John A. Adams is founder of Life Without Limits of New London, Connecticut, a business development and design change company, and Adams and Adams Building Services, Inc., a commercial janitorial services company based in Enfield, Connecticut. A self-taught businessman, he started at the bottom and in slightly more than a decade rose to receive the Hartford Chamber's "Small Business Leader of the Year" Award. He also was named to the Springfield, MA Chamber's "Fabulous 50" list of leading privately held companies two years in a row.
During a 15-year career as an Air Traffic Controller with the Federal Aviation Administration, John often dreamed of starting his own business. In August of 1981, President Reagan fired the air traffic controllers who had gone on strike that summer including John Adams. That is when John launched Adams and Adams Building Services which grew to over $3.5 million when he sold it in 1996, to follow his passion of helping others discover Miracles at Work through his 10 Principles of Upside-Down Thinking and 10 Practices to Business Success. He is now in the process of publishing his book: Miracles at Work: Building Your Business from the Soul up.
A world traveler, John sails his 36-foot sloop Miracles and loves to share his stories about sailing single-handedly to far-away places such as Cuba and the Bahamas.
Experiencing Miracles at Work
"Tell me thy company,
and I'll tell thee what thou art" Miguel DeCervantes
SPEAKING QUALIFICATIONS: John has spoken at numerous civic clubs, conferences and gatherings, including Rotary and sailing clubs, and various Chambers of Commerce. He holds a CTM (Certified Toastmaster) from Toastmaster's International, and, in 2002, placed first in the Toastmaster's Area Speech Contest and first runner up at the division level.
SAMPLE SPEECHES: John's speeches are animated, intriguing and humorous. The audience will leave with at least three, clearly defined, specific steps to follow to help them transform their businesses, careers or personal lives into a "Life Without Limits." Nodding off or drifting away during John's action-packed performance is impossible. His speeches are 20 to 30 minutes in length, and can be tailor-made to fit the needs of the audience or the theme of the event.
John purchased his 36-foot Bayfield Sloop Miracles in Gloucester, Massachusetts in the spring of 1995. That fall and winter, with limited sailing experience, he sailed alone to Florida and later to the Bahamas and Cuba, before sailing back to Mystic, Connecticut. Along the way, he encountered the type of sailing experiences that most sailors dread but, later, end up laughing about. Venturing off the coast of Georgia he ran low on fuel, and became disoriented in a "thick closet of fog." He surrendered to his loneliness, hopelessness and desperation and was finally rescued by the Coast Guard. Later, he enlisted a crew of hapless sailors to sail to Marina Hemingway near Havana, Cuba. During his voyage anything that could go wrong did, making for the type of humor a sailing audience loves.
