Unstoppable: How Chad Foster overcame blindness to become aVP at Red Hat

When children would tease me about my eyesight limitations in school, grit gave me the ability to fight back — physically and emotionally. It gave me the desire to prove others wrong. Grit fueled my unrelenting workouts, which allowed me to productively channel my frustration — using my anger to improve myself. When I had to relearn how to study at university, grit is what gave me the commitment and determination to keep on going. You see, I had always been a visual learner, but after going blind, my visual memory was of no use. I had to adapt, and relearn how to learn — using just my ears. I ended up making straight-As at university and even making the Dean’s List. Later when entering the workforce, I discovered that the technology that I needed to use a computer did not work with all types of enterprise software. In…