics, sessions and talks
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK's most common life-threatening diseases, affecting over 10,000 people. There's currently no cure. Not all that long ago, a CF diagnosis meant an early death. Tim Wotton is one such sufferer, who was told from an early age that he would not live beyond his 17th birthday. Now one of the oldest survivors of this crippling disease, Tim's book, How Have I Cheated Death?, recounts his 39th year, a countdown to the elusive 40. A story of triumph over adversity, Tim's keynote offers hope and inspiration, demonstrating that what cannot be cured must be endured.
Tim Wotton transforms mindsets through his extraordinary 50-year survival story and practical resilience strategies. Book this award-winning author to equip your organisation with the tools to navigate uncertainty and cultivate a purpose-driven culture where challenges become opportunities for growth.
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Tim Wotton structures his keynote around a personal narrative drawn from his memoir How Have I Cheated Death?, framing his lived experience with cystic fibrosis as a case study in what he calls a "holy trinity" of physical exercise, medical compliance, and mental resilience, and translating each element into practical strategies for organisational resilience.
Tim Wotton speaks on resilience, living with chronic illness, post-traumatic growth, and building purpose-driven cultures under pressure. He is one of the UK's longest-surviving cystic fibrosis patients, having outlived a prognosis of 17 years, and is the author of How Have I Cheated Death?, which won the 2015 UK People's Book Prize.
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