Show Chall Challenged yes es Handicapped I no MaryAnne Anderegg Contributing Writer FLYING around in his wheelchair 1 Art Berg soon dispels the belief he is handicapped Physically challenged yes hand no Berg has been beena a quadriplegic for about seven years Bergs Berg's life changed forever when he was left paralyzed from a car Doctors told him he would never work never walk never be able to care for him him- self But he proved them wrong He still cant can't walk walk- but Berg is working on it Bergs Berg's motivation comes from the goals he wants most in his life and what rewards he will receive when he accomplishes them He carries a list of those goals with him and a list of what he could lose by not reaching reaching reaching reach reach- ing the goals His major life goal is to be befree befree befree free in all ways Every other goal is subordinate to that goal Berg doesn't believe in failure only in results If what he does doe has no po re results he changes his actions until he accomplishes his goals Berg was a tennis-court tennis manufacturer when his accident accident acci acci- dent occurred Since he couldn't continue that because because because be be- cause the physical demands were too many he looked for other avenues to success Berg with the help of an ann investor investor investor in in- vestor purchased a franchise in Seagull Books and Tapes He was so successful he was able to purchase three other stores Berg has always been entrepreneurial He owned his tennis-court tennis bUsin business ss and he has always believed in working for himself He needed 14 months to show a profit in the book business and now he looks forward to opening his fourth shop later this year In between his business successes Berg is also an athletic athletic athletic ath ath- letic success He competed in and won a wheelchair marathon in St. St George where the course was on a steep up-hill up grade at af points on the route He beat out a paraplegic He is training for a mile marathon in Alaska called the Ra Race e of the Midnight Midnight Mid Mid- ii night Sun which will take place in late July |