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Like many of us, Troy did not have the obvious head start in life- yet he is uniquely qualified to work with and among some of the most successful people in the nation today. Troy has enhanced his public profile and personal portfolio through his diverse corporation, by teaming up with the best in business and life. He is an award winning international speaker, professional business coach and award winning television host.
 
 
 
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Troy's Story

Most of who and what I am today began in 1981, that's not when I was born but when my life changed forever. It was the day that I first met DoraLynn. As I look back and think about my life before DoraLynn I realize how very different it could have turned out. I was born in Anchorage, Alaska in 1971. My father was a construction worker who moved from job to job. As a child I lived in Anchorage and Fairbanks and more little towns and fishing villages than I can remember ... towns like Kwethluk, Bethel and Yakutat. Each summer, and a couple of winters I would go to Eureka, Montana and live with my maternal grandfather, Nick, a WWII veteran and avid outdoorsman. My Grandpa Nick taught me to hunt and fish and how to be a man. Yet like most children who move around a lot, I often found trouble. As a kid I decided that my key to survival was being tough and I often settled disagreements with my fists. But my life began to take a turn that day in 1981.

You see DoraLynn is my baby sister. My parents brought her into our family in 1984 and eventually adopted her. DoraLynn is Eskimo and when she was little she contracted spinal meningitis, which left her developmentally delayed and profoundly deaf. As I spent time with my grandpa he would tell me" your family is everything ... never turn you back on your family." He told me that since my father and mother had separated, I was the "man in charge" and I could judge my life by how well I accomplished this one task.

Don't get me wrong; I still got into plenty of trouble in my teen years. But, when I did I would think of my little sis and my love for her would motivate me to try to be a better man. This is an excerpt from an essay I wrote when I was 16:

Rejoice! She is happy all the time. DoraLynn is very warm inside and very fun -loving. She accepts people for what they are, not for what they have. Dora judges people by their feelings and emotions, not by their looks and appearances. She speaks with love and concern, with happiness and excitement. For Dora does not yet understand that other people are different from her. My fun-loving little sister can't hear. She can't hear the bad things or the ridicule, or the anger from other people, for she doesn't want to hear all this... she only feels these things. If you show her sadness, she gives you happiness. If you show her loneliness, she gives you companionship. If you show her remorse, she gives you joyfulness. DoraLynn will not allow you to be negative -only positive. She has learned that other people are the different ones and they have the problem with society, not her.
 
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